Stew Turned 6!

 We let him open presents before he went to school.  So of course all three kids were up by 6:30 am, asking if it was time to open presents yet.

 He chose an actual cake.  It doesn't look very good, but it was really tasty.

 He chose cotton candy ice cream to go with the cake.  Great Value ice cream hit the flavor spot on.  You felt like you were eating cold cotton candy.

And Scene.... to birthdays. 

A random sidenote-  Evie always wakes up with crazy bed head.  Her hair was stick straight when she went to bed the night before.

TOP 5

1. Reading several Christmas books this week.  I love a fun story around Christmas.  And yes, I'm fully aware and anticipating when Hallmark starts their Christmas shows in a couple of weeks.
2. Having DVR this time around during the holiday season, so I can record all the Christmas shows to my little heart's content.  :)
3. Walmart putting back the shopping cart return on my favorite row.  Shopping is good again.
4.  Roasted broccoli.
5.  Ryan saying, " Mom, you know monsters are real when they squeeze out poop."  


BOTTOM 5

1. Coming out of the clubhouse from getting the mail and getting super scared by a big black crow perched on the roof.  He was super creepy and kept cawing at me.  Ryan and I picked up our pace only to be followed by the scary crow.  He followed us all the way back to our building and perched on our buildings roof for about an hour.  It really freaked me out.
2. Poor Evie being terrified when a dog started chasing her during soccer practice.  In the dog's defense, he thought she was playing with him.  In Evie's defense, the dog was huge and looked like a wolf.  I was a little frightened myself.
3. Setting my alarm for 4:50 am, so I could see the blood moon.  And then when my alarm went off, telling myself a picture on the internet will be just as good.
4. Getting a notice from the office in our complex that we're not allowed to keep our stroller on our porch or we'll get a fine.  :(  Where are we suppose to put it?  Boo.
5.  Korina on Project Runway.  She is just mean.  I'm glad they sent her home.

Ryan Got a Balloon

It's no secret that I hate balloons and my kids might be a little deprived of them.  So when I was at Smith's and the lady asked me if Ryan could have a balloon....  I really, really wanted to say no.  But you should have seen his little face light up.  So I pushed through my balloon hatred and he got his balloon.  He was one happy little guy.

 ( However, there may have been tears from older siblings when they got home from school and learned there was only one for Ryan.)

TOP 5

1. During parent/teacher conferences, finally telling Stew's teacher that my name is actually Amber and not Amanda.  Whew!  I think it's going to stick this time.
2. Having 14 girls show up for Activity Days.  We normally have about 8 or 9, so it was crazy but fun.
3. Putting up Halloween decorations.
4. Stew made his first goal at his soccer game.
5. General Conference

BOTTOM 5

1. I wasn't at the game when Stew made his goal.  Boo. 
2. Ryan getting run over by the neighbor kid on his bike.  He got hit pretty hard.
3. 99% sure that Evie is going to need braces.  I had high hopes that when she lost the teeth on either side of her front teeth that it would help straighten things out.  It didn't happen.
4. Really wishing we had a Costco or Sam's club close by.
5. Stew saying his first real bad word.  But he clearly had no idea it was a bad word because when I said, "What did you say?"  He had no problem repeating it like it was no big deal.  He knows now.