Mark and Sean quotes

Me: "Sean, it's time to nap."
Sean: "No, Mama, me no want sweep."
Me: "Sean, when Mama says it's time to sleep, it is time to sleep."
Sean: "You have bad att'tude, Mama."


Mark: "Momma, what is a straight jacket?"
Me: "It's kind of like a shirt with really long sleeves that get tied around you so you don't hurt yourself."
Mark: "Have you ever had to wear one?"
Me: "Uhm, it's for crazy people, Mark."
Mark: "So, have you ever had to wear one?"

Some new pics of the boys

I've been so busy there hasn't been much time to take pictures of the boys lately... but I did take a few!

...a bit late... but more Halloween pics.

Here are a few more pictures from before and after our church's NEEWOLLAH celebration on October 31st. Some of you might recognize these 2 costumes as cousin Autumn and Brandon's! Can you believe they fit our boys? (Sean's sleeves and legs were rolled up a little).

Funny quotes

I have several sets of pictures I still need to upload... but in the meantime, I wanted to share some funny (or at least smile-worthy) little boy quotes:

After lunch, while sucking a ring-pop he got in Sunday school: "Hey Momma, this ring pop looks kind of like one of those weird things some parents put in their baby's mouth to trick them into thinking they have a boob in their mouth."
I almost choked from laughing. My very eloquent 6-year-old doesn't know the word "pacifier." Then again, we never used one. 

The other morning while I was getting everyone ready to take Mark to school, Mark pulled me aside, and quietly said: "Momma, I've noticed something the last few days. Whenever you tell Sean to do something, he does EXACTLY the opposite. Did you know?" Yes, my dear boy, I noticed. Hence, the hair standing up on end and multiple back-to-back time-outs doled out...

This morning, Sean asked Ben: "Bwink peese, Dada?" (drink please), to which Ben replied that he would bring him a drink as soon as he was done making the toast. To this Sean answered with his longest sentence so far: "No Dada, me need bwink NOW peese."

It was pouring rain (truly POURING). Sean wanted to go outside, and approached me, shoes on the wrong feet, holding a large-ish toy digger. "Me go owside, Momma. Go outside, dig big hole." I told him we would go outside if the rain stopped. Sean plopped down on the floor, and said in a very sad voice: "Eh-vader sad, Momma. Need dig big hole." ('eh-vader' is his word for excavator. He corrects me when I call it a digger) I asked him if the excavator would be happy if it could dig in the bean bucket for a bit. This was deemed acceptable, and the morning was rescued!

Sean counts now. He says "two, fwee, fow, five" and then JUMPS off of whatever he is standing on. He only counts when he is about to jump. Counting = bad when your little boy is in the top bunk!

Sean also is starting to recognize letters. We were at the store, and suddenly he yelled: "Big bee!" to which I answered, "Oh, do you see a bug, Sean?" Sean shook his head very adamantly, and replied: "No, Momma, big letter B. Big, big B." - Sure enough, there on the shelf was a very large cut-out of a letter B. 

Carving pumpkins

Halloween party

Our friends Dawn and Andy have a themed Halloween party every year. This year the party's theme was "cartoon characters." I actually planned ahead enough that I had time to sew, so we went as a family theme: The Flintstones!

Sean as BamBam

Mark as the pet saber-tooth tiger/leopard (about to be bonked by Sean's bat)

*grrrrrr~*

Ben as Fred, with the boys (we added the long johns to Sean's costume for the sake of keeping him warm)

My Wilma costume - the shoulder slipped onto my arm in this pic, it actually looks better.

See? Halloween can be fun WITHOUT all the 'spooky'...!

Library Pumpkin Parade

Mark's school is having a pumpkin parade at the library. Children are supposed to choose a character from one of their favorite books, and with the help of a parent, create a pumpkin version of it. No carving or poking of the pumpkin is allowed, since they would otherwise rot...
We opted for sticking Mark's pumpkin into an old black sock! We then sewed the pieces (made from recycled things) onto the sock.

Mark with his Darth Vader pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch

The Vancouver monsoon season finally began on Friday, after nearly 2.5 months with NO rain. I have to admit, I am really enjoying the rain! It is cozy inside, and I love the wet sparkliness when the sun briefly shines through the clouds.

Today it was only raining intermittently, so after school I took the boys to the nearby pumpkin patch.

Their goal was to run around looking for the perfect pumpkin, to climb straw bales, and to stomp in puddles. My goal was to get at least ONE good picture of them in which they BOTH were looking at the camera AND were smiling. My success, as you will see, was somewhat mixed, but the boys' goal was definitely achieved.

...waiting in the car for the rain to stop

Uhm, Sean, that is NOT a smile.

Ok, that's better!

My blue-eyed boy

Hi Momma, me UP!

The boys NOT looking at the camera

Mark is a good jumper! Sean wanted to try this too, but I convinced him not to yet.

Sean is so good at climbing - we seriously need to install a climbing wall at home.

Right after I took this picture, Sean jumped out and yelled "Huh-prize!" (which is Sean's version of "surprise!")

Each of the boys found the "perfect" pumpkin, and we each bought a home-baked cookie, too. This was fun!