We had a fantastic Halloween! The kids wore their costumes to preschool and had a great day. Then we had a little photo shoot and went to dinner with Daddy and Grandma Powell. After dinner we had another mini photo ahoot that Daddy took. We went to trunk or treat at the church and ate tons of candy!
Brandon and my dad went on two hunting trips in October. The first the hunted for deer and the second for Elk. They were successful in the first trip but not the second but they had a great time!
While the boys went hunting the kids and I went to my mom's house. We had such a fun time. We had a mushroom party and a squash party. We bought 7 different types of mushrooms and enjoyed trying them all to see what we liked best. That went so well that we tried it again with squash! The kids loved trying them even though they didn't really like the food.
Lydia got about six inches cut off her hair this month. It looks so nice. She will let me comb it and keep it looking nice which is huge for her. She was very scared that using scissors on her hair would really hurt but luckily for her hair doesn't hurt when you cut it! Getting her haircut also helped get curls. They are tighter now and so cute!
We finished our first homework assignments tonight. An all about me poster. The kids had a great time. They even willingly cleaned the toy room so that Mommy would let them do their homework. Dont think that enthusiasm will last through high school...but we will use it while we've got it!
The kids started preschool this week. We've been talking about it for weeks and they were so excited! On Tuesday they had an open house which was basically a practice day where parents stayed with thier children. Isaac and Lydia both cried when it was time to go home. Wednesday was their first real day and they had a blast. As soon as I got there Lydia asked if she could go to school again tomorrow too! I don't think she understands that she's going to go everyday for a long while.
On the way home they both said their favorite part was getting to stay and play WITHOUT MOMMY!
On the way to school Isaac and I had this conversation:
Isaac: Mommy, I really need to go poop.
Mommy: You'll have to wait until we get to school. You can't poop outside.
Isaac: Yeah, because only chickens and dogs are allowed to poop outside. Nothing else.
Mommy: Other animals poop outside too. Only humans poop inside.
Isaac: They do? Insert open mouth
Today the kids have said a few funny things today
Isaac during the prayer: thank you for putting another baby in Mommy's tummy. (I am NOT pregnant)
Lydia: I like to eat my boogers, except the ones that taste like pee.
I will add more as I remember them.
Our awesome Isaac turned five this month. We celebrated with a family party. Isaac said he wanted chicken on a stick and long green things with pokeys at the end. After aome discussion we found this to mean he wanted drumsticks and asparagus.
All about being 5:
*loves Captain America
*loves dinosaurs
*always smiling
*very compassionate
*loves climbing and jumping off anything dangerous looking
*great hugger who hugs EVERYONE
*his birthday wish was that everyone of his friends could have a great time at his birthday
Saturday was a rough day for Isaac. He and Daddy were pkaying pine cone baseball and Isaac took one right to his open eye. We flushed it with a ton of water and hoped that would be the end of it...
Fast forward a few hours and we hear a loud bang from downstairs followed by screams. Isaac run up the stairs covered in blood from a nice 1.5inch gap in the back of his head. It looked deep so we headed to the emergency room. They gave Isaac 3 staples.
We are so glad we decided to take him in because he started complaining about how bad his eye hurt. It turned out he had a pretty deep scratch on his cornea. They gave us some antibiotics to keep it from getting infected.
We survived our first ER trip as parents. Good times.
Bruce wasn't able to make it for the family reunion but came for a visit two weeks later. We had a great time showing him and Tara around town. We even took them crabbing.
After the reunion Aunt Nikki's famiky came to stay at our house. It was so much fun to extend the reunion. We loved getting to know her kids and cant wait for the next time we get to play!
This year instead of just a Wood family reunion we had an Andersen Family Reunion. It was AWESOME!!! We stayed at Ensign Ranch in the cabins and the lodge. We loved spending time together as a family and letting the kids run wild getting to know each other. We spent a lot of time intertubing down the amazing slip n slide. It was great. We floated down the river and had quite the adventures. Between our raft popping and me somehow stepping on a staple in the river we made it out alive and had a great time. We were very sad when it came to an end and we had to say goodbye to all our family. Can't wait until next year!
