Teagan the Worker

Teagan is unstoppable, if he puts his mind to something he can accomplish so much!

Here are some of his projects he's worked on this fall.

He decided to rake up the leaves at Grandma and Grandpa Durtschi's house.  He worked out there for hours to make a "bed". This pile is tiny, maybe a tenth of the size of the finished product

While we were building the house he did a million little jobs.  He wasn't as excited about those as the leaves, but he was extremely helpful!  He gathered wire pieces, swept floors, played with his sister, handed me and grandpa tools...

...entertained us with his awesome self...

...and, his favorite job, he gathered anything flammable and took it to the fire pit to burn.  He then "supervised" the fire, his friends were always excited to help with this particular job.  Here he is with a neighbor, Mason.  They are two peas in a pod.

He asked his Grandma Durtschi to teach him how to sew, and she did!  He proceeded to make matching snow hats for our whole family for Christmas and several blankets for his stuffed animals.

In his ripe old age of 5 1/2 he's become quite independent.  No need to ask for help, he takes care of issues himself (which I love!).   Here he's switching out the battery to make the go cart work again.

He has grown up and changed so much in the last few months, we're so proud of him!

Halloween 2013

We had a fairy and The Amazing Spider-Man this year, it was freezing and didn't last long, but the kids loved dressing up.

Crazy Hair Day

He had a vision, this was my best try at making that vision come to life.  He was delighted, who knew it only took a couple cans of colored hairspray to fulfill his life's desires.

Carving Pumpkins

We all carved, except Eloise, she just ate Carmel popcorn and wandered around.

Teagan made a 20 eyed monster, that was really scary.

Zac made batman

You can also see Rachel's mocking jay and my prego lady (me).

We love this fun tradition!

Sweet and Sour

This little girl is a girl!  She is delightfully girly.  Loves to have her nails painted and have her outfits and hair admired.  She'll stick out her foot and point to her feet to make sure you notice her shoes...who knew vanity started so young?!?

She loves:

-wrestling with Teagan

-giving kisses and saying hi and bye

-anything with buttons; phones, tablets, remotes.

-saying she's "all done" at dinner and then walking around sitting on each person's lap and sampling their food.  (This seems like a habit that couldn't go wrong).

-being a "corn nugget" which means giving a cheesy smile anytime someone tells her she's cute

-diving over and under and around benches at church

-playing with necklaces

-reorganizing the nails and screws at the house we're building

-following Teagan around and trying to do everything he is doing

-screaming/hitting/yelling no when things aren't going exactly as she imagined

-scaring people by throwing her arms out and saying BOO!

-Bringing toothpaste and a toothbrush to any adult and asking for "more" toothpaste all the time, literally, this probably happens 5-7 times EVERY day.

She is as cute as cute and 18 months old.  Time flies!

State Fair

We went to the East Idaho State Fair to watch Rachel model her dress, she won first place!

We stayed after for a few hours to torture ourselves with the crowds.  Actually it was pretty fun, better then I remember it being.  We let each kid pick a ride, Eloise LOVED the ponies.  She stood and watched other kids ride for a while, then I mentioned riding them and she started hyperventilating because she was so excited.  She giggled and giggled while they walked and screamed and screamed when it was over. Hehe

Teagan ended up getting two rides because someone sold us tickets for cheap.  After analyzing the options he picked helicopters and the giant slide.

We were there for about 2-3 hours and that was just right.  It's good for us to take time off from the house and spend time together as a family.  Now back to the electrical...

First Day of Kindergarten

Teagan was so so excited for his first day of kindergarten!  He was ready to leave the nest and went without a struggle.  

He didn't want me to walk him in:

T: mom I know where to go, you don't need to walk in with me.

M: I know, YOU know where to go, but I need to walk you in so I won't feel so sad and so I can see what it's like.

T: ohhhhhhhhhh, I see.  You can walk me in and watch me play on the toys.

M: thanks

His school and teacher are awesome.  His school was one of the few 5 star schools in the area and he's already learned so much.

They all waved goodbye to the parents as they walked into school. It was adorable, Teagan was so anxious to get into class.  

I think teagan's favorite part of school is riding the bus, followed by TWO recesses, PE, snack (candy) time, and trips to the library.  

I'm so proud of Teagan!  He comes with great stories and he's learning so much.  Love him!