New Years 2010

Over the Christmas break we tried doing something fun everyday.  We went swimming, sledding, played games etc.  On one of the days the kids and I decided to have a popcorn/costume party (on a side note every time Kolby invites over friends he wants it to be a costume party) and invited some friends and neighbors over to play and eat popcorn.  After spreading popcorn everywhere upstairs the kids wanted to watch a movie.  We had checked out of the church library the VHS Worth of Souls so we as a family for FHE could watch the movie the gift (the one were the family lives on a farm and the boy doesn't know what to get his dad for Christmas, and decides to serve him and do all of the chores before he wakes up to do them).  Anyway we also watched the flick Johny Lingo.  Well, our kids apparently loved it b/c this is what they wanted to watch with their friends at our party.  Kolby was trying to convince his friends that it was good so they too would want to watch it and he said, "tell them what they will learn if they watch it, mom."

On New Years eve we played games watched movies had a yummy dinner of dips.  Casey named it " the festival of dips".  We counted down early and put the kids in bed.  Cas and I rented a movie and unintentionally stayed up well over the count down watching it b/c all the kids kept waking up.... Kolby woke up screaming of and ear infection which woke up Cooper who when we both got up to there room Coop was crying too b/c he was scared for Kolb saying, "Bolby sad."  Once all was well there we attempted the movie again  then Shelby awoke screaming from a bad dream Cas had to rock her back to sleep she was so scared.  Next of coarse was Cooper who had decided he wanted some company since he was so he started turning on lights (which has become his favorite thing to do in the night).  When we got upstairs Chase was up kicking and squealing absolutely happy.  What a way to start out the new year, we don't really need pots and pans when we've got 4 of our own perfect little noise makers!

So Saturday mornings are our chores day and the kids we think are old enough to do most of their chores unsupervised and Cas and I have our own chores to do and we are always trying to beat the clock.  I paused just in time to hear,"is it dark in their Cooper?"  Of coarse I felt the need to examine, and walked into the laundry room to see Kolby and Shelby handing Cooper a flashlight and shutting him into the dryer. We laughed so hard and they thought they were so funny they all had to try.