BENJI:
BENJI: Mom, I bet I know why Chuck E Cheese has Pizza. MOM: Why? BENJI: Because they are round just like the tokens are.

(I’m not sure if that’s what the chuck e cheese marketing team was going for but there you have it. He came and found me after seeing the commercial just to let me know that he thinks he figured out why they have pizza there 🙂

Benj

Benji went to school today with his hood on – I didn’t realize that he was going to leave it on all day. Apparently he did that yesterday too! I’m thinking a kindergarten-er hiding under his hood all day is not ideal.

PACKER:

Have you ever wished that your 3 year old WAS NOT potty trained?? I wish that a lot  – in fact I think that every time I clean my bathroom! I debate if I would rather just be changing a nasty diaper than scrubbing the nasty bathroom. Anyway, He is very cute in his backwards pants though.

Pack

CALI:

Is this girl a mini me or what?? and  I am not just talking about the scraggly hair… we bought her a cute little witch costume for Halloween and it came today and we tried to get her to try it on and… she refused. She liked the hat but refused to try the dress or tights. We had the brothers put their costumes on to show her and get her excited to wear hers but she still refused. She ended up putting on Benji’s mask and then finally lighting up when we pulled out Packers Spiderman from last year and let her wear it- it fits her perfectly!

Cal

But hopefully you will not see 3 little “boys” out tricker treating with Ben on Halloween, we still have our fingers crossed that there will be a little Witch accompanying them.

ROSE:

This new little baby has been asleep all day… She was awake for a couple of hours this morning and then out from 11am until 7pm. I tried a few times to wake her and feed her but she’d eat a little and go right back to sleep each time. I’m nervous for how she’ll sleep tonight… it’s almost bedtime so hopefully she doesn’t decide to wake up right when I need to sleep.

Rose

July 2010

September 2010

The Hancock’s came to visit a couple weekends ago. Erica and I were in Heaven Saturday morning playing BIG Boggle and then again on Sunday we managed to get another big game going!

The kids just loved playing together. They picked up right where they left off – hopefully that’s how it will always be. They are all such good friends.

July 2010

September 2010

It has been fun having the same due date as Erica but I think it would be safe to say that we are both ready for these babies to be born. ( and yes Erica I am hiding behind you in this last pic – sorry 🙂 )

Thanks for coming Hancocks!

“Mommy, where are you?”   Cali

“Did Jesus Christ make the Cheeto Man?”   Packer

“I wish it were Saturday already.”   Benji

That about sums up our week. Cali wanting mommy and talking a lot. Packer, loving learning and asking lots of questions. Joy School was at our house so he and Cali enjoyed that. And Benji busted out the Saturday comment on Tuesday – welcome to the wonderful world of school buddy – but he can’t deny that he has a good time at kindergarten every day. Everything looked good with the baby at my Wednesday appointment. We’ll see what next Wednesday brings. I’m not anxious yet but I am getting really excited. I think we finally decided on a name but we will wait for her arrival before we make that official. My tummy is really big now so I will probably be sitting here on my couch for the next few weeks if you need me…. or I might get the itch to leave the house every day in anticipation of being home bound in the near future. Anyway… bring on the weekend.

When your newly potty trained child tells you that they need to go to the bathroom it is really smart to listen and find a bathroom right away. Bad things will happen if he tries to hold it 🙁 enough said.

Cali is getting some new teeth!

Can you see those little whites popping up? and we are waiting for her hair to get longer and get out of her eyes.

She also had a fit yesterday morning while getting dressed until I realized that she needed to wear her Green Bay shirt like her brother. And  the girl doesn’t talk much or have a big vocabulary but she managed to tell me plain as day when she wanted a cookie.

Kindergarten Update: He loves it! We were not surprised when Benji brought home the ‘sound bag’ from school yesterday. He said that his teacher picked him because he was quiet with arms folded and looking at her first. He is the king of little rules like that 🙂 Other high lights are Recess, Magic 1, 2, 3, and M&Ms for learning the letter ‘m’…

I have had an extremely lazy week, recovering from a busy weekend and gearing up for another BUSY weekend and this body is getting harder and harder to make it do what I want. Glad it is Friday and excited to see friends and family this Labor Day weekend! 🙂