Diva Kaleb

Kaleb hates getting his clothes wet and when he does he demands on us changing either his shirt or pants. Even if it is only a few dribbles of water. Yesterday I sprayed the boys with the hose outside and they loved it but once we got inside Kaleb DEMANDED a new shirt which really is easier just to change than to fight him on it. Then he took a drink less then 10 mins later and spilled a little bit and once again demanded a new shirt. At soccer last night William was taking Kaleb over to the playground so I could try and take pictures of Ben on his last day of Soccer. Kaleb ran and fell in the mud. Oh he was sooooo upset. He just hung his head and begged for a bath and to go home. He had such a great pouty lip that I had to laugh and feel sorry for him at the same time. I was able to take him home rinse him off enough so he wasn't too upset anymore and get back to soccer in time to pick up everyone. Kaleb is definitely my clothes Diva.

Been awhile

I did not realize it had been so long since I last blogged. Life seems to just fly by. Well the cold has stuck us inside for a while the -35C temps make going outside daunting. The windchill that gets added on top makes me not want to go anywhere at all.

I am trying to take out artificial colours from the boys diets because of the study linking hyperactivity to these colourants. I think there is a difference as slight as it may be. I was trying to figure out what natural colorings are used in Smarties (the chocolate candies for those who live in the states and think they are the rockets). So I checked out the website and didn't find any definite answer and then emailed them to find out. I received an email stating the colourants used and the one that scared me the most was Carmine. Not because it is linked to anything that I know of but because of what Carmine really is. If you like these candies maybe you shouldn't read but here it goes. Carmine is really crushed red beetles. Yep that is right beetles. Ewwwww.

It is natural but I don't know if that makes it any better.

It is crazy what has colour in it. I bought a jar of pickles yesterday without looking at the label and figured it is just pickles well they have tartazine which is a coloring. Crazy. Cake mixes have colour added, chips, choc milk, even some yogurts contain colouring.

So Benjamin likes to pretend to try and take naps sometimes. Right now he is so tired and wants to take a nap. Sounds great to me. He was on the couch but he switched to the chair because as he told me he tooted on the couch and needed to switch to the chair. Oh so funny.

Christmas presents anyone

Last week we went a Christmas craft sale and I knew that there would be lots of breakable things that Benjamin would love to touch. Because I remember touching everything when I was little and getting in so much trouble I warned Benjamin not to touch anything. If he touched something and broke it I told him that we would have to buy it and that would be his Christmas gift. Bahahaha. It totally worked to. He did try to touch things but everytime he did I asked if he wanted that particular thing for Christmas. Each time he stopped touching it and backed away. One time he was touching a ceramic dish and I asked him if that was his gift he got kinda scared and backed quickly away. I wonder how long this will work for.

The Pumpkin Bum

This year Benjamin wanted ears on his pumpkin so I carved out so holes and called them ears. Well I decided I wanted a pumpkin bum so I carved out a bum. William didn't realize how carved out it was until after he patted the pumpkin bum.

We made it!!!

So after pretty much 2 weeks of being at home with intermittant car use and Joe in Vegreville we made it here. You really do not know how dirty your house is until you move everything out of it. We like our new place and are adjusting to the quirks that a new home includes. I still have boxes that are not unpacked cause I don't know where to put it yet. I love having our rooms on the same level that we live on. And we splurged and bought a front loader washer and dryer and I am amazed at the pile of laundry that I start with and actually end up having clean at the end of the day.

It is crazy how many people from church know other people that we know. We have the Fishers are related to people in Drumheller. The Gillies who are related to people in Drumheller. Our bishop graduated with Joe's sister Michelle. I taught in Red Deer the Grand Daughter of a couple here. Someone from Veg (apparently this is how you abbreviate it) used to babysit one of my nieces from Taber.

The Egg is pretty big. At least it is an Egg and not the World's largest sausage like Mundare.

Night Everyone.

Vegreville here we come. Are you ready?

Joe got a job in Vegreville and we found a place. There is no carpeting to ruin but I am kinda worried about the laminate wood floor. The kitchen is small but new and nice. There are so many drawers I have no idea what to fill them with. We have 4 here which is the most we have ever had. There are 9 drawers I think in our new place. Kaleb will have fun. We move on the 13 out of here and into the new place on the 14th. We went today to get Joe set up for next week and Ben was mad we weren't staying at the New House. He wanted to sleep on the air mattress. I think he got over it. Wish me luck with the packing and the cleaning. Both of which are not fun. Expecially since Joe has untaped a few boxes and I packed 1 of my flip flops that I always wear. Not both of them just one.

Kaleb is getting way to Smart!!!!

This evening while downstairs Kaleb stole the bathroom stool. He took it into Joe's and my room and proceeded to try and reach some stuff up on the ledge which was still to high. So he picked up the stool took it to my dresser and grabbed stuff off of there. He has never done that before. At first I thought that Ben had moved the stool and he was just seizing the opportunity but than I remembered Ben had just used it in the bathroom. Kaleb is going to be the sneaky get into everything kid but yet still innocent.