Frankenstein
Friday we had our party with the daycare friends. We dressed up, painted pumpkins, made masks, enjoyed delicious muffins from Jake's mom, and created haunted house pictures (Tim drew the houses for us).
Painting his pumpkin
Cheers Auden!
Thanks for the house pictures Daddy!
Now this is a spider I don't mind having in my house
The Tortiose and the Spider (no Hare here)
Watch out for the C-Rex!
They didn't mind the costumes at all which was super fun for me!
Answering the door in his pjs to see some of his classmates
Max couldn't ride in the wagon. He was feeling left out so we had to walk to the door with big brother.
The spider was on the look out for candy snipers. He was ready to attach with a bowling pin!
Charlie and buddy Keira walking door to door together.
She was so excited to see Charlie and vise versa. Best Pals
This is when Charlie went to pick up Keira, his "date"
The Olson boys Halloween 2010!
Cousins Izzy and Sophie and Aunt Faye got to St. Peter Friday night to enjoy a weekend of the Olson boys. We had a great time with the girls and couldn't get enough of them. Uncle Tim was even able to join us for dessert Saturday via Skype. He was pretty entertaining.
We can't wait to see you girls again! Thanks for the quality time spent with our boys and we will hold onto our memories with you until we can make new ones! Love you!
Auntie Mel aka Mama with most of the troops out for breakfast.
Auntie Mel and Izzy being silly with our pigtails. I love the way she says my name!
Aunt Faye with Linc and sweet cheeks Sophie
Look at those cheeks!!!
The kids table. I was sitting there by myself while Tim and Faye were ordering. A guy walks up to me and says "I was the oldest of 17 so this is nothin' !"
Love this pic of these two born 23 hours apart! Friends for life
Puzzles and books with the teachers
Linc loved playing with the girls especially helping with the puzzles
Dessert with Uncle Tim - can you see the laptop? SKYPE has been awesome for our boys. They talk to Uncle Tim, Aunt Faye, Iz, Soph, and newly Uncle Ben and Aunt Heather weekly. If you're on look us up - the boys love it!
Izzy and Uncle Tim's scary Halloween faces
The turtle (Max), Spider (Linc), T-Rex (Charlie), Princess (Izzy), and Bumblebee (Sophie) surprised Aunt Tina at work and she surprised the kids with candy! Linc wouldn't take his hands out of the candy bag.
Rainforest Cafe Lunch - the girls loved it!
The Croc had their attention for quite a while
3 Cousins wishing their 4 other cousins could be having fun with them
Scary Thought
Rides at the MOA
Hold on kiddos
Ridin' the train with the girlies
Last Monday we rushed to the ER to safe Maxwell's pinkie that got shut in the bathroom door. The pad of your finger that is under your fingernail was hanging by a thread on this poor baby's finger! I quickly wrapped the finger applying pressure while I got Charlie, Linc, and myself ready to go to the hospital. After 5 hours of holding his tiny lil hand, they finally stitched him up (8 stitches) WITHOUT anesthesia. They strapped him to a board, numbed the finger, and twenty minutes later I had him in my arms again. To make things worse, I had not had anything all day to eat or drink and it was noon by this time. While they were stitching his finger, I was talking to him, singing, anything to calm him down and I felt myself start to go (it has happened to me a lot - blackout). The doc grabbed me and put me in a chair while I continued to talk to Max and try to drink something.
And I have to say, while I am in the room with Max for hours Tim was in the waiting room with Lincoln and Charlie. The timing was "wonderful" and big boy Lincoln started to WALK! He took 8 steps for Tim and Charlie. I'm so glad it was one of us that got to see his first steps. Yes I am bummed that I wasn't with him. But I had to be with the child of mine that needed me the most.
Max hasn't let this slow him down. He has still been crawling all over and taking toys from his brothers. He will get the stitches out on Thursday and DAD will be with him this time. Talk about tugging on a Mama's heart! I told my dad that I want to put all the boys in a giant bubble, especially Maxwell. Enough is enough.
FYI, Charlie took pictures of Max's finger w/o a dressing on it for you to see. Beware if you have a squeamish tummy!
Still playing with dragons
Maxenstein's finger
Laughing at Mom bc he took the bandage off again
He found a way to do everything with all his fingers taped together
"Still going strong Mama. No worries"
The trucks aren't going to drive themselves
He is trying to keep up with Lincoln
Trying to eat and keep the bandage clean. What a deal!
The boys got to spend the day with their Grandma, Aunt Mary, and Aunt Tina at the MOA last weekend. My mom and Mary had a layover in the cities on their way home from vacation. It was great to see them but it wasn't long enough!
Charlie and Grandma found a train to ride
Aunt Mary and Charlie in the hot air balloon
Daddy manning his post
Max shooting the breeze with Grandma
Lincoln had to show Aunt Mary everything he saw
Aunt Tina and Charlie taking pics of each other
BUILD FORTS
Max prefers to spend time going in and out of the fort
"This is great! The living room is a mess and Mama doesn't care!"
Lincoln never leaves the fort - you have to pull him out for bed.
Charlie said "Mama, I need girls in the fort!" oh boy.
Tim doing what he does best, being the biggest goofball in the house, playing with his boys.