The First Of Many

Johnny went to the BYU game today with his dad for the first time. BYU dominated UNLV 55-7 and Johnny thought his dad was hilarious when he would cheer loudly. The two of them had a great time, and hopefully this is only the first of many games Brad and Johnny will attend together.

A Little Taste...

...of what we've been up to lately. Nothing too exciting, just the usual post-Halloween candy snatchers. I caught Johnny with some chocolate he was about to devour, and when I told him, "No candy," he pointed and said, "Bela has some."

Thanks Johnny, I guess I should just be happy you shared with your sister. She definitely was pleased.

We've also had some art sessions

Bela's great at expressing herself

After Johnny drew these marks he told me it was Sleeping Beauty. He's very good with his markers. And very happy when he gets to color with them because they're a special "sometime" activity. I know I'm going to have to come up with some more exciting indoor things to do with the kids, because winter is definitely coming soon.

You Know You're A Good Mom...

...when you get your kids fast food to keep them occupied before the flight and they spill on themselves. Johnny was literally licking the frosty off his shirt. Thankfully I had enough time to change his clothes before we took off.

Bela was pretty pleased with her chicken nugget and french fries

After we landed Johnny was being so good patiently waiting for Dad to come pick us up so he got to enjoy some fruit snacks

Bela was such a trouper. I could only handle having one mobile child loose at a time, so she got stuck in the stroller pretty much the entire time we were at the airport.

So happy to see this guy

Bela celebrating with panda that she can finally come out of the stroller now that her dad came

Johnny went straight for his blocks when we came home. This kid loves his colors and shapes.

I don't know who was happier, Brad or the kids, that we're finally all together again.

Uncle Stephen

Stephen stopped by Monday morning before we left for the airport. Johnny was excited to see him and announced his arrival from the living room window, "Uncle Stephen's here!"

He was fascinated with Stephen's work badge.

Bela feeling left out I was not taking a picture of her. When I took the picture I realized she was holding a candy bar. Seriously, she was in a high chair with cheerios, how did she sneak that one past me?

Family pictures are our specialty. Love you Uncle Stephen!

Saying Goodbye

As I mentioned before, we were sick basically all last week. Even though it put a slight damper on our big vacation plans, we still had a fun time visiting family and apologize to those we infected. The one thing being sick does hinder apparently, is my desire to take pictures. Our last night in Washington, Fran stopped by to say goodbye, so I just started snapping pictures of the grandkids together to make up for no other pictures all week.

Emma is always so sweet and patient with Johnny. He already misses his Emma, her truck, and being able to play with her whenever he wants. Little Stevie on the other hand, gravitates to Bela more. When I gave him a hug and told him I'd miss him he looked at me and said, "Yes, but I know that baby Bela will miss me SO much more." I will probably mostly miss seeing how good Stevie is at helping Johnny learn better behavior.

Roar Goes The Lion

So this year for Halloween I bought Johnny the world's cutest shark costume. He looked so adorable in it. Then he and Bela went and got sick this last week, and we couldn't go to any Halloween parties whatsoever.

On Saturday, the day before Halloween, my mom and I were out shopping and I saw this lion costume in a 3t. At 50% off, I thought score, next year's costume, check. Then when Johnny tried it on that night, we realized it fit perfectly for this year.

To say he loved it would be an understatement. Johnny did not want to change out of it at bedtime, so he slept in it. Oh well, at least it made me feel less wasteful in purchasing it.

He put it on again Halloween night to help pass out candy to the trick or treaters. Don't worry, I still plan on getting some shots of him in his shark costume, and Bela in hers also. It's a good thing I have kids who like to dress up.

Great-Grandma Goodrich

We made a stop by Bellevue to visit my grandparents. Johnny made my grandma's day when he sat on her lap to read books.

I didn't get any pictures of Bela with my grandparents this time, but in my defense she had a fever and was pretty grumpy, poor thing. Hopefully we'll be back for another visit soon!