Ice Skating we will go...

The family decided to go ice skating. HA! That was a crazy hour. Seriously, if you plan on taking 4 kids to an ice rink, be prepared! I stayed off of the ice due to Samantha not being able to skate. Really, she can't skate. :)

The boys were anxious to get on the ice, but we forgot to bring hats, gloves and knee pads. Some people had their kids in helmets. At one point Spencer crawled off the rink in tears because his hands were so cold. I guess if you spend more time crawling on your bare hands than on the provided skates your hands will get bitterly cold. I gave him a pair of socks to put on his hands.

Elijah finally scored a walker to help him along, but Michael sure had his hands full out there. Let's just say next time we will be more prepared.

Elijah heading out onto the ice

Gabriel taking a break

Michael with Gabe and Spencer

Spencer doing his best to say afoot

Elijah doing a great job on the ice

Ice rink now, winter olympics next!

The Christmas blog with pics

Oh the joy of Christmas. It has passed on and with much happiness and fun times. The artificial tree is packed away with all of the ornaments safely stowed in plastic bins. The presents have long been opened and discarded for the boxes they came in.

It is now a new year. I don't know what 2009 will bring, but I hope that it goes smoothly and without too many broken plastic bins. Here are some of the highlights of the season:

Samantha and the traditional slinky

Sam and her new toy


Samantha plays with her doll

How cute is she?

Dinosaurs!!

A Wii!

Star Wars comes to the Hauswirth house

A kid and his new scooter.

The two Santas




Samantha claps

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Spencer glows

Halloween.
Kids.
Candy.
Mayhem.
Oh, and poison.

Halloween night, after dredging through the neighborhood, having our children beg for candy like bums, we went home. Eh can't beat tradition. With all of the candy they got we could eat for days, if only people were handing out coupons for free food. Maybe next year.

While the kids' were busy munching on a chocolate bar or otherwise sweet treat, hubby and I quickly dumped some of their hard earned (they did have to beg) candy into a large bowl to 'redistribute' to other kids. We were spreading the wealth.

Once the sugar rush simmered down we put the kids to bed. Before heading out into the night earlier we gave each child a glow bracelet. We let them sleep with their glow bracelets on the condition they wouldn't play with them. What were we thinking? These are kids.

Minutes later…

Elijah came running down the stairs frantically screaming: "Spencer got poison in his mouth! It's on his face!" Elijah was about in tears. "I'm scared. I don't want Spencer to die!"

Michael raced up the stairs to see what was going on. Apparently when you tell a child of mine to NOT do something they think it means 'go ahead and do that'. Even though we told the kids not to bite their glow bracelets our oldest decided he would be a great example to his siblings by biting into his bracelet.

What happened next may have scarred my middle boy. Green glow juices splashed every where; in Spencer face, his mouth, his pillow, THE CARPET and his blanket. He probably looked all glowy and Green Goblin-ish. Did I mention it got in his mouth? Yeah. I am sure the scene was horrific for Eli to see considering M just told the boys that the green stuff was poisonous and it could kill them if swallowed. Spencer had it coming out of his mouth.

We reassured Elijah that his brother was okay and was not going to die. I don't think he bought it right away.

No one got rushed to the hospital this time.

How was your Halloween? All glowy?