My abused child

This is being posted for Sara who laughed at me all day today. Chris's grandparents came to town for a visit. One night I took my corn casserole over for dinner. Of course we are getting ready to leave and my kids are having meltdowns about everything. Carter didn't want his bulky winter coat on and Gene wants to do EVERYTHING himself which really slows me down. Anyway, I get them bundled and got the bags slung over my shoulder, and I bend down to get the casserole dish. On my way up, not realizing that Gene is next to me, the casserole handle on the lid makes contact with Gene's poor eye. Now he is histerical and I feel just horrible for what I did to my baby. Anyway, here is a picture of my poor 'abused' child with his shiner.

Santa Baby

Everyone knows by know how much Carter loves to eat. He even has a round little bump on his belly. I thought it would be cute to get him a Santa suit. I finally found one and had to post a couple of pictures. Also pictured is Gene with Chris's newest acquistion- the rack from the 10 point buck he shot last week. Gene loves bucky. We are so proud of Gene at our house. He has started to potty train all on his own and is doing pretty well so far.

1st Twinkie

If you know Carter, you know the boy loves his food. The kids and I went to the grocery store the other night and got everything for supper. At checkout Gene was throwing a fit because he wanted Twinkies. We bought the Twinkies eventhough we had John Deere snacks, Christmas snack cakes, Puffs, Goldfish, and everything else. I gave in and got the Twinkies and so after we had our spaghetti, the kids got the Twinkies for desert. Gene was shy about being messy, but Carter was excited over this new food.

Crusher Claw!!!!!!!

Chris's dad does this thing with the kids he calls crusher claw. Carter has already picked up on this and was doing it back one night we were over there. It was really cute.

Buster is growing

I thought I would post a new picture of our dog Buster. He wouldn't look at me when the camera was going off, but you can see how big he is getting. Carter tries to use him as a horse! He is going to get bigger than we anticipated.

Trick or Treat

It was such a nice evening on Friday when we took the kids Trick or Treating in North Liberty! The weather was cooperative and it wasn't bitter cold like I expected it to be. Anyways, here are some pictures of the kids in the costumes out trick or treating.