Must be Santa

Today Santa was at one of our stores in town. I made sure to leave home twenty minutes early, in hopes to get a good place in line. To my suprise, no one was there!! Our lucky day, Beau was the very first person to sit on Santa's lap. Santa knew he was a Skinner kid, he knew his grandparents, and he knew his daddy was Clay (we really live in a small little valley). Beau asked for a remote control car and for Bailey a live Elmo that is her size. Bailey wasn't as excited as Beau was, but she was happy to sit on Santa's lap. Now I can check another think on my Christmas "to do" list.

Family Pictures

One of the lineman that Clay works with took our family pictures last month. We went up Snake River Canyon and hiked down to Lunch Counter. We had a hard time getting a smile out of Bailey, but the pictures turned out great!

HaLloWEen

Now that I have some what recovered, I thought I better get a few pictures put on. The weekend went so fast, I didn't even get time to take as many pictures as I would have liked.

Dash was the perfect costume for Beau! He had to show everyone how fast he could run. I have been using this idea to get him to do jobs around the house, works like a charm. He had a fun party at Joy School on Thursday, went to Bailey's school party and Trunk or Treating on Friday, then trick-or-treated around the neighborhood on Saturday. Candy, Candy, Candy!!

Bailey was so adorable in this poodle skirt. I had a friend help me sew this - it is a good think too because I bought a misses size pattern, so it had to be cut WAY down. She stayed home with me on Halloween night. Bailey spent most of the night looking out the window for kids. When we had some come to the door, Bailey held out the treat bowl for them. She was not quite sure what was going on, but she liked it.

The next day

If you haven't read my last post, scroll down and read that first.

This morning Beau was calmed down enough for me to look at his burned fingers and get a picture. I feel like a terrible mom, I am sure no one else has been there. At least he has stopped crying.

My Fall

We brought a box full of apples home from my dad's last week, and today I decided to put them to use. I thought it would be fun for Beau and I to make caramel apples to take to Bailey's teachers. Beau was such a good helper getting the apples ready, unwrapping the carmels and stirring the pot. When it came time to dip the apples, Beau really wanted to dip one. So, as I was stirring up the caramel, Beau dipped his apple in, and the hot caramel flipped up on his little hand. Oh my, did he howl and yowl, poor little guy. After about a half hour of screaming and crying, cold wash clothes and some time alone, he came back in the kitchen and said "Mom you are not the best cooker anymore, my dad is the best cooker." So I have officially lost my title, but he did say I was still the best driver :) I was able to get a picture of our apples (with Heath bits) but Beau refused to let me take a picture of his burned finger. The only thing that made him feel better was giong with his daddy to Uncle Rob's shop to work on the truck.

Lake Mead

For fall break this year Clay decided that hunting was too much work and we should take a vacation (it was really his idea, no lying.) Beau and Jenny invited us to go with their family to Lake Mead for a few days. The drive was LONG, but we had a great time!!
This is me and my 2 1/2 kids at Hoover Damn

The carp at Echo Bay Marina were boiling out of the water. The kids bought bags of popcorn to feed them - NASTY!
Taking a little nap on the boat
Clay wakeboarding at sunset.
This is what happens when you won't stop hitting your brother and we still have over 2 hours to drive.

Our School Boy

Beau has been so excited to go to pre-school. When he didn't get in the one we had him signed up for, I had to go to plan "B". I registered him, and I guess myself, for Joy School. There are 5 mom's signed up, so I get to teach every 5 weeks (which still gives me a little break). He was so happy to start his first day!






After pre-school, we went and picked up his new glasses. This is going to be an adventure for both of us :) So far he likes them though.