Riley's Farm

We had so much fun a few weeks ago at Riley's Farm. Here are some pics to prove it.

My Sweet Boy

So, yesterday I caught Max being very sweet. When he came home school we did our homework together at the kitchen table. Audrey was napping so it was the perfect time to complete my thoughts. I've been taking a parenting class on Thursday nights and the teacher gives us homework to do throughout the week. It's a great class and I'm definitely learning a lot and hopefully becoming a better parent. Anyways, Audrey started whining in her crib so Max said, "Don't worry mom, you can finish your work and I will get her out of the crib." He got her out no problem and then said, "Wait Audrey, Your hair clips fell out while you were sleeping, let me put them back in!" So he asked her to hold still, which she did willingly and he put them back in. It was one of the sweetest moments ever. So later that night after our parenting class (Max goes with me) Max and I had a chance to talk in the car alone. I asked him if he knew of anything that he had done that day to make me happy? He said yes that he helped me with Audrey after her nap. I said that was right! He then said, "Well mom, when I help you out that gives you more time to do what you need to do because you are always so busy working hard." Melt my heart!!! It is moments like this that I need to remember so that's why I blogged about it. Thank you Max for being such a great helpful boy and being so aware of mommy's needs yesterday. I love you so much!

Mom, We Have Trouble....

That is Max's new phrase and usually he is right. Audrey Emma Proffit is ALWAYS getting into trouble. Yesterday it started by unraveling all the toilet paper in the bath room. Then she took the bananas from the fruit basket on the table and smashed them and smeared them all over the floor like they were finger paint. Now the events are coming to me....last week she took pancake mix and dumped it all over Daisy's head. Daisy looked like a ghost. Then she took sand from the sandbox and dumped it in Daisy's water and then took the dog food and threw it all over the patio. The blinds are broken in near her crib since she like to smash them against the window at night/nap time. We can't leave her alone for 2 minutes. Luckily she has a big brother to tattle on her and give us a heads up by saying, "Mom, We Have Trouble." I usually resond to him by saying, "Yes, I'm sure we do...her name is Audrey."

Labor Day at the Lake

We went to Silverwood lake with our friends the Mcdavitt's and the Thomas's over Labor Day weekend and had a blast. We actually went camping the night before and had the perfect camping spot over looking the lake. We brought the Sea doo and the McDavitt's brought their new boat. It felt so wierd being the adults and taking our families to the lake!--thanks to our parents giving us the toys, we can. Anyways, Josh and I tried wake boarding and water skiing. I feel so lame that neither one of us got up!!! I used to be so good too. I guess we will just have to come out again and practice more often :-) Josh did get rocked in the tube behind the boat by Adam. I wish I had my camera for those shots. Meg and I went on the sea doo and tried to get up the guts to do 360's. The kids loved throwing rocks into the lake and playing on the tube. Too bad the sea doo battery died at the very end of the day---thank heaven's Adam was able to tow us in. Afterward we went back to the McDavitt's with the Thomas gang for pizza. It's nice that they only live an hour away from the lake. We are so lucky to have such great friends.

Max lost his first tooth!

O.k., so many great things happened in September with the Fam that I don't want to forget about so here goes. Max lost his first tooth! He was wiggling it all the time, and it was so gross just haning there so it finally popped out...at 2am in the morning. He came into our room and said that it fell out. We told him to go back to bed and that the tooth fairy would come the next night. About an hour later Max came in again to tell us that he dropped his tooth in the book box and that he couldn't find it. We told him to go back to bed and that he could find it in the morning. About 20 minutes later he came in a 3rd time to tell us that he found his tooth in the book box. At this point it was about 4am in the morning. Max wanted to keep his tooth and was adament that the tooth fairy knew this too. So he wrote her a note explaining that he would still like money but wanted to keep his tooth. We put the tooth and the note in an envelope under his pillow that night. Then at 2am he woke up to tell Josh and I that the tooth fairy left his tooth and gave him a whole dollar! We said, "that's great Max, now please go back to bed!". He was so excited and we were so tired. Later that day he told his aunt Shannon that the tooth fairy left him a dollar and that he bought a slurpee at Target with the dollar. Aunt shannon said, "Wow, a whole dollar?" "When I was your age the tooth fairy only left me quarter". Max responded, "Really, that's it?" I told Max that the tooth fairy knows about inflation.