Reid and Stefani Adopt

So what does our family do on a Saturday in November?  Buy Christmas lights and then go to the pool.  Those two things totally go together, right? Esther's running jump. Isaac's running jomp.

This week was busy with Halloween stuff, red ribbon week, a field trip, and Hurricane Clean up.  Isaac got to wear silly Christmas socks one day to school, his pajamas, a hat, and his team jersey.  I was a little disappointed that he chose to wear his baseball jersey instead of his Utah State shirt, but there's still time to convert him.  😉  On hat day, I got to go with Isaac on his school field trip.  We saw the 3 billy goat's gruff. It was a puppet show that was pretty fun to watch.   Isaac's field trip to the King Center for the Arts.  This weekend, I took it solo with the kids again while Dad went off to help clean up some of the damage in the PanHandle of Florida from Hurricane Michael.  That hurricane was a beast for sure.  Reid actually got his chainsaw stuck in that tree.  It's a good thing he likes cutting up trees with a chainsaw, because that was what he has done all weekend long.  Dad keepin' it real i...

The Archibald's hit the Halloween celebrations hard this past week.  We went to Truck or Treat at the library, and then to Esther's preschool to have some more "Fall Family Fun." And then there was the random picture of Esther giving Isaac a ride on the scooter.  Couldn't pass up that little gem. Esther was enthralled with the decorations at the library.  She asked to have me take that picture. Esther, TT, and Isaac sitting on one of the trucks at "Truck-or-Treat."  Can you tell which direction the sun was shining? Esther flying down the Captain Hook slide at the Family Fall Festival at her school. She seems so fearless. Isaac, on the other hand, is too cool to act like sliding was fun. We happened to meet up with some friends at the library.  We had Pikachu, Tinker Bell, Moana, Darth Vadar, and a Black Kitty Cat all at the same location at the same time.  Who knew that was even a possibility?  She's giving him a ride...To...

You never know how motivating it is to a kid to take a video until you see them willingly folding laundry so you will take a video of them doing it.  My storage space may be doomed...

  This week we had a sick kid, a parent night at Isaac's school, and our weekly outing to church.   OnTuesday night after I'd taken 2 bites out of dinner, Isaac reminded me he made something at school for me to see on parent night.  Parent night had started 5 minutes before I took those two bites.  So I left my dinner and family at the table and headed to the school.  I learned that Isaac is on a high reading level for a 1st grader.  I learned I was not supposed to send cough drops with him to school because it was considered "medicine."  Who knew cough drops were medicine?  My kids seriously believe they are Jolly Ranchers. I also learned that Isaac apparently likes hamburgers, although he's always chosen chicken nuggets and fries at every fast food place we've ever eaten at.  Then I learned that he's good at being nice.  I was pretty surprised to learn that.  I'm positive his sisters will appreciate him being good at being nice...

This weekend I got to go on my mother's day present from Reid, which was a Mommy outing with 4 other moms to St. Augustine, FL.  We had a blast going to the beach, eating out, and going on a dolphin tour.  We also stayed up late and talked a LOT.  While I was gone, Reid made slime with the kids, took them to Chik-fil-a and had a party at a friend's house with the kids.  He also cleaned the house Saturday before I got back.  Hats off to my man! 

 It's that time of year again...when the littles go off to school.  This year, both kids are in school--Esther in Preschool, and Isaac in 1st grade.  Isaac was pretty nervous at back to school night, but he warmed up to the new teacher pretty quickly.  Esther on the other hand, marched right in and didn't look back. She loves her teacher, who just happens to be the same preschool teacher Isaac had when he was in preschool. This makes Isaac a little jealous.  "She was my teacher first!" he says.  😆 Esther with her first day sign, even though technically, she started a few days later.  The day we took the picture she got to go to the open house at the school and meet her teacher. Esther and her friend at the entrance of the preschool on their actual first day of school. Isaac got to take pictures at back to school night in his classroom. Let's hope his teacher still feels that way by Christmas time. Isaac's first day of first grad...