Happy Birthday Dad

Caden loves me

Normally, "I love you mom" is the greatest sentence in the world. So, how would you take it if your child said, "I love you more than the dentist", then preceded to flip flop back and forth, "NO, maybe I love going to the dentist more" and so on. Granted, Caden did state that he likes the dentist more than chocolate chip cookies and he stands by that statement. What can I say, the kid also begs me to make spinach and brussel sprouts. He's a health nut.

Ethan has an announcement

Ethan would like to let the entire world know that he is offically registared for Kindergarden. He has been tracking down every school age child in the neighborhood to tell them he is finally part of the "big kid club". When he pretend plays now it always involves a statement such as "Pretend I'm Batman and I'm in 1st grade...." He's sooooooo adorable (but don't tell Ethan I said that because boys are COOL, not cute or adorable).

Stranger Danger

So, my girls bring a whole new meaning to "Stanger Danger". Tonight Justin and I went to a meeting and Erika watched the kids for us. Shortly after we left, a salesman came to the door. As usual, Caden answered the door (it's always for him so everyone else stopped getting up to let in yet another friend) followed by the other kids. A few moments later, Caden said "Erika, he wants to talk you" and as she walks to the door, she hears my sweet angels (Vanessa and Manoucheca) yelling at the salesman to "Get out of here, You leave right now". Erika was so embarrassed and yet the girl just kept going after this poor guy. When he finally discovered that Erika wasn't the Lady of the House, his face just dropped and he said, "I guess that means I have to come back tomorrow" He's desperate for a sale if he shows up here again. Stranger Danger at my house means the Stranger is the one in Danger. On the bright side, if their attitudes continue, Justin will be a lot more at ease when they enter dating age.
My biggest concern now is that even if the salesman is brave enough to return, Erika might not be as brave. In addition to the embarrassment she suffered...they stole her shoelaces, hide her left shoe, and Ethan did an entire photoshoot of himself on her camera phone. Luckily they are cute enough to make Erika forgive them pretty quickly.

Showing off the kids

It's been a long time since I promised to get video clips of each of the kids on here so you could see exactly how cute they are. I finally got it done. I just asked each kid to do something for the camera and they all chose to sing...maybe we should start putting together a band??? It was really hard for the other three to sit quietly while their sibling had their moment. They all love the spotlight. That's why the camera is so shaky...kids climbing on my lap trying to see. When Caden got home and I told him I wanted him to be recorded, the first thing out of his mouth was, "I'm not going to dance...I'm too cool for that!"

Ethan

Of course my Superhero would choose to sing Spiderman.

Vanessa

You can see why Justin's wrapped around her little finger