Halloween

Rylan was excited to get to school for some Halloween fun. Kevin painted his face before taking him (late). Kevin took his costume to work to show it off to his 3 co workers.
I spent the morning doing some clean up and on the phone. The home health care nurse was coming to put Lana's feeding tube in and show me how the machine works. She came around 11:30. Even though Lana fought it and I was teary eyed having to strap her down, the nurse was able to get the tube in on the first try. Whew! I fed Lana her bottle while the nurse was measuring, and doing the prep work and also as the nurse starting inserting the tube. I think it helped that she was swallowing. Of course she stopped drinking to fight and cry and wouldn't finish her bottle after (she never eats after stopping even if she has half her bottle left.) But I'm glad it helped get the tube it because I didn't know if I could handle repeated attempts. Lana was clearly bugged by it, grabbing at it and rubbing her nose. She sneezed a few times. Luckily it was close to nap time and all that crying wore her out. I wrapped her up and cuddled her and she fell asleep about 20 minutes later while the nurse went over the machine and other info.
While all that was going on Asher was picked up by his carpool for kindergarten. We got him all dressed up in his police costume with shoes on and back pack ready before the nurse came over. He hates to hear/see Lana cry so he was outside riding his scooter for a bit during the tearful tube insertion. He loves her so much and gets sad when she's so sad. He's a sweet boy.
I had it written down on my calendar that the boys Halloween parade at school was at 2:15. I got Tyce in the car and woke up Lana at 2:00 and we went straight to the school. Well, we had to park on my mom's street. We should have just walked! As we neared the school I saw the first class of the parade walk out. Oh no! The parade had actually started at 2:00. Luckily we were able to see Asher about halfway through (waving, smiling and saying "Hi mom! Hi Tyce! Hi Lana!") and then Rylan, the last class in the parade. He had his hood over his face so I didn't know if he saw us. I called out to him, he waved and then ran on by!
I stopped and talked to some neighbor girls who asked about Lana's tube and how she's doing. Then I saw Sarah and talked to her about my traumatic 24 hours with Lana. We walked to the office and checked our boys out of school and then said goodbye.
Rylan ended up going home with Evan. Asher pushed Tyce in the stroller and I carried Lana to our faraway parked car.
Once home I fed Lana and then remembered we ended to go to the pharmacy to get some prescriptions for Lana. Ry was supposed to by home at 4:00 so we quickly hopped in the car. I should always know a quick trip to the pharmacy is going to take much longer than expected. They had a question about one prescription before they filled it and one other prescription was filled with pills rather than liquid. After calling Dr Book's office to clear up the confusion and paying for the one prescription that was ready, it was already after 4:00. We got home about 4:15 to find the garage door open but Rylan and his scooter gone. I texted Dain and Josh's mom but neither responded so we drove the neighborhood and to my mom's for 20 minutes. I should have gone straight to Evan's house. That's where we found him. I was never worried but I was annoyed. He's been home alone before and I don't know why he immediately left this time. Oh well. Glad he was safe :)
I had the boys clean up before we got ready for trick or treating! I made them some chicken nuggets with carrots and apple slices for dinner, I had a chicken and apple sausage with some sweet potatoes. Kevin got home but was too excited to eat the sausage I cooked up for him. He did have some apple slices with peanut butter though :)

September Quotes

Tyce:
September  22, 2014
While leaving my mom's house and getting in the car Tyce said "I have a roly poly but I won't show you" and he lifted up a closed fist. I told him we don't take roly polys in the car so please leave it outside. "Nope, I'm not showing you!" He's usually obedient so with his silly grin I thought he was just pretending. So we drove away. A few times on the short ride home he would say things like "I'm never showing you mom" or "I'm not letting you see my roly polys. Nope, never" Once we got home I noticed his hand was still in a fist. I got him out of the car and he said "Okay mom, I'll show you my roly polys for ten dollars"!! What?!! Hahaha I about died! And he really did have a roly poly in his hand :)

September 26, 2014
I gave him a plastic fork at lunch and he said "no, I want the cold one." I didn't know what he was talking about so he said he'd show me. He pulled out a silverware fork and said "See, it's cold"!

I Love Sundays

Oh how I love Sundays! Maybe it's because there aren't friends knocking on our door and no monitoring of electronics. Or maybe it's because my boys play so well together and they are so darn cute. Today was a day full of cuteness.
During testimony meeting Asher turned to me and said "I have a testimony."
Me: "You do?"
Asher: "Yes, can I go up there?"
Me, hesitating: "Yes...." after which Asher proceeded to get out of his seat and walk away with his arms folded.
Me: "Asher, wait! We should practice at home. What are you going to say?"
Asher, after asking me to remind him how people start out their testimonies: "I'd like to bear my testimony, I know this church is true. I know Jesus made it (the church) so we can learn about Him. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
I told him he could go up there and I watched Kevin to see his reaction. Asher waited on the stand for a few people to go and when it was his turn I could see Kevin's surprise! Hearing Asher up there, sharing his testimony, made my heart swell. We've never practiced at home so I was taken by surprise when he told me he wanted to go up there. I hope he keeps that desire to share his testimony.
He kept his arms folded as he walked back to our seats and he had the biggest grin on his face for the next 5 minutes. At the end of the meeting he said "Mom, I have another testimony. Can I go up again next time?" Haha, what a sweet hearted boy.

Tyce used to love going to nursery...until the beginning of the year when Molly left for Sunbeams. Many weeks Kevin or I would stay in nursery for awhile waiting for Tyce to be comfortable enough for us to leave. Or Tyce would come to class with us. It wasn't until just recently that Tyce started going on his own after some coaxing at the door. Today his nursery leader, Sister Jensen stopped me in the hall and said that when Tyce got into nursery she said "Tyce! We're so happy you're here today!" to which Tyce replied "I'm happy, too". Oh my goodness, that boy. He makes me happy!!

June Quotes

Tyce
June 25, 2014
I was upstairs and Tyce came walking up the stairs carrying his blanket and said "Mom, I just love you'
Me: "What?"
Tyce: "I love you"
I couldn't resist cuddling with that little boy and I didn't want to let him go

Later that day...
Tyce: "I cute"
Oh my goodness is he ever!

Rylan
to Asher while palying super mario bros: "You are so disappointing on so many levels" Not nice at all but it's from the lego movie so I thought it was a little funny

Asher
June 26, 2014
Me: "Asher, get in the car"
Asher: "Yes Lord Business" (from the lego movie...not quite sure how I feel about him calling me that though!)

June Quotes

06/09/14

Rylan was telling me how if he had super magic powers he would hypnotize Tami and she'd let him have a sleepover with Kaleb and Kade. Then he'd hypnotize her again to let him just live there at their house.

Me: "So you'd rather live at Kaleb and Kade's house than our house?"
Ry: "Yeah, it's fun there."
Me: "Wouldn't you miss mom?"
Ry: "Yeah, but I'd come visit."
Me: "So do you love Kaleb and Kade more than you love me?"
Ry: "No, I love you lots more. I love you more than anything in the whole entire world. Well, except Lana."

I get overwhelmed a lot being a mom but I also have lots of moments throughout the day that make me smile. I was getting in the shower yesterday and saw these dinosaurs and animals in the shower. I thought about how in even 10 years I probably won't be greeted by animals and toys in my shower because my kids won't be playing with animals in the shower :(
Shortly after my shower I was listening to Rylan and Asher playing in my room. They like to play "Toads and Dinos" together (with Asher's green dinosaur and Rylan's blue squirrel toad). It's funny to listen to kids play. Their creativity and thought process is so funny! They are on the same wave length when they play. When I try to play with them I'm often told "No, that's not how it goes" or "You can't say/do that". I'll just let them play those make believe games together!