cookies in the milk jug

McKayla: "Mom, you are going to be soooo mad." (This is never good to hear!)
Me: "What did you do?"
Mckayla: "I didn't do anything, but sissy was trying to get cookies and milk."
Me: "So did she spill the milk?"
McKayla: "No. she dropped her cookie in the milk carton."

Just so you know, the milk carton was less than half full.

Me: "Alina, why didn't you get a cup?"
Alina: "The milk jug was too heavy so I couldn't pour it."

I still don't understand how she thought she could dip her cookie in the half empty milk carton. And I really don't understand how she got a piece of cookie that big through the little hole at the top of the milk.

So question: Has anyone else ever had to fish cookie out of a carton of milk? Or do I just have brilliant children?

pumpkins

We finally carved pumpkins this week, the girls have been begging to do so for the past month. We almost didn't get any pumpkins because they were all bad when we went to look for them. The weather has been so cold that all the pumpkins froze then rotted. Luckily Target keeps theirs inside, so we were able to get some. The girls loved scooping out all the goo and picking out a pattern for them.

Flying W Ranch

Alina wanted to go to the Flying W Ranch for her birthday dinner, and I must say it was a good choice. The food was surprisingly good and the show was excellent. But, it wouldn't be an expensive night out if Alina didn't fall asleep, so there is a picture included of that as well.

Happy Birthday Alina

The day started at 6:00am with Alina running into our room excited about her birthday, and us sending her back to bed, or at least her room. She was sooooooo excited all day long, she kept saying "it's my birthday and I'm five years old." She got to open all her presents this morning before Ky went to work and also go to blow out her candles, which were trick candles, (I think McKayla was getting a little freaked out by them, she thought they were possessed or something.)

Field Day

The girls had field day at their school on Thursday and I was able to be there to help out and watch the girls have fun. These pictures are of the class relays. I think the kids were so tired by this point that they were a little less than enthused.

Zoo field trip

Alina's class took a field trip to the zoo this past week. I got to go with them and had a great time. It is fun to see how Alina interacts with the kids in her class and who her friend are. You will notice that all her friends are boys. The boy who she is holding hands with is Hayden and we hear about him on a daily basis. My favorite picture is the one with the kids at the lions. If you look close you can see the lion trying to attack them.

New fridge

Who would have thought that a new fridge would be a great anniversary gift? But, we were both so excited, amazing what 8 years of marriage will do to you. (I wonder what we will get excited about 8 years from now, kind of a scary thought.) Now the girls can get their own ice and water, no more cracking ice trays or cleaning up the ice that spilled out of the tray all over the floor.