Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Fun in the leaves

Brent and the kids spent the afternoon a couple of weeks ago raking leaves. They got a lot accomplished, the kids had fun playing in the leaves, and I got a little time to myself! (I guess there are a few perks about being pregnant aka unable to rake or bend over to pick up leaves!)



Brent took this great picture of Grace. She is so full of energy I am suprised she stopped and posed for a quick photo shoot.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Big girl bed??

A couple of weeks ago Brent set up the toddler bed. Since Grace and the baby will have to share a room, I thought I needed to get Grace use to sleeping in her "big girl bed." At first she loved it and would read books on her bed and play with Gavin on her bed and take naps in her bed...

 But what about now??? She decided she would rather sleep in her "cib." If you try and put her in the big girl bed she will cry and say, "No, cib!" and get out of bed and try and climb INTO her crib. I guess she likes being jailed up inside the crib and always getting her legs stuck in the bars! With only 10 weeks until the baby comes, it looks like I have my work cut out for me in getting Grace out of the the crib. 
Even though Grace doesn't want to sleep in the toddler bed, she sure likes to use the bed as a means of getting into trouble. I can't believe she can balance on the tiniest railing and get stuff out of the dresser. Of course she smiles so cute for the camera when she knows she is doing something naughty!

Gavin and Grace playing on the bed. At least she will play on her bed. Hopefully that it is a good start... perhaps eventually she will actually sleep in it!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Our Halloween Weekend

We had quite an eventful weekend. It started off with pumpkin carving on Thursday, and then I was one of the "party Mom's" helping with Gavin's Halloween party on Friday. At his school, the Kindergartners go on a parade around the school with their costumes on. Gavin was the super star of the day and got to be the line leader!
Mrs. Beschta's Kindergarten class.
Friday night we had went to our ward's trunk or treat. It is fun for the kids to dress up in their costumes more than once.
The smiley kids after the trunk or treat. (sorry DaNae, Ella wouldn't take the sucker out of her mouth for the pictures!)
After all the other festivities, it was finally Halloween night and the kids got to go trick or treating. And I have a theory... the younger you are, the more candy they give you. These little tots got handfuls of candy and each of them got two full size candy bars. It sure is great being so young and ADORABLE!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Pumpkin Carving

We just had our 7th annual McAllister-Peterson pumpkin carving night. The first year we moved to Spokane we met the Peterson's and we have been carving pumpkins with them every year since.  We have a set semi-annual get together since we also dye Easter eggs together every year as well.
Gutting the pumpkins is always fun. I was the "seed girl" and collected all the seeds. A coworker told me about a great recipe that he does to cook the seeds and I wanted to give it a try.
Grace had fun even though she didn't really get to help. She just kept saying, "pu-kin." She is talking more and more every day and it is so fun to hear her try and say new words.
Way to go Brent for helping the kids carve the pumpkins. Gavin's pumpkin turned out great!

Monday, October 5, 2009

A McAllister Magic Show

This weekend Gavin and Brent put on a magic show for the family. It worked out great because Gavin spent the Saturday afternoon session of conference listening and coloring to get ready for the magic show once conference was over. 
The magicians got all dressed up and Gavin handed us tickets for the show.
This is the pepper and water magic trick. I must admit, I was pretty impressed!
Gavin was also the announcer, letting us know the name of every trick.
And the ball magically disappeared! Gavin has the special magic hands!
What an awesome magic show. Thanks to Brent for being a great Dad and doing something so fun and creative with Gavin. And.... you look pretty handsome in the tux too!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

These boots are made for walk'n

Yesterday we went to the Spokane County FAIR!! I decided to get Grace in her best cowgirl outfit. The boots are soooo cute but a bit to snug!  It took a lot of work to squeeze Grace's feet into them for one last wearing. I guess she has to learn sooner or later the price of beauty sometimes means pain (especially if we are talking about really cute shoes!)
Once I got the shoes on, it took her a bit to figure out how to walk in such a big boot. But once she got the hang of it Grace didn't want to take them off. 
A little cowgirl boot close up!
It has been really fun to have some time with just Grace while Gavin is in school. It won't be long and she will no longer be the baby. But that is okay with Grace. She is ready to be a big sister! She is already practicing her "mothering" on baby Knox.
Ready, set, let's go to the FAIR! Yee haw!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Go Green Lightning!!!

Gavin had his first soccer game today. Actually he had his first TWO soccer games today! Gavin isn't quite sure what to think about soccer yet. But I did see him crack a smile a few times during the game so at least he is having some fun.
The first play and Gavin obviously doesn't know what to do. Everyone is going after the ball and Gavin is still on the center line. I couldn't help but crack up!
The little pack of boys running after the ball.  (After we started yelling, "run Gavin run!")
Gavin found more enjoyment playing with the kids at the goalie flags then he actually did playing the game. Please note that the kids on the other team NEVER touched their goalie flag. 
The coach kept telling Gavin to get his hands out of the pockets and then she would walk away and the hands went right back inside!

The cheering section: Mom, Dad, Grace, DaNae, Ben, Ella, and Knox. A pretty good turnout for the 1st game of the season!
Cheerleader Grace doing some moves!
For some reason during the second game Grace kept taking off her shirt. I chased her down a couple of times to put it back on. But once she started posing, I just had to take a picture!