Like a Boss

Don't listen to this song by Andy Samberg, cuz it's horrible. But the first 25 seconds are hilarious, which is all I've ever heard. Anyway, I'm feeling a bit like Andy Samberg's "Like A Boss" today....

-Leaving food on the table until it's too crusty to wash off Like a Boss
-Spending money I don't have on things I don't need Like a Boss
-Haven't done laundry in 3 weeks Like a Boss
-Letting the stickers and coloring books babysit my children while I craft Like a Boss
-Pinning things I'll never do Like a Boss
-Under-appreciating my poor husband Like a Boss
-Waiting to do my Visiting Teaching til the very last minute Like a Boss
-Changing plans on my friends the day of 30 minutes before for the past week Like a Boss

Pretty much, I'm livin it up, Like a Boss!
Ever have this feeling?

Tuesday Art Day- Skeleton Guy

Week #2- yes, I am on a roll!

I was really excited about today's craft because I remember growing up my sister Jen had made this skeleton guy out of paper plates and it was one of my favorite Halloween decorations. I tried to find a paper plate template I liked, but I couldn't. So when I stumbled on this little guy, I thought PERFECT! He's cute, but not too cute. And now I don't have to draw one. So I printed him out on cardstock and Brook cut out EVERY SINGLE BONE by herself- I was really proud! There were a lot of pieces! Then she put the brads in the joints, I closed them up, she gave him a coat of marker and named him "Mr. Bones"

She's very original :)

Brook and her new best pal, Mr. Bones

When Ellie woke up in the middle, she got in on the coloring action too

And if you're tired of the poor quality of my pictures, tell my husband to get me a better phone :)

Hiking, Halloween Cookies, and a Sickie

We drove up the canyon to get to Evergreen last weekend and went hiking at this really awesome place called Alderfer. Ben and Sam were mountain biking, and Jenna and I were dragging the girls around the trails in the bike trailer. Not a good idea. There were roots and rocks all over the trails and most of the time, Jenna had to give me a hand trying to get the trailer over them! It was a lot of fun though! And SO beautiful up there with these fall colors!

 My cuties climbed this rock all by themselves! 

Okay Ellie had help!

 Brook found this rock with the holes in it- Perfect seat!

 This is her "Ariel" pose :)

 Catching Jenna mid-bite.... totally awesome.

 Wow Ellie, that is some great hair....

Fence in the middle of nowhere- so of course I thought, PICTURES! 

For Wednesday Baking Day, Brook chose Halloween sugar cookies. She did such a good job adding the ingredients. She even kept track of the number of cups we were adding of sugar and flour. Then I rolled out the dough and she cut out tons of cookies, being careful to put them close together, but not get any holes in them. She was very precise :)

This is the favorite frosted one... or at least my favorite. We didn't have any ghosts, witches, or bats, so we had to get creative with the helping hand cookie cutter I got from my grandma!

It's a monster hand. Brook was very nervous for me to eat it since it might get me from the inside.

Our poor little Ellie is a little sickie right now- she's done a lot of this and a lot of sitting on mom's lap for hours on end. She's on the mend though, thank goodness for modern medicine!!