We went to Corn Belly's down at Thanksgiving Point with Miss Shelley's preschool. Even daddy and Madison were able to come. BONUS!!!

"The preschool gang" Carter, Aiden, Cameron, Gracie (couldn't fit everyone in the pic)

Croc swings???

Carter and Madison riding on the cow train.

Sweet brother and sister posing for their mom on the cow couch.

Madison shooting out the tube slide.

Carter and Gracie holding hands and screaming down the slide.

Carter helping his sister Madison down the slide. He is cute with her - he told his friend to wait until his "baby sister" came down with them.

Madison getting AIR.

Aiden, Cameron, and Carter sliding down the side of the jumping pillow.

Aiden, Gracie trying to save Carter from sliding down the slide.

Carter jumping high.

End of the field trip and Carter was not going to smile for the pic.

Hair, hair, hair

Is a 1 year old (20 months) supposed to have this much hair???

First Snow ...

Carter couldn't handle watching snow coming down from the window - he had to get out there and enjoy it.

Halloween Decor ...

I thought I did OK with Halloween decor on the mantel = spider webs, spooky chain, large spider, light up pumpkins, trick or treat blocks. But I was told we didn't have enough decorations for Halloween and our house wasn't spooky enough. Carter took it upon himself to add the following decorations as pictured below. THANKS for the help Carter!!! Yes I have left them up - using my "good" mom skills.

Madison is in the house ...

Madison is still unloading - take note of the "kiddie lock" on the corner of the cupboard. Yes she has mastered "kiddie locks". I give up.

Oops it happened again!!!

Yes our basement flooded - again. This time by rain water not hot water heater. Yes Jason was out of town again.
I went downstairs to clean out the computer/junk room and when I opened the door there was a weird smell. I started picking up papers off the floor and they felt damp. I put my fingers way down into the carpet and they came out wet. GREAT! Another flood. I started looking around and noticed dirty water marks running down the wall from the window. I went outside and the downspout run off tube was not connected. I am assuming that all the water we received on Saturday went directly into the window well and through the window. I figure it could have been worse and broke the window, but then I guess we would have found it sooner. We are lucky it only ruined the pad and not the carpet, baseboards, or dry board.
After removing all the bookcases, books, computers, etc. I pulled up the pad and rented carpet fans to dry it out. I wanted to de-junk the room and the flood made it happen immediately.
Jason felt bad because he figures he is the one who left the drain tube off last time he mowed the lawn. He also felt bad that I had to take care of it by myself since he was in LA on business.
Being the excellent guy he is he sent me flowers and apologized numerous times.

Least to say I connected the downspout drain with screws so this will not be happening again.

Setting Records ...

Madison has had dry skin on her feet and I kept putting lotion and socks on at night thinking it would get better. After a week or so it just kept getting worse to the point of each little toe being raw and sore. I finally broke down and took her into the doctor. He confirmed it was fungus (athletes foot). He told me it was extremely rare to see a 1year old in Utah with severe athletes foot - we try to keep our doctor on his toes. To make matters worse, every night I was creating a prime environment for growth - moist and dark. Nice job mom!!!

The pictures don't do justice. Poor little girl is a trooper.

Her toes started getting extremely split and infected so we wrapped with neosporin at night.