Halloween party

Grandma and Grandpa Wood's ward had a Halloween party that they invited us to. The boys had a great time. In case you can't tell from the pictures, Logan is a dragon and Bronson is a knight.


Daddy helping Bronson with his cupcake.

Logan won a cupcake in the cake walk and this is him eating it straight off Grandma Jackie's hand. I think she is lucky that he didn't lick it when he was finished!

I included this shot so you can see what Bronson's costume would look like if he would actually keep the helmet on for more than half a second.

mama and her big boy!

Cute shot of the boys on our stairs. If you notice the slight blue to Logan's mouth it isn't because he is suffocating. The boys got haircuts today and suckers are how you keep them still. Though you do have to wash the suckers off a lot because they quickly get hair covered and nasty.

umm, no.

So I had to talk to a customer service rep today and he said the strangest thing to me. At the end of the conversation he asked me if he delighted me. I said ' umm, no. I wouldn't say delighted. But you helped me.' And then he said 'Is there anything I can do that would delight you?' I said 'No, thanks for your help.' *click*

Is that the oddest thing? Who talks like that?

Pumpkin Patch

Today we finally made it to the pumpkin patch. The boys loved it. Well, Logan loved it. Bronson more tolerated it for a few minutes. Next time we will take the family picture first and maybe we won't have a crying Bronson to contend with.

Steve helping Bronson pick a pumpkin.

Logan holding a pumpkin, but not the one he ended up choosing.

Aww, how sweet! The whole family smiling for the camera. Oh, wait. Not the whole family. Ah well, better luck next time, right?

Hmm, guess not. Bronson is still not smiling. Oh well. Logan sure looks cute though!

Future Olympian?

Logan ran around our couch for a good half an hour straight. Not kidding. Half an hour. Constant motion. It was cleanup time, so he was even cleaning as he ran. Pick up a toy, run around the couch to where ever the toy goes, keep on running. It was right before bedtime. I was hoping it would wear him out. Didn't seem to, he didn't even seem out of breath. It was pretty fun to watch. Man, that kid has energy to spare!

chicken or chickens?

Logan totally does not understand the fact that we EAT animals. He thinks there is a difference between chickens and chicken. We have tried on many instances to explain to him that chicken comes from chickens but it is totally out of his grasp. He actually gets really upset when we say that we eat any kind of animal. I have gotten to the point where when he tells me that we don't eat chickens I just say 'Oh'. That way I am not agreeing with him, but I don't have to argue with him either. He seems to think that the whole thing is some joke that Daddy and Mama made up to annoy him.

So next time you see Logan ask him if we eat chicken.

*chomp*chomp*

The other day I wasn't feeling too well so I was resting on my bed. Steve and the boys came up to visit and all crawled on the bed with me. Steve was lying on his stomach and the boys were crawling all over him. Bronson kept wriggling under Steve's head and Logan was laying on Steve's back so I said, "It's a Daddy sandwich!" Logan immediately starts pretending to eat Steve *chomp *chomp* chomp*. I looked away for a second and I hear Steve saying, " alright. all done pretending to eat Daddy!" When I looked back I saw Logan pretend biting Steve's bum *chomp * chomp * chomp* and Steve trying not to laugh and trying to sound serious as he told Logan to stop it. I didn't say anything. It was all I could handle not to laugh out loud and make Logan do it more!

check it out

check out the village shop! run in part by my very own former roommate Bonny! they are having a giveaway!

Mama moments

Yesterday I was going down the stairs with Logan and out of the blue he started singing the Primary song 'Mother, I Love You'. ( Except he doesn't sing it with the word Mother, he says Mama) I almost started crying. Especially the part 'Father in Heaven has sent me to you' . Wow, what a precious mama moment.

Another cute thing, today Logan worked for probably an hour or so on a 'cake' he was constructing out of big Legos. when it was finished he and Bronson sat down and sang 'Happy Birthday' to me. It was so darling! Logan of course knows all the words, but Bronson does not. Bronson was doing the best he could to sing along though. After they finished singing Logan got plates and a play knife from their little kitchen and Logan served all of us 'birthday cake'. So sweet!

long forgotten

So, a long time ago, not even sure how long ago,(maybe March or so?) I was the 5th caller and won a recipe box kit. I was embarrassingly excited because I never win anything. I started making the recipe box shortly after. Then Jen, who was helping me make it, left for the summer. And I kinda forgot about it . Well in my recent yearnings for projects I remembered this half-finished, completely-free, long-forgotten project had been begun many moons ago. So tonight (while watching 'top model') I resumed making it. I think it turned out pretty cute. I was so desperately in need of a new box for my recipes. Yeah! Go me!

pudding and twins

Apparently Bronson got in a fight with the pudding. I think the pudding won.

Boys in their matching pajamas. Logan thinks it is soooo cool to be dressed the same. He tells me that him and Bronson are twins.

nose issues

This morning Logan woke me up at 6:30 telling me that he needed his nose wiped because it was runny. I, obligingly, got him some toilet paper and helped him wipe his nose. He asked if he could have some more so that he could wipe his nose again if he needed to. I again agreed.


Lets jump ahead now to 3:30 this afternoon. Logan is 'supposed' to be taking a nap. He isn't. Instead he is yelling at me that his nose has something in it. I come upstairs armed with a nasal aspirator (nose sucker) and a burp cloth. Upon further investigation I find that he has shoved a piece of toilet paper up each nostril. I have to utilize both the nasal aspirator and the tried and true practice of holding one nostril closed while you blow air out the other nostril technique in order to dislodge said toilet paper.



I called Steve at work to laugh about it, I think I made his day.

hmm..........what is WRONG with this picture?

Here at the Wood Household we try to do our FHE on Sunday nights because Monday is Steve's late night.

Tonight we decided to 'make' -by we I mean me and by make I mean frost and decorate- a house for Halloween. I have been wanting to for awhile and we saw a kit in Wal-Mart the other day so we thought it would be fun, and easier than trying to construct one myself.

I don't know if it was an operator error or what but I am sorely disappointed about how our house turned out.

We (meaning me) were not able to do nearly as detailed work as the box promised us. And apparently I need to have some lessons in how to frost. I think it looks pretty sad. Plus it didn't help that the candy ghost was broken before I had finished piping the windows (thanks logan). Just for your amusement I have posted a picture of ours and a picture of what we were trying to achieve. yeah. have a good laugh.

What I have been up to.

I am not sure what has come over me but lately I have such an overwhelming need to be creative and make things. I am very lucky to have a MIL who is the queen of crafty and is very willing to teach me anything I want to know. This week she taught me how to make stuffed pumpkins. I had a great time, and I think they turned out very cute. Plus it was super easy! I have more than these, but these are the only ones completely done.

Before pic of the chosen fabrics.

This one is my favorite.

I saw this show the other day that suggested making magnets out of photographs. I thought it looked like something I could do, so I did it. Except I used stickers and scrapbook paper instead of photos. I had a blast doing it and again, it was so easy. I think I may have gone a bit overboard but I think they turned out pretty cute. My favorite are the black/white ones. I also (as you can see) did the letters for 'October' and 'Halloween'. I don't know what I will do for my next project. Any simple ideas?