Oh what a moment!

So last Friday I had one of those moments when I thought, I'm not a very good mom I need to pay more attention to my kids. Both kids were downstairs playing and I was upstairs paying bills on the computer. Then I hear Bentley start yelling and crying. Well I didn't even get up, I just thought oh great the kids are fighting again. But then he really started screaming and I knew he must be hurt so I went to investigate. Bentley was coming up the stairs just screaming and rubbing his eye. So I assumed he got something in his eye. I took him in the bathroom and flushed out his eye but he was still yelling. I tried several times to ask him what was in his eye but all he would dp was just scream at me. So finally I asked him to show me. Well he takes me downstairs and gets in a drawer he isn't suppose to be in and pulls out my small can of pepper spray I take jogging with me. He had apparently been playing with it and sprayed himself in the side of the head and then it dripped down into his eyes. Poor kid!



Unluckily for him, I had to strip him down and put him in the shower to try and get it all off. Its pretty nasty stuff and I could instantly see where it had touched his face as one side had turned a bright red. Poor guy took a short nap and then felt better but it gave me a good scare to! Not the kind of scare I wanted for Halloween though.

International Day

Instead of a Halloween party, Kierstyn's school celebrated International Day. Each classroom choose a continent and they dressed up like people who lived on that continent. Kierstyn's class was North America which worked out great since she was a cowgirl for Halloween anyway. I volunteered in her class that day and was impressed at the effort put into the event. Each of the classrooms was decorated and had crafts,activities, and snacks centered around that continent. The kids rotated through each classroom and then had a costume parade outside. Kierstyn had so much fun and really enjoys her school. Abover is Kierstyn in the Antartica classroom.

ZOO!

Okay, so its time to catch up on my blog. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to go with some friends to the San Diego Zoo. My kids were so excited! They love the zoo. In fact, one morning Ben asked me if we could go to the zoo today and I explained to him that there wasn't a zoo in Las Vegas. He says, "there's one in Africa we could go to Afica." I had to just smile at that. Needless to say he was very excited about going to the zoo. It was a quick trip and I think wore me out more than the kids since they were excited to go with their friends. Here's a few pics.

General Conference Weekend

I have to say that by far General Conference Weekend is the most relaxing Sunday there is. Blake and I have made it our tradition to have crepes every General Conference. So here was the brunch



My kids actually listened to some of conference. We played conference bingo and they did some fun coloring pages too!

Natural History Museum

Two weeks ago was National Museum Day, so we took advantage of the free day by taking our kids to the Natural History Museum. My kids loved it! We couldn't get Bentley away from the marine life exhibit and we were able to watch them feed the sharks. They also liked the young scientist center where there are several hands on things for them to do. Above they are trying to find fossils.

Kindergarten!?!

Who knew the start of school would be so emotionally exhausting. I guess when Kierstyn was first born I thought she would have a similar school experience that I had growing up. Silly as that sounds. But in reality, we live in a different place and things are not always ideal. So I had tremendous worries about Kierstyn going to school this year, some of which being an overcrowded school, that is year round, and she was assigned to a track that was shall I say not ideal. This was Kierstyn on her first day of school. I have to give her alot of credit because despite all my worries she didn't seem affected by any of them. What a trooper!

Unfortunately, it was one frustration and worry after another and after 3 emotionally draining weeks Kierstyn went on track break. It was then we decided to move her to a Montessori Charter school. Now its kind of a pain to drive her but we can tell a big difference. She comes home excited about school and the kids that are in her class. She likes the teacher and is doing great!

Potty training

I've been quite busy this last month or so. Part of the reason was I decided to potty train Ben after we got back from Idaho and hopefully before school started this year. I have to say that Kierstyn was a big help and it turned out to be easier than I expected. You just have to find the right motivation. Good job Ben!!!