While I know this post is roughly two months old, I want you to know I write some of the little things down so I can remember to share them with you. I think that this little blog is a good diary of sorts and it will be fun for the kids to review it when they are older to see what they did or said, etc.
In November, Grandpa Morgan took the boys and me to the largest model railroad show which is a traveling exhibit.
I didn’t know if they’d like it, but they LOVED it. They sat in chairs and watched the little trains go in circles and circles. It was so funny that these little toys captivated their attention. Another interesting tidbit was the fact that all these people do this as a hobby – not only is it expensive but it’s time consuming. I loved people watching at this! It’s really a niche market and the kids ate it up. I couldn’t believe it. So did Grandpa so I see this as a good outing for just the three of them next year!
November was tough as the boys passed one sickness back and forth to one another. That was touch and even Eban explicitly told me, “Momma, make me feel better!” after several trips to the bathroom to throw up. He received his H1N1 vaccination and was a total trooper. Maybe that caused the bug, but not the flu - - who knows?
After he recuperated I took him to the store where he proudly told me and several other aisles who were in earshot of his screaming antics, “MOM – YOU HAVE RUINED MY LIFE BECAUSE YOU DID NOT LET ME GET THAT PRETEND BIG TRUCK!” I kind of liked that one. People were smiling at me and I’m simply assuming it’s because they are parents too and have been recipients of those types of words. Another comment he likes to randomly shout out is, “Smack me like a tortilla!” I have no idea where he got this one or how he is misinterpreting a sentence, but it can be funny.
Harriet is doing so well with our family. She still eats stuffed animals, sippy cups, and an occasional shoe or two. 
She has been smart to shy away from the couch and other massive items. She loves Seamus and loves the boys. In fact, we just returned from our family vacation and after we put the boys to bed after our first night home, we caught her sleeping sideways in front of their doorway. Last night when Jack kindly woke up at 5am (it’s better than the 4am that he has been doing as he’s still on Florida time), I was surprised to see Harriet in the fire truck bed happily sleeping there watching over Jack (Eban had snuck into our bed and that’s why he wasn’t there). It was so sweet!
Another fun activity we
did was to participate in the reading of The Polar Express book at our local book store - - Border's. Eban wore his jammies like the directions said and well Jack…well…he was a dinosaur again. 
Ryan was asked to sing with some of his Microsoft cohorts at a pub up in Longmont. 
It was such a neat venue as it was an old opera house so it still maintained some of that rustic charm. Ryan rocked it in front of a packed house and it was fun to hear him sing even though they were songs I didn’t know!
Finally, Quincy and I attended the Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers game 
and we had a blast. I ran into one of my Denver Police friends who told us to go to the tunnel where the opposing team has their locker room so we could get better pictures. Quincy was in seventh heaven watching her home team come in. 
She couldn’t believe we were that close!
Speaking of Quincy, she told me that Eban loves cherry tomatoes and eats them like candy. Again - - what an interesting palate for a three year old! Eban also likes to exclaim, “Jiminy crickets frogs!” Jackson is using full sentences but will not say I’m sorry with he throws a punch or a super kick into a shin. It’s frustrating that he’s so thick-headed with saying I’m sorry. Eban also loves Youtube. He can navigate to pages he likes using the “favorites” under the toolbar. We watch him closely as one day he ended up on an animal rights video which was showing something for the case against the cruelty to horses. He wanted to know why the people were hurting the horses. So I certainly understand the need to be careful when he starts double clicking through the various videos. It’s unbelievable to see how tech-savvy he is. I guess that’s how kids are now these days. Such a different world they live in compared to even me…
The kids watching the model trains (and not crashing through the skimpy little ropes to touch them)!
Eban doing the monologue of a part of the Polar Express movie - he didn't do it as loud as he was because the camera was in his face, but you get it
Harriet's Howl (Yes, we prodded her to do this so you could hear what we hear every morning)
