The Mooney Clan

We had another fun halloween. The kids loved it of course. Caden picked his own costume this year and surprise, surprise, it was a star wars costume! This is my handsome Darth Vader. Here's our happy elephant. Cutest giraffe ever! But he wasn't into it at first. Kept taking it off. But once we got outside and he realized he got candy - he was on fire. Just cruisin' from house to house! And last but not least, our puppy. He was happy too but had trouble with the puppy head. It kept falling over his eyes and he couldn't see. All four, ready to go get candy!! Once Evan knows what he is supposed to do or where he is supposed to go, he gets on a mission. He'd get his candy and off he'd go, way out ahead of the rest of us. And he HAD to walk on the sidewalks. No walking on lawns, and at one point, when he did get behind, Justin carried him to catch up with the rest and he got mad, went back to where he had been and walked where he wanted to walk to get to ...

Yes - my stampeder fan had a real fright when he got in to work today :). This is what happens to a Stamps fan in Regina. Could be worse right?

Sara was here last weekend and gave me the gift of Pinterest. You should check it out. Anyway - it has inpired me. The past couple of days I have made faces with the kids food for fun presentation :). Last night I made a halloween decoration with scrapbook paper, canvases and mod podge. Then we got all set up for a movie night/sleepover in the living room and ate froot loop treats (like rice krispie squares with froot loops instead and on a stick) that I saw on there. It was fun until ten thirty when Caden was the only one sleeping. We finally had to send the 3 little boys to their beds so that we could go to sleep :). I think they still had fun and we still have a memory! I should note that I was also inspired to do things like that by our "Once Upon A Time" ladies seminar a few weeks ago. Janelle talked about 'creating moments' and making memories. I am not a creative person first. I am logical and sensible. it is not logical or sensible to lug mattresse...

Hello out there! I am here. The last month has flown by. Caden still likes school. He likes to tell us the new french words he learned each day and he has 3 girlfriends. I wonder if the girls know? He still loves his video games and hanging out with his brothers and his friends. He's taking piano lessons and seems to be catching on to that very well. The little guys aren't so little any more. I think Dylan grew a couple or 3 inches in the last 6 wks. Pants that fit them at the beginning of september, when I checked to see what they had for fall, don't fit anymore. It's crazy. They'll be three in a few weeks and they are full of life. They are always running, jumping, yelling, climbing, racing and just being boys. They are pretty into lego and lego star wars these days. They sit and watch movies now so we enjoy doing that as a family. There isn't quite as much running, jumping and yelling then :). If you thought their personalities were complete...

A ritual has been started now that Caden is going to school every morning. This was a really warm day so everyone waited outside for Caden's bus to come, they all waved to him as he left and wished him a good day. Now - on normal days the kids say goodbye to him and we all watch from the living room window and wave like crazy as he drives away. It's pretty cute.

There he is - our little kindergarten student. Caden was very excited to start school today. I had been weepy thinking about it for the last few days but today was just exciting and fun for all of us. He is so social and happy to be going to school. When we got there this morning he ran off and played in the playground. He knows no one but he didn't let that bother him. He had no problem letting me leave (if he even noticed) and was actually upset this morning when we didn't let him ride the bus to school. I thought that was pretty funny. I just feel so pleased for him and love the idea of getting him off to school in the mornings and that he will be learning so much and just thriving in that environment. It's a new phase of life and I think it is just wonderful! As I write this Caden is learning all about his new classroom and meeting his teacher and his classmates. He gets to ride the bus home so I'll see him in a bit. Can't wait to hear about his f...

Sleep is still such a treasured thing. I was naive enough to believe that by the time the kids were almost 3 they'd be sleeping well. It's not bad. Not like babies, obviously, but there's still something with at least one of them every night. If not that - it's that they are still up really early all the time. They don't even nap that often anymore and that doesn't really give us any longer at night. It's really on my mind today because Liam was up repeatedly last night between 1:15 and 3:00. After that I couldn't sleep - expecting to hear from him again. I have tried over and over to accept my fate with this deprived sleep thing. I try to go to bed early and be glad to be up early since I can get so much done. Blah, Blah, Blah. I fantasize about sleeping. Isn't that ridiculous? Oh well. I was so tired last night I fell asleep at 845. I know it is probably normal for some but will it always be this way? Have I sacrificed sleep to have children? Does ...