Natural consequences, are sometimes the best!!!, and catching up

I'll explain the natural consequences in a minute. Here is my fully potty trained little boy, who hadn't even wet the bed at night in two weeks, (until we trialed no pull up at night this week, and he wet the bed that night.) He was told that as soon as he would have 0 accidents for one solid week, he could get a big boy bike. WELL he has been mostly potty trained for months now, but we would always go 5 days no accidents, then have an accident. 4 days no accidents then have an accident, you get the picture. It has now been 2 months with absolutely no accidents. He is officially my big boy, and I can't believe my baby is no longer a baby. However, it is very nice to not buy diapers, except for night time pull ups.

now we just need to learn to steer the bike, and pedal independently.
Here is the natural consequences. This face tells it all. I could not have punished him to make him feel this sad. He did it to himself. Here is the stroy.

Quick mom is doing bills, and when she does bills a bomb could drop and she wouldn't know it. I'll climb into the kitchen cuboard, and get the finely ground pepper container she just bought, and sprinkle it all over the kitchen and dining room like snow. I'll even cover my trucks and tractors with it.

Although I should never have tasted it!!!!

Like I said natural consequences are sometimes way better than any punishment I could have given him. Even now when i get the pepper out, he says. "I don't like pepper mom. pepper hurts." I'm sorry payton someday you'll laugh about this.

Rolls for Thanksgiving

Pillsbury dough kids

lot's of flour

2 rolling pins

bread dough

2 very active children

and 1 frazzled mother

add a little procrastination, and bake for 10 minutes at 350

and you get delicious home made rolls

rachel ray doesn't got anything on Jenna

Bobby flay better just stick to the gril. Payton's got baking down.

I hope that everyone had a great thanksgiving. We ate dinner at my mom's house on thursday. Dinner at my g-ma's house on friday. A baptism, and a b-day party on saturday. A dinner, and family good byes on sunday. It was so nice to see everyone that we saw this weekend. We saw family that we haven't seen in way to long, and our kids got to play with cousins that they don't know very well, but we wish they did. I hope that everyone had as much fun as we did.

Fun in Puyallup

We went to a big indoor playland. Think Burger King but much bigger. The kids got to run and play, and burn al sorts of energy, and Payton never got stuck. (meaning he never got scared, and I never had to climb in and find him.)

Look who was doing a little fall shopping. Cinderella was in the mall, and Jenna got to give her a big hug, and get her picture taken with her. We had one very happy little girl on our hands.

HEADS OR TAILS

The kids have a tag game that has animal tails attached to belts. The kids run around and if they get there tail stolen than they're frozen. The one with all the tails in the end wins. Well Payton put his tail on and ran around screaming, "I have a tail, I have a tail." It was pretty cute, no one told him his tail was backward.

HALLOWEEN

Here we are carving pumpkins, Payton and daddy posing for the picture.

Jenna wasn't crazy about the pumpkin guts, but she did help a little.Our pumpkin picture came out a little blury. Payton's pumpkin was a goblin, and Jenna's pumpkin was the headless horse man.

This year the kids rode horses for halloween. Payton's was a very wild brown and white paint, and Jenna's was a unicorn pegasus, that was a little on the stubborn side. Here we are at grandma's office before we hit the down town for some trick or treating. We then went to the trunk or treat, and the tri ward carnival. Then we went to some friends of ours to hang out for a little while. It was a fun night, and the kids should have plenty of candy for awhile.

HUNTING, Not for the weak stomach!!

My very talented hubby, shot himself a deer this year. It was a 4 by 3 point whatever that means. It was big though and I was proud of him. He went out in the wee morning hours so he would be in posistion when day broke. He had his Deer shot, gutted, and back to work by 1130 that morning. Then on with apple harvest he went. now Payton pretends he is hunting with his toy guns, and he guts his deer, with his knife when he is done. (his knife is actually a sock, what an imagination my little boy has.)

Ready for church

My beautiful babies!!! All ready for church.