Noah flying down Mo~mo and Popeye's hill on his new b~day sled!
2 peas in a pod! They used to scream and flail at the site of a sled and a hill, but now they laugh all the way down! Yippee!
Popeye loves playing with "his boys" on Turkey Day~ always a fun time with him around!
Noah Hatcher is our BIG 3~year~old, well almost! He turns 3 on November 24th but we had an early family party last night with his friend party on his actual bday. This li'l guy is so easy to please... give him a car and he is good for hours. This pack of Hot Wheels was a real thrill for him and I'm sure we've lost him to the "car world" for the next few days!
GUM~ who knew it could be so exciting!?! Parker wanted to buy him a gift with his plow earnings. He was all set to buy him one racecar until we stepped foot in the checkout aisle and he spotted this "green" gum! And, boy was it a hit! All the car gifts suddenly took second string as Noah was enamored with his own package of "BIG gum", not the little tiny white pieces that I regularly give him!
Lightening McQueen was the choice birthday cake. The cake sort~of resembles McQueen... I need to take some cake decorating classes for the upcoming choice bday cakes.
Noah was "beyond" thrilled with his racecar and we are super THRILLED with our 3~year~old son. God made this li'l guy with overflowing personality (and voice) and he continues to keep us entertained on a daily basis!;) We LOVE you, nOaH!
I am convinced that when it snows our household has different views on the falling snowflakes. I see beautiful specks of white... flocking our trees. While all my boys see DoLlAr SiGnS! ;)
It's November 9th and it finally snowed in Alaska! I love the first snowfall and the excitement it brings to our home! We got 4 inches of fluffy snow so it was perfect for sledding. AND, I could not believe how brave our boys were~ they went down the steepest part of our hill without any prompting/begging from me! :o)
The best part about the first snowfall, is it's clean and it tastes YUMMY!
These next few photos show more of Noah's countless expressions! Hot cocoa is another fav of ours for wintery days.
Can your eyes get this BIG!?!
This is cute of Noah but I wish I could photoshop away the slobber and snot! ;)
Savannah has some work to do... improving her attitude towards cold days and snow that keeps her from walking!
But, I did manage to get one picture of her smiling! Woohoo for snowy days~ right now the sun is shining bright and the fluffy snow is shimmering! Gorgeous!
Parker as Zorro! We kept checking our mailbox for this year's costumes b/c Uncle Teag special ordered Spiderman costumes for both our boys. But the mailman did not come through so on Friday we went with our back-up plan. Parker was pumped to be wearing a black cape and mask! And, we spent part of Saturday morning educating our boy on UTube about the fox of the night. I'm pretty sure this is all Parker will be wearing for the next week. That is until those Spiderman costumes arrive!
Cutest Captain Jack Sparrow ever! This little guy NEVER likes to wear costumes (unlike BIG bro!) but when we mentioned he could be a pirate... he was thrilled. And, we could not get a clear picture of Noah b/c he kept bopping around with all his excitement for the night!
Pretty li'l Princess, whoever thought of fabric crowns was ingenious- she never once took it off!
Each year, we trick OR treat at 4 homes but this year we got to add a fifth, since Cousin Brit and "Uncle" Keat bought a home near ours. This is just the right amount of homes since our kiddos get to eat one treat at every stop!
Love this time of year when the air gets crisp, the grass gets "crunchy", the Fall flavored coffee creamers return to the shelves and it's time to CARVE PUMPKINS! We don't really do much of the Halloween celebrations but we love the pumpkin carving. This is our 3rd year to drill holes in little pumpkins and let the boys go to town with their Mr. Potato Head pieces, works great and I don't have to worry about knives flying every which way!
Parker always chooses the fireman with his fav #... 5.
This is our 3-sided pumpkin! Spiderman in honor of Uncle Teag, only it didn't turn out as we expected. Larry Boy's side was the best effort. And, the last side is the boys' contribution using our pumpkin stamps.
And, here's our sissy who never once cared what mess was being made because she had a pumpkin "purse" to fill with Potato Head pieces!
THEN, our science teacher dad brought home leftover dry ice from his day's experiments. And, that created tons of wide eyes, oohs/ahhs and giggles from our kiddos. Gotta love Noah's pirate pumpkin!
Adding dish soap makes it even more fun!
Savannah finally joining in on some of the fun!
My final attempt to get the pumpkin glowing and see our kids faces... I got the glowing pumpkin and you can kind-of see the kiddos. What fun!
this one's for you, Chantel! Thanks for the cutest girl Seahawks jersey. I don't think I've ever seen a pink one but it suits our li'l gal! She has worn it quite a few times this football season and she always gets tonz of comments from others! And, Kep loves seeing Savannah in his team's jersey.
Fall leaves provide endless hours of fun in our yard. This year, they have been especially fun because we have had a forever LONG Fall. It's October and we still have 50s and 60s- unheard of... we are enjoying every minute of it before the white stuff takes its place!
Savannah does her fair share of raking while she observes the boys making their own crazy fun.
Oh to be young, weigh barely anything and have a little body that can take tumbles and falls without aching the next day! I'll choose to watch, laugh and take pix, instead!
I LOVE Savannah's look of shock/disgust as Noah heads in face first- she is ALL girl!
One afternoon big brother was gone running errands with dad and the younger 2 and I had such a great time tossing leaves at eachother. Sissy is in short sleeves in October! CRAZiness!
Yesterday, Parker and I met some of our homeschooling buddies for our first homeschooling field trip at a hay farm. It was so FUN! This farm had hundreds of acreage of hay fields surrounded by freshly snow-covered mountains. The homeschooling family that harvests the hay was super gracious to give us a long hay ride through the fields and woodsy trails. Here we are on the hay ride with Parker's buddies and my buddies!
Parker insisted that the "Kroons" had a "family" picture since his buddies, the Bacons, had a "family" pic!!!
After the hay ride, we wandered down to the fields where the yak and a variety of cows graze. This humongous cow is a Scottish Highlander Cow- isn't he cool-looking with his HUGE horns!?!
Parker finally got brave enough to feed this big cow some hay! I felt bad for the cow because Parker didn't want to get too close so the cow had to lick through the barbed wire!
SIGH... no live bees! But there were plenty of dead ones and a few larva that inched around our porch- yuck! I love science but the decaying smells are not my fav. As soon as Kep cut the hive open... a nasty smell engulfed us!
Meet "Wilson" with his comb! (Wilson i.e. "Home Improvement" neighbor!) All those little circles are bee eggs that never hatched (at least that is what we told Parker- so we hope it's true as we couldn't find more info. on the internet). We cut a few of them open and there laid a full~grown dead bee! So there ya go... our first science "experiment"!