Halloween 2011

Thanks to my recent scatter-brained self, I forgot my camera for the following events:

Joshua's Halloween school program
Asher's Halloween school program
Josh & Asher's school costume parade

Soooo, this means I have about five pictures TOTAL from Halloween this year, and the ones I did get were pretty awful. Here's what I've got, take it or leave it!

(Asher really IS a ninja, so he managed to escape almost every single picture.)

Joshua was "Waluigi"

 

See the similarities? 

Asher Ninja

The only picture I got of Max with his Luigi hat on. He was falling asleep before we even started.

He perked right up when he saw these "cute tiny punkins"!

Combination of terror (barking dog) and joy (this lady's gonna give me candy!)

2nd house = actual excitement b/c he finally caught on that they really were gonna put candy in his bucket!

Mostly he enjoyed everyone's "cute little punkins"...

At this house he held onto the door handle and fell into their house when they opened the door.

Max & Grandma 'Chele

With his Luigi doll, reluctantly getting back in the stroller.

When we got home from "trick-n-treating" (as Max said it), tired Max crawled into his bed himself and asked for his "ba ba milk". He was so tired! Then Asher, Grandma 'Chele and I went to the store for diapers because we were out, and we stopped by my work to buy Asher the teddy bear he's been wanting. He's so clever, he told me one day that "Josh has a Teddy, and Max has a teddy, but I don't have a teddy..." in his saddest voice ever with his saddest puppy dog eyes. I can't resist the love of a teddy bear! Even though he's got a whole bed full of animals and Pillow Pets, I had to buy him this super-soft Teddy from my work that reminds me of Joshy's teddy. I'm a sucker, I know, but he's worth it.

He told EVERYONE he saw that he got a Frankenstein ring pop.

Sleepy Asher and his new teddy bear

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween!

Kid-isms: October 2011

Max was sitting on my lap, without his diaper on (he's potty training; this is how we do it), and he started saying, "Belly button! Belly button!" I looked down, expecting him to be lifting up his shirt and pointing at his belly button. Found him touching his penis instead. Turns out we need to go over some things.
(And yes, I know this is going to embarrass him later. What else are blogs for but to store priceless memories like this one?)

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Asher, while I carved our pumpkin, pointing at me, "Cute mommy!"
"Mommy, you are the best mommy in the whole world!"
"Mommy is the best, better than the rest!"
Upon seeing the insides of the pumpkin: "Ew, that's disgusting. I'm not touching that. Mom, you do it."

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Pointing at computer, several times every single day, Max requests these music videos by name:
"Fire flames!"  Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce, which you can find here.
"Play doh, play doh!" They Know by Drake, which you can find here (clean version). Seriously, you should listen to at least the chorus. You'll understand why Asher started calling it "play doh play doh". 
"Ground pound!" Operation Ground and Pound by Dragonforce, which you can find here.
"Bubble pop!" Catchy song with offensive video, found here. 
To any one of these songs, Max will bounce to the beat and even put a pretend microphone to his mouth. He's even started attempting the big jump they do in "ground pound". Some day I'll post a video of it, if I can figure out the camera.
I'm quite concerned that the kids never request to hear my music, only Steve's. Oh no.

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Asher, after being sick all week, "Mom, why does the food go down, and then come back up?"
He was sneaking food and eating it behind my back, before his stomach was ready to digest again.

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I've got a slight obsession with the "Hallelujah" song lately. The other day, after listening to it over and over, Asher finally said, "What does alujah mean?" I said, "Praise unto God." He said, "Why do you like it so much?"

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Every night, while falling asleep Max lays in singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. "Twinkle twinkle staaaar! How I wonder what AAAARE!"or Itsy Bitsy Spider, "Izzy pider, water POUT! Down rain, wash pider OUT!"
I.LOVE.THIS.

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Joshua does lots of cute things, but rarely says one-liners that would transfer well to written format. Mostly he melts my heart and makes me laugh through facial expression, physical affection, and cute ways he plays with toys and his brothers. Just in case you're wondering why you don't see a lot of Joshua-isms on here. He's almost nine now, so he's not really in that cute little quirky stage where they're still figuring out language.

Asher's birthday (cont.)

My mom being super cute Miss America with the makeshift "blindfold"

Hugsy and Dadsy - sun in his eyes? Yes, I think so. 

Madi pinning the tail on the donkey

She's so excited she did it right!! lol Cutest little girl ever.

Nieces and nephews getting ready to sing Happy Birthday

Soon as Max saw everyone gathered 'round two cakes he started singing, "Hap birthday to YOUUU!"

Elizabeth, Mom and Asher, Avery

Blowing out candles

Asher and my Grandma Baker share the same birthday!

Noah and Asher

Asher: "It's an ironing thing I think."
(It's a mixer. He has me for a mother, how would he know the difference between an iron and a mixer?)

Max hates to lose the attention

People think it's weird for me to give my son a mixer for his birthday.
I think it's just good sense.
I let him have the pink cake with pink frosting he requested, too.

Drawing with brother

They are best friends lately, it's absolutely adorable.

Ever seen Care Bears? Asher says he's doing the "Care Bear stare".

I told him to do another thing that's cool.
This is what he did.
No idea what it is, but it's cute!

He looks so old in this picture I could puke.

Six!?!?

Asher loves his new Charlie Brown doll!

(Go over to Too Much Aubrey for more about my little Ash)

Asher's Birthday

Making his birthday invitations

Josh was happy to help

Playing "Candy Landy" with Max

Asher is five years old, about to turn six. His little personality is evolving into a sweeter version of his charming, shocking, hilarious self. You can always see the wheels turning in his little brain, spilling out in tons of questions and thoughts about the world around him. He is definitely an observant kid! Yesterday he told me, "We watched the Frog movie at Kindergarten today. It's all about learning letters. But I already know my letters." Poor kid missed the deadline by just a little bit like I did as a kid, so he's pretty bored. Honestly I think he could transition into first grade just fine, without even dealing with Kindergarten.

This week he got it in his head that he needed to make birthday party invitations, even though I hadn't really planned a party (besides the party with our families). I overheard him telling Josh, "You can invite everyone in your class to my birthday party, Josh."  What?!

He loves to draw, and he's always making me adorable little pictures of things. Each time I go to write in my journal I find a new picture he's drawn in there to surprise me. They're always unique, and so cute! His drawings are intricate and always more involved than what I expect from a 5-year-old. He's got complicated explanations for them too. His imagination is amazing, and his ability to transfer it to paper is pretty remarkable too! He doesn't think so, though. Lately he's been hard on himself, saying things like, "I'm not a very good draw-er, Mom." So not true!!

Asher is extremely musical. He's always singing songs, dancing to songs, asking to hear songs on the radio or computer, or singing along to movies and TV. Even if he's heard it only once, he can sing the entire song, including lyrics AND melody. It impresses me so much because I'm completely tone deaf!

Tonight my mom and I were talking in my living room, and when we started to talk over each other to be heard, Asher said, "I have an idea. Maybe one person should talk and one person should talk. Like, when one person is talking, the other person should wait." He says similar things to Steve and I when we argue. He's DEFINITELY my middle-child peacemaker.

I can't believe my little guy turns six on Tuesday. I love you Asher!!!

Manipulative Master

Steve's manipulative/persuasive genes run strong in this one.

This morning Asher found three one-dollar bills on the table. He said, "Ooh, look what I found! Money!"
I said, "Mommy's money," and he said, "Oh."

After only a few second's thought, he came to me with the dollar bills all folded up so they were long and skinny, and announced, "Mom, I want to share my piggy bank with you."

Nice try, Ash.

First Day of School-isms

Joshua:  Mom, I had the BEST DAY!
Me: Really?? Good! Is your teacher nice?
Joshua:  YES! Definitely!

Asher:  Mom, I want to go sledding someday.

Figuring out where we all stand-isms

Joshua's cheer for Mommy:
"Mommy is the best, better than the rest! Gooooo, Mommy!"

Today, while I cleaned their room:
Asher:  "Mommy, did you know that you are the nicest person I've ever met in my whole entire lifetime?"
Me:  "Oh, really? I am? Thanks, Ash!"
Asher:  "Not as sweet as Miss Kenzie and Miss Sien. But... you're nice too!"


Joshua, while looking at baby pictures of Max:
"Max is so cute.. but I wish we didn't have him."

Isms

Max-isms


Max always says "Mmm! Yummies!" when he likes a food or the drink you gave him.
Tonight when I tucked him in, he said, "Hug! Tiss!" (kiss)
I came over to his crib, gave him a hug and kiss, and he said, "Mm! Yummies tiss!"

Max:      Three, four, eight, nine, ten!

Me:      One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Max:     Yay, Mom!

Asher-ism

 Asher (at the grocery store):  Burritos drain my life if I get too close to them.

Joshua-ism

Josh (opening his happy meal toy):  What does it do? 

Me (a little too excited): It's a smurf! 

Josh: Look on the package. It'll have instructions; it'll say what it does. 

Me: It doesn't do anything. It's just a smurf to play with.

Josh: Ugh. (looks on packaging) But what does it do??

Josh (upon discovering that it, in fact, doesn't do anything): Fine. Let's look and see what's next. 

(Sighing, checks bottom of happy meal box to see what toy is coming next.)

My kids are getting old. :(

My baby graduated preschool!

Max & BaBa, walking home from Asher's school for the last time

Poser lol

Asher MUST walk on this wall every single day as we walk home.

Graduation "Ceremony":

My Asher is the one in the blue alligator shirt.

Two of the triplets he loves.

His little girlfriend Hailey (next to him)

They love each other <3

Singing us a song

Nico got all dressed up like a rockstar and he was SO PROUD! So stinkin cute! My kid, however, couldn't figure out why we were so excited and clapping.

He's saying, "This is just weird! Do I have to put this on?"

I couldn't hear what they were singing... so I have no idea what he's wearing on his face, lol

Max, wondering why the attention isn't on him!

Showing us his "tattoo" he got in the cereal box

He kept carrying Max around, saying, "You are my Maximo!"

"Um... this is just weird. I don't know about this."

Not one of them knows why this thing is on their heads.

He said, "What the heck is this?"

The award is for "Most hugglish"... cause he loves to give hugs!

Teacher: "Ok, now throw your hats!" Kids: "Huh? I thought we were supposed to wear them...?"

Throwing the hats

The whole class, plus Miss Kenzie (top left), his teacher who left to have her baby

Asher LOVES Miss Kenzie, he's missed her so much since she went to have her baby!

Best friends: Asher, Alexa, Nico, Aaliya, Hailey, Alyssa (I'm probably wrong about which triplet is which!)