Policehero

I know, it's not a word. But Josiah was a little confused. Here is how the conversation went:

Josiah: "Mommy, can policemen pick up cars?"

Me: (Hmmm...what is going through his mind? What exactly does he mean?) "No. They aren't strong enough to pick up cars."

Josiah: "How strong are they?"

Me: "As strong as Daddy. Policemen are daddies and grandpas."

Josiah: "But they just wear a costume?"

Me: (Okay, now I see where he's going.) "No. They wear uniforms."

Josiah: "They are REAL??"

Me: "Josiah, policemen aren't superheroes. They are just people who help us."

Josiah: "Oh...but God can pick up a car."

I love it when I get to see inside their minds sometimes.

Neighbors and Sitters

Just a few photos that I forgot were in my camera:

Here the boys are delivering some more cookies to neighbors. Watch out! If my boys come to your house, they will look through your window. By the way, the neighbor never answered the door. Maybe they thought the boys were trick-or-treating with those capes on?

This is Emily, our babysitter. The kids were having a picnic with her in the front yard.

Happy Fun Day/Weekend

Every year we celebrate the first weekend in October and call it Happy Fun Day! I can't remember how it started, but we really like it. Usually we just have "fun" on the Friday of that weekend, but this year our schedule was a little crazy, so we made the entire weekend Happy Fun Weekend! I'm sad to say that I didn't take many pictures...at all. But here are some of them while we were eating at Panda Express.

Today FEELS Like Fall

What a gorgeous day! It put me in the mood to let the kids make their favorite cookies. They really enjoy making these because they get to "paint" on the icing. I like them because they are really small and it doesn't feel like I'm eating too many (even though I am). We sent the extras off to the neighbors. It's funny to stand outside and listen to my kids talk to neighbors. Who knows what all they tell them, but now we have instant friends next door.

Pocket Dancing

Beach With Morales Family

We spent our day at the beach today with our friends, The Morales'. The kids played while the adults visited. I should have taken a final photo of the three kids and myself. We forgot sunscreen and borrowed some from our friends, but I didn't put it on us very well. We are lobster red. In fact, we went all summer long with no sunburns and now that it's Fall, we get the worst burn of all! But we sure did have a great time.

I thought she was waving to me, but I think she was actually trying to get the attention of a Morales boy. She loves those 3 guys.

Daddy and Liv napping in the breeze

Jay leading Josiah out to the "bathroom".

a few of our kids

There was seaweed all over the beach. I think there was a hurricane out in the ocean a couple of weeks ago and it really stirred up the waves around here. But the kids thought the seaweed was the perfect mountain building material. It made me think twice about eating sushi. :) Just kidding, just kidding.

Sushi, Anyone?

Back in July when our family had a reunion in New Mexico, I started talking about how I had become a fan of sushi. My Uncle Gary told me about this great product that made making sushi rolls super simple. I was totally interested but completely forgot about it by the time I got back to Florida. I think that moving at the end of July had something to do with that. Well, to my happy surprise, a couple of weeks later a package arrived at our door from Gary and Amy. They had sent us the International Sushi Maker Plus. Yay! Not only was I pumped that I would be able to make my own sushi, I felt loved by my favorite uncle (He makes us call him that.) Along with the sushi maker, Gary made a video of himself demonstrating how to use it. That was a bonus!

Anyway, I have put off making the sushi because I was just a little intimidated by it. I tend to do that...ignore things that I'm intimidated by. :) Well, today Isaac begged me to make him some sushi. We ran to the store and we got after it. And I think it might be easier than making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I'm pretty sure I made 5 rolls in about 10 minutes. (Yes, we ate them all.)

Thanks, Gary and Amy! We are really going to enjoy this!

I watched as I sushied.

all put together and ready to be cut...

Oooh, that looks good!

I think Josiah ate about 4 pieces. He's such a picky eater that I can't believe he kept eating it.

This guy is a sushi lover.

And I think she just might be, too.

Cute Story:

I watched the video before I went to the store so that I'd know what ingredients I'd need. As we were driving, I overheard Josiah saying, "Okay, now we are just going to put the seaweed right here. Now spread some salt in here. Good job. Now pour some salt on that. Okay..." I'm pretty sure his sushi would have had about 1 cup of salt in it.

Next Cute Story:

As I was making the sushi, Isaac told me what to do. He said, "Make sure you don't press down too hard." And then when I pushed the sushi out onto the plate he said, "Voila!" just like Gary.