A "Lost" Tooth

Justin lost a tooth the other day at school. He was so excited to show me after school what had happened. I was on the phone at the time, I looked at it and told him to go put it in a bag. Somewhere along the way, Justin dropped his tooth and lost it. After I got off the phone, I see Justin crying on his bed. He tells me that he lost his tooth and now the toothfairy won't come to visit him. We all told him that the toothfairy would still come if he just wrote a note. This was not enough, so I had to revacuum the whole house again and sift through the dirt and junk. Still no tooth. I finally got him to agree to write the toothfairy a note. This is what he wrote:

Which translated from bad picture, reads: "Dear toothfairy, I lost my tooth but I dropped my tooth and now I can't find it."

Fortunately for him, our toothfairy paid double the amount for not having a tooth! (I guess the toothfairy figured the agony over the lost tooth earned him twice the price!) I just hope the other kids don't try the same thing!

Halloween Fun

Here are the Halloween pictures in no particular order. Hayley was a dead bride (thanks to her 5th grade wax museum project. She was Molly Pitcher and I told her there was no way in you know what that I was going to make or buy 2 costumes for her, so we compromised). Justin and Tyler were of course, the same thing, a black ninja. Justin informed me that next year, he wants Tyler to pick out his costume first, then he will pick his (that way they won't be the same, I say, "Brilliant, son."). Can you tell who wants to be just like his older brother? And Zach of course, did not get a costume this year (he's 13, can you blame me?) But I wish I would have taken his picture, because about an hour after he had gone over to a friends for Halloween fun, four boys showed up on my doorstep, in hilarious costumes. Zach was Darth Vader, borrowed from his friends stash, one of them was a dog, one a nerd, and one a skeleton in a very tight, probably size 8 full body costume! It was pretty funny! Oh, and Kris will be so happy I added this picture in, but he thought about being Napoleon Dynamite for our ward trunk-or-treat, but chickened out. Good thing we got pictures first. Too bad Hayley was taking pictures and it turned out blurry, but you get the idea! Anyways, glad it's over, now on to the next holiday...

Look What We Did Today...

Meet Cody, the newest member of the Larson family. I know, I know. There goes my nights to a newborn puppy. He has taken to Hayley so I am hoping she lives up to her end of the bargain by mothering this little guy. We still need to get him to eat dog food (which then leads to poop), he left his mother this morning after his last nursing. I've never weaned a dog before, but if he's anything like Tyler...He's only 7 weeks old, so wish us luck, and let's hope this one works out! The things you do for your kids...:)

Super Six!

My baby turned six today. He has really grown and matured a lot in the last year, and now that he is in kindergarten, he has really flourished. He is such a good kid and fun to be around. Tyler has a zeal for life. Happy birthday Tyler!

Football 2009

Zach is #53

Well, Zach's football is officially over for the season. The Farmington Eagles played in the playoffs this weekend and lost miserably to Syracuse (I swear some kids were in high school), but they ended the season with 5 wins and 2 losses. Some highlights for Zach were an interception followed by a 15 yard run. An after-point catch in the endzone, a kick-off return (jump on the ball), and lots of tackles. There could have been many more catches (possibly touchdowns) if our quarterback was a little better, but I'm not bitter or anything! Just kidding! Zach had a great season and enjoyed himself, but we will all enjoy our weeknights back and Saturdays. Unfortunately, football was the only sport we had going on this fall, because I forgot to sign the little guys up for soccer on time. Justin will finally get to play basketball the end of October and he is so excited! Love the sports!

Happy Birthday Zach!

This guy is officially a teenager today! Happy 13th Zach!

Bad Break...

I don't know what it is about my two oldest kids, but they have both had the misfortune of breaking the same arm (the left on both), twice! Zach broke his when he was 5 and went a week before mom and dad realized that it really was broken, oops! The second time was two years ago right at the beginning of baseball season. Luckily, his coach talked him into trying to wear his mitt over the cast, and what do ya know, it worked! He was able to help his team out and be the pitcher for the season. That one was a doozy and was a 5 week cast.

(Broken arm #2 -sorry no picture of #1, wasn't in the mood to scan picture)

Hayley on the other hand, broke hers the first time 3 years ago while trying out her new Heely's. She was afraid of having a broken arm so she insisted it was not broken, and mom and dad were convinced until a few days later when we noticed she was still favoring it. A bright pink cast made her not so afraid. The second time happened last night when she flipped over the handle bars on her bike when little bro Ty, cut her off. She somewhat convinced us that it was okay again, until this morning when we were pretty sure she broke it again. So, after church, mom and dad took Hayley to our favorite Kids Instacare in Layton, whom I am sure almost recognize us, and spent two hours there, waiting to find out the same....broken. This time she sported a lime green with blue stripe cast! Can't miss her! I just hope Justin and Tyler don't repeat this tradition (they seem to lean towards the plastic surgery/stitches on the face). That's another tradition that needs to end!

(Broken arm #1)

(Broken arm #2)