Long overdue

Elijah has needed his first haircut for several months now, and tonight we finally got around to it. Here is what he looked like before:
I talked David into giving him the haircut, because I was too afraid of messing up. So, Daddy put Elijah's chair in front of the TV and the boys watched baseball together while Elijah got his hair cut.And the finished product. David did a great job.When the haircut was all over, Elijah joined the girls in his bedroom. I got a monitor for free at a yard sale I helped out at yesterday, so David put together a computer for the girls to use. They like playing the "Cookie Monster" game, and Elijah enjoys watching.

HAY IS FOR HORSES

Today was field trip day for preschool. We went to a horse farm, and then to the park to play. Here are some pictures of the horses.

This one is of Katie feeding a carrot to a mini-horse. She is the one to the very right of the picture (you can see her profile).
Katie feeding hay to another horse:

Getting a little side-tracked. One of the kids spotted a rabbit out in the field, so everyone had to go investigate. When all the "big kids" got out of the way, Elijah tried his hand at feeding the horses. There was a big wall of hay, and he would pull some out, then walk over to the horses and offer it to them.Then the preschool class had to get into the horse trailer for a picture. Boy did their shoes smell good after this :-)Afterwards we all went to the park for snack time, and to get out some energy. Katie was being a good big sister, and she liked helping Elijah go down the slide. The picture is kind of small, but they both have huge smiles on their faces (and Elijah let out a huge squeal).Cailin was there the whole day, too. She is in the group pictures, but she didn't give me as many chances to get her picture as Katie did (nor did she demand that I take her picture like Katie did).

Calling all creative minds!

I called the vet today to set up an appointment for our male bunny to be neutered, and felt like a big nerd when she asked "What is the bunny's name?" and my response was "He doesn't have one."

I need help naming my bunnies. After all, they are 4 1/2 months old now, I guess they deserve names. We have one boy and one girl. The boy is solid black, and the girl is mostly black with one white front paw and some white down her chest/neck area. Here's a picture of them:For some reason I really stress out when it comes to naming stuff. For pets I like creative names, but not names that get too common, and are completely based on what the animal looks like, like "Spot" or "Socks." Sorry if I just insulted any readers :-) Any ideas?

If I stress out this much about naming pets, how on earth are we ever going to come up with another child's name by April?

More Airshow Pictures

My dad sent me more airshow pictures, so I thought I'd post one of the "truck with the big fire" that the girls hated, but can't seem to stop talking about.

This act we watched while standing in the grass outside the airport waiting for my mom to come pick up the kids. The girls kept saying "Mom! She needs to get down before she falls!"And finally one with me and my awesome little brothers and sister. Apparently my dad gets a picture of the kids by this plane at every airshow. This was after the airshow was over, so my kiddos weren't there anymore.

Airshow!

The last weekend in September I went home to Grand Junction for the airshow. I have been attending airshows with my airplane-crazy dad my entire life, so I was excited to get a chance to stick to the tradition. I brought the kids along, and they had a lot of fun, until the truck with the jet engine attached started up. The kids did NOT like the noise, or the big fire, and that's when we had to call Grandma to come get them.


I cannot take credit for these pictures. I didn't bring my camera to the airshow, so these are all pictures that my dad took.



Thanks for letting me tag along again this year Daddy! I had a lot of fun.