This week-

Things have been pretty laid back lately. I've got a cold and have been feeling tired and unmotivated so we haven't ventured out much or done anything to exciting this week. But since this is pretty much my journal here are a few things that went on this week.

-I had a doctors appointment and everything looked good. I had a big old weight gain of 8 pounds in 3 weeks. I guess it's time to lay off the sweets. My total weight gain so far is 24 pounds and I still have 6 to 8 weeks left that usually add a pound a week. Oh well. I guess I'll worry about running after the baby comes out.

-Maddie did awesome at her tumble-a-thon. She did 100 tricks and ended up raising just over $100. Thanks so much to everyone who pledged and supported Maddie in this event. She was very excited! For doing so well she gets to pick a new gymnastics leotard, gym shorts, and a hair thing.

Maddie playing duck, duck, goose after the tumble-a-thon:

-We had a very lengthy discussion with Maddie about fires and fire drills. She's been getting stomach aches lately and I finally figured out what it was. She was feeling worried and stressed because they have been practicing fire drills at school and talking about fire safety.

She's worried about going outside without her coat and other things.

She's worried the smoke alarms won't work in our house (the firefighters stressed changing the batteries or they won't work), she's worried if they go off in the night she won't wake up. I assured her that her dad and I would not leave the house without carrying her and Garen out with us.

She found out that you could start a fire with two pieces of wood so she assumed if two of her toys hit together they too would start a fire. I keep telling her that fires don't happen to often and that we won't have one at school or at home, but she believes there will be one for sure or else they wouldn't practice so much. The things a 5 year old can conjure up in her little mind! :)

-We babysat my neighbors 5 month old baby and the kids loved it! Maddie got to feed him a bottle and hold him before she headed off t0 school. And Garen was very interested and kept bringing him toys and sticking his binki in his mouth. So I think Garen will be happy with the new baby, probably till he figures out she's staying. And Maddie said she wants to be in charge of feeding the baby a bottle each day-I haven't broke the news to her yet that the new baby probably won't be using a bottle.

-We finally carved some pumpkins. Maddie has been wanting to do this all week long, but we wanted to involve Andy and since he hasn't been getting home till it's to late we had to wait till Saturday night. Garen was super excited and stuck his hand right in the first pumpkin and yanked it right back out with a terrified look on his face. He didn't touch the slimpy things again after that. Maddie did a good job cleaning her pumpkin out and then she drew the face on for me to cut out.

Maddie's pumpkin face-

Maddies'-

Guess what Andy carved-

yep, that's me-

There's mine-

-Maddie had her primary program today at church. She said her speaking part so well from memory! And she pulled faces at her dad instead of singing the songs. :)

Kindergarten Pictures

Maddie got her Kindergarten pictures back. I think Andy did a good job getting her ready since I was in Minnesota that day.
I thought it would be fun to compare her Kindergarten picture with mine. Maybe we don't look as similar as people think?

I had to had this picture of me and Alisha getting on the school bus-too funny!

Fire station field trip

This morning I got to go with Maddie's class on a field trip to the fire station. It was a lot of fun! The firefighters were so good with the kids. They put all their gear on including the oxygen masks and then would crawl through the kids and give them five and make them laugh so the kids know not to be afraid of the firemen even though they sound like Darth Vader. They taught the kids a ton and showed them so many cool things! I'm glad I got to go, it was fun riding with Maddie on the bus and sharing this experience with her.
Maddie's class before we left-

Maddie and her friends on the bus-



The kids giving fives and touching all the gear-

Weekend in Clarkston/Logan

Thursday night we headed to Andy's parent's house for the weekend. It's the only weekend Andy has had off work and with the baby coming soon we decided we better take the chance to go visit family and friends.


We pulled in about 7pm that night and I headed right back out to meet my best Logan friend, Brenda at Chili's for some yummy food and some much needed girl time!



Then the kids and I spent the morning and early afternoon at Brenda's house on Friday while Andy's parents worked and Andy did some yard work for his grandparents.
Maddie with friends Jake and Danny-

Friday night Amber and Zeb joined me and Andy at the temple. We have really missed having a temple right at our fingertips, as well as having trusted babysitters close by!


On Saturday, Andy and I went into Logan and got a little shopping done and then for lunch we had a wonderful early Thanksgiving feast with all of his family. Jann also had planned a fun fishing for prizes games for the kids that they absolutely loved!





The kids playing with their prizes-


Levi-

Garen playing in the rocks-

The kids were feeding the hourse corn, but they had scared the horse away by the time I came to take the picture-

Sunday we went to Andy's parent's ward, then stopped by to see Andy's great grandmother on our way out of town.


It was a great long weekend for us, now it's back to work, school, and our daily routines.

No More Binki! And playing with giant blocks

Well, I've needed to take away Garen's Binki for some time now, but I've put it off since that little plastic thing can make all the screaming and whining go away in a matter of seconds.

With Garen's 2 year molars coming in he's been chomping on his Binki's and he finally bit a hole through his last one. And I can't go buy a 2 1/2 year old new Binki's. So I give him his broken one and he chooses not to use it because he doesn't like the rip in the side.

Garen is now Binki free, but he has not taken a nap since he stopped having one! :( We'll see how it goes from now on and hopefully we don't have a relapse when the new baby comes in a few weeks with her Binki.


This week I've had my neighbor Zoe a few days since their regular babysitter is gone. By 10:00 one morning Garen and Zoe were both getting restless so we went to the Family rec. center for some playtime.


This boy only thinks in trains and cars. Everything around us can always be turned into a train or car. Even the light coming in through the blinds becomes train tracks. Here's the car he made and pretended to drive around-

Garen had a blast building towers and knocking them down. But he was not happy when the other kids would knock it down for him. Watch at the end of the video, Garen is ready to slug a girl for knocking it down but he hears me call his name and holds back. Even though he hold back that time, it doesn't mean he didn't hit several kids for knocking it down.

The Great Pumpkin Surprise

I actually got this idea from our friends Blain and Britney. We had the kids make pumpkin bags and then each morning the 'great pumpkin' leaves them a surprise in it. Sometimes it's candy, a Halloween craft, or a Halloween toy. They had a great time making their pumpkins and were very excited to look in them this morning.


The Kids were trying to make a face like their pumpkin-

Just a picture of the kids right before church-

Our First Wyoming Snow!

When I woke up this morning I was surprised to see about 2 inches of snow out my window! But the first snow is always exciting and it was fun to show the kids. Maddie wanted to put on he snow clothes and go sledding right then! But she settled for going to school instead.


Garen was back to his normal self this morning, ready to eat and play so I'm glad that flu bug is over with.
This picture is of Maddie pulling a face after I was teasing her that she should have waited to fall of the playground till today because it wouldn't have hurt so bad in the snow. :) She's a trooper with her scraped up head, face and knees.-

30 weeks, flu, cold, and accidents

Wow, what a day! First Garen woke up a few times last night crying which isn't normal and at 5:30AM (Andy had already left to work) I went to lay him back down and stuck my hand a big wet spot. I thought maybe he'd leaked through his diaper but once I turned the light on I realized it was throw up and it was all over the bed and floor. Poor kids was miserable.

I think this is the worst age for them to have the flu because they can talk and run away but they don't understand what's happening to them. Garen cried all morning for food, I gave him one small drink and it came right back up. I would try and take him in the kitchen or bathroom to save the carpets and hold a towel out, but he would not have it. He would try to run away and he'd cry and just choke on his throw up. It was awful!

He was so weak all day, but finally about 20 minutes ago (4:00) he had a cracker and a drink and it hasn't come back up yet (knock on wood).

Then Maddie has a bit of a cold and cough but said she felt fine and refused to stay home. So I made her lunch, got her ready, helped her pick her show and tell, and sent her to school.

Garen finally fell asleep at about 12:30 so I thought I would lay down for a minute. (This pregnancy thing makes me tired!)

But at 12:45 Maddie's school calls. And when the voice on the other side says, "Hi Mrs. Pugmire this is the school nurse" I though for sure Maddie had thrown up as well. But, to my surprise it was something else.

Maddie had fallen off the playground equipment onto her head and had a goose egg and a skinned up forehead. The nurse said she was fine and that Maddie didn't want to come home. I wanted to go check on her but the nurse reassured me she was just fine and that she didn't even cry. It was probably good that I didn't have to go get her since Garen had finally fallen asleep and I had not showered or put any makeup on or anything.

Maddie's teacher is so nice and even called after school to make sure she got home okay and that I knew what had happened to her head.

Check out the huge belly!!!-

And lastly, I am 30 weeks today! Only 10 more to go. And with days like these I'm afraid the 10 weeks may go by to quickly! After trying to take care of the 2 I have today I am kind of doubting my ability to handle a third. :(

Check it Out!!!

My friend Alisha has got some amazing bows and other cute things you've got to see! She's having a bow giveaway on her AJ's bow-tique blog you can't miss! Plus she's got some fun stuff on sale at her Ebay store and her ETSY store.

Here are the 10 bows you get to choose from if you win-

Maddie's drawings

Maddie was so good to keep herself busy all through Saturday and Sunday conference. Here are some of her drawings (she made about 50). She has just started drawing people with bodies and not just stick figures. These are great for her because she's never been very interested in drawing or coloring neatly but now she wants to draw and color everyday. I think she has already passed me up on art skills :)
This says To dad From Madelyn. Happy Birthday. It is a picture of her and Andy walking to school together-

Dad-

mom-

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to my wonderful husband! I'm so glad he got to be home today and we got to watch conference together!

On Friday, he got to go fishing and this morning we made him bacon, eggs and cinnomon rolls. He is such a great guy and we love him so much even though he's getting pretty old!!!

He even spent the majority of his birthday money to pay for some lab and OB bills instead of getting anything good for himself. The kids and I are so lucky to have Andy in our lives.

Happy Birthday Andy!!!!

Helping Out

Besides picking up their toys, my kids love doing chores! And they are actually getting pretty good at them.
Maddie washed all the mirrors and windows-

Here's some team work of taking clothes out of the washer and putting them in the dryer-

And here is what I usually find after each load of laundry- My kids really like to put rocks in thier pockets.

Last night at bedtime the kids said they didn't want to go to bed yet, so I said you can only stay up if you help me with the laundry. They thought that was awesome. They both helped me do 3 loads of laundry, wash, dry, fold, and put away. I guess it was a win/win situation. They got to stay up and I got some help.

Dr. Appointment and Kindergarten

Yesterday I had my second appointment with my newly chosen midwife. This visit reassured me of my choice, especially after meeting the OB doctor.

I drank that fun orange glucose drink which always makes me feel sick because I am not a pop drinker and then to gulp down a sugary carbonated drink in 5 minutes just doesn't sit right in my stomach. But I survived :). As always my glucose was normal, my blood pressure is good as always, the babies heartbeat is just how it should be, I'm measuring exactly on, and have gained another dreaded 4 pounds this month.

From now on I get to enjoy the weigh-ins and urine tests every two weeks instead of every four. I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy is going. The baby will be here soon and I won't be ready for her! Yikes.



Also yesterday I got to go meet Maddie at her school for some lunch. Andy was home so I thought I'd surprise Maddie. It was fun to get our hot lunch trays and for me to sit with her and talk to her and all her little friends.

Plus, I came at a good time-the teacher saw me and said 'hey, is your husband home for the afternoon to babysit? I had a helper call in sick and we need someone to do center time after lunch!'

So I got to stay the afternoon and play bingo, play in sand, and hold worms. It made me miss teaching so much! I just love the way it feels to show or tell the kids something and see their faces light up with knowledge and excitement!

And that age of kids just love anybody who walks through the door. As I was leaving I heard a boy tell Maddie, "your mom is so fun, is she coming back tomorrow-I wish my mom would come to our class."
If you ever need a boost of self-esteem go into a Kindergarten room where everyone loves you and thinks your beautiful and fun and want to hug you before you leave!

So I am so excited to finish our basement and open my own preschool next Fall! I can't wait! I don't have a name picked out for it yet so I need some creative suggestions. Help me out!