To my Grandmas and Grandpas.

Morgan was looking at one of Ryan's National Geographics and on the back page they had a message that was spelled out by a girl doing the letters with her body. Morgan picked it up and said, "I can do that!" So, she started forming letters with her body. She then decided (with my encouragement) that she wanted to send a short message to her Grandmas and Grandpas. Hopefully you can tell what she wrote (answer at the bottom of the message):

Answer: LOVE. Morgan wants you to know how much we love you and miss all of you. She always remembers you in her prayers and she loves to ask where you are and when she will see you again. We love you Grandma and Grandpa MacPherson, and Grandma Jean Ann and Grandpa Chris.

On another note. Friday, Mary and Robert came over with their new baby boy. The kids got to meet Nolan Ryan Thompson for the second time and they couldn't get enough of him. They thought he was cute and tiny.

Doing Business

Well, I think this pictures speaks for itself. The triplets have been wanting to watch how the whole bathroom and toilet thing works. None of them actually want to sit on it, but they are interested none the less.

The kids love to try hats on, but don't wear them for long. Here is a few pictures of them at the table posing in hats.

There is a cute story here. Rachel knows the blue jacket is hers and this is the one she often wears. I couldn't find it one day, so I put a peach jacket on instead. When we came inside, she found the blue one and wanted me to put it on her. I did and put the Peach jacket in the dirty clothes hamper to be washed. Not 3 minutes later, she had the Peach jacket in hand and wanted it on as well. So, here she is sitting in her booster chair with both jackets on. She also took her nap wearing both jackets.

As I posted before, Gracie was Fi Fi the pink poodle for Halloween. Well, Gracie loves to dress up in her costume, and so she has been Fi Fi every day and night since. I can get it off long enough to change cloths, to take a bath and to get washed, but once those are done, it is back on. Here are different places that she has been caught wearing her costume.

Halloween Week

We had a busy week this last week with getting ready for Halloween and all the events that led up to it.


The kids all went trick or treating this year. Here they are in front of our house heading out for a night of collecting candy. They collected quite a stash and if they eat all their dinner, they will be having candy for dessert for quite some time (That is if Mommy and Daddy don't eat it all first).


Morgan was a Ballerina for her Halloween Party at school. She was quite proud of her outfit and her hair. She loved having it up in a bun.


We put Morgan's hair in a practice bun for her dance class. She felt just like a ballerina. Here she is with the kids showing off her new hairdo.


For family home evening we spent the night playing games and putting puzzles together. Here is the group working on a twenty piece puzzle. Don't be fooled this lasted for the time it took to get pictures and then they were fighting over the pieces and where they wanted to put their feet.


Rachel is starting to walk with her push toy. She is so proud, but everytime she starts to walk the kids take it away because it is their turn. This makes her a little upset.

A Museum Just For Kids

This weekend is Stake Conference, and sorry, but we are not going. It is just tooo much with five kids for two hours. So, because we won't be going out tomorrow we decided to go out and have fun today. Because it was raining, we decided to go to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. The kids had a blast. Even Rachel had a little area where she could crawl around and enjoy herself. The camera soon died, so the only pictures we have are the following three.


Gracie, Morgan and Joshua



Rachel



Morgan and Jaxen

Church Halloween Party

Our church had it's Halloween party this weekend with trick or treating, dancing, desserts and games. The kids were so cute going from room to room asking for candy. None of them wanted help with their bags or to hold hands. Even Joshua walked around all by himself and held his bag up for everyone to dump a treat in. They also had fun eating the candy and desserts. All of them loved the cupcakes with whip cream frosting. Here they are in their costumes.


Rachel the Butterfly


Joshua the Horse (He was very upset that he had to take off the costume at bedtime. He would have slept in it and worn it all day if he could. He loved it because it makes a horsy sound when you push down on the nose. If asked, he would push the nose himself and giggle.)



Morgan the Unicorn.


Gracie the Pink Poodle


Jaxen the Penguin (He did not like his costume. He screamed to get it off and absolutely refused to wear the hood. I was very lucky to get this picture.)

Doing Chores at 2 years old

The other day, the boys helped Ryan mow the lawn, while the girls played on the swings and playhouse. They were so proud of themselves and had a great time. I had to get pictures and video, because in 5 or 10 years they may not be so willing to help out with yard work.


Ryan and Joshua


Ryan and Jaxen



Gracie and Joshua. Morgan is in the Castle playing.

Chocolate Pudding

About once or twice a week the kids get pudding for dessert if they have eaten enough of their dinner. Here are pictures of them after having such a treat. I'm not sure, but I think Jaxen didn't eat his dinner this night, so he didn't get any.