Scare Me to Death

We have caught two mice in our house in the past couple of weeks.  We have seen one more since then, but have not been able to trap it yet.

Yesterday, I was helping the little boys straighten up their room before bed time and pulled out a storage cart from under Ethan's bed.  I almost died when I caught sight of this.

The otter brushed against my foot as I pulled the cart out and I jumped back so fast!  Then I saw the raccoon.

You can imagine how fast my heart was beating before I realized it was just a few of Holden's animal toys hanging out with the shoes!

BAH!!  Life with boys!!  

School Photos

The schools have a website where parents can get on and monitor the kid's work and assignments.

These are the pictures that pop up when you open their individual pages. 

I'm not sure when they were taken, but I love them, so I stole them.  

They are at least last year's photos, if not the year before.

Matchy-Matchy Boys and a Waffle Wielding Pirate

They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Jackson has insisted that he match Ethan exactly every day of school so far.

They are so cute in their little uniforms!  I wish I had a picture of each day.

Getting to the Heart of the Matter

I was in my bed this morning when I heard Holden crying down the hall.  The crying got louder and louder as he made his way down the hall toward my room.  He climbed into bed with me and tearfully told me that Jackson had hit him on the back.

As he curled up next to me, I could feel his heart beating very fast.  I took his hand and held it over his heart and asked him if he could feel it.  He got quiet for a moment and then declared, "That is a broken heart!"

"What?" I asked.  "A broken heart?  Why is that a broken heart?"

"Because when you cry, you have a broken heart."

Look What's Cookin'

Yum!  Not really.  It's laundry detergent.  Made a double batch of it this morning.

Would hate to be the one to mistake all that shredded Ivory soap for cheese!  Hehe!!

What a Girl Needs

Saturday at 10:38 AM.  Still asleep.

I guess being a Freshman is hard work!

Cemetery. I Mean Seminary.

This morning was the first day of Early Morning Seminary for the year 

and Savannah's first day ever!

RaeAnn posted these pictures on the Moss Bluff Seminary Facebook page.

"Day 1.....Done!!!  Only 159 left to go!"

~ Paige, Ashley, Savannah, Tristan, Bryce, Nick, Ty, and Andrew ~

Acting like zombies!  What else would you expect at 5:45 AM?
Savannah said, "Apparently I did not get the memo about making weird faces for that photo!"

Looks like it's going to be another fabulous year!!