We've done it again...

Less than two weeks after Brooklyn made her debut in the local paper, we've been spotted again. Kynadi and Brooklyn both made it in the Green River Guide this last week. This was taken while that were at story time for the Halloween celebration. Fun, fun. Like I said before, there are definite advantages of living in a small town.

Our famous Miss Brooklyn

Kynadi's Preschool had an open house to make the community aware of the needs of the CDC, so we attended to show support. Anyway, while we were there the local newspaper was there as well. They snapped some pictures of the kids playing and apparently Brooklyn was soo cute they had to put her on the FRONT page of the Rocket Miner. Here she is in all her glory. Poor Kynadi though didn't understand why she didn't get to be in it too. Made me feel bad for her. Maybe she'll have her turn someday too. This is why living in a small town is so nice.

The caption says, "PLAYTIME -- Two-year-old Brooklyn Fairchild practices her hand-eye coordination during a Child Developmental Center open house Monday night. Center workers say space and budget constraints may prevent them from growing and limit existing services."

Pics of the Kids

Jen Wiberg took these great pics of the kids back in the beginning of September and I'm just getting around to posting them. She did a great job. I LOVE them. Of course they are my kids, but they're all so cute!

Who couldn't love this kid??

Linken is growing up fast. Today I probably had 4 people tell me how big he has gotten in the past two weeks. He didn't have his helmet on at church today, so that may have made him look different, but he's sure changing a lot. He's getting two more teeth on the bottom, bringing the total to 6 teeth now. He likes using these teeth to bite my shoulder any chance he gets, which is unpleasant in every way. He has just started, in the last two weeks or so, pulling himself up to stand against whatever he can. Tonight I had to go rescue him three different times as he pulled himself up to stand in the crib but then hasn't quite figured out how to sit back down. It cracks me up, even if he was supposed to be sleeping. I mean look at the face in these pictures, how could you get mad at that?!?!?

C is for Cookie

I'm doing a little preschool with Brooklyn and three other little kids. The moms and I take turns once a week for an hour and a half teaching what you can to a group of 2 year olds. I was worried Brooklyn wouldn't go without me, but so far she has loved it. I think she likes that she gets to go to preschool just like Kynadi, little does she know how vastly different they are.
Well, this week preschool was at our house. We had the letter C, and of course that stands for cookie. So for one of our activities we made sugar cookies into the letter C. I think the kids had fun, and they are all so cute and such a great group. Here's some pics our our cookie adventures.

First Snow

My girls love when it snows and a couple weeks ago we had our first good snow storm. We woke up to snow covering everything. It wasn't the snow to make a snowman out of but still good for playing in. I love the white covered streets and one of my favorite things is to drink hot chocolate on a cold winter's night.

Scripture Case

This one if for Mindy. Here is the scripture case I made for my little neighbor Caitlin. If you want one for Kels let me know Mindy.

Swim Swim

I can't believe I'm wasting my time posting about Brynn's 10 cent fish that has lived far too long, but here he/she? is. If it wasn't for Corbyn and Landen, Brynn you'd be out of luck. I don't know if you can tell in the pic but the fish has definitely grown. Maybe some day the blasted fish will die, but for now it lives on.

Pics of my favorite little Boy

So I just realized at Linken's 9 month appointment the other day that he is a small little kid. My girls were always in the 80-90% with both height and weight, and they told me Link is in the 10th. I had no idea. So my little boy is small, but cute and happy as ever. He has his top two teeth in now and is trying to crawl. Hasn't quite go the hang of it, but sure can army crawl fast. He's finally sitting well and he's still the happiest kid ever.

These pics are from about a month or two ago, but I think they're cute.

First day of pre-school

Behind as always...but here is Kynadi's first day of pre-school. I was a bit nervous to have her go. She did great at pre-school last year, but it was in a home and there were only 6 kids in her class, and she only went twice a week. This year, she is going to the Child Development Center or "CDC", or as Brooklyn insists, "CDE". This is in a "real" school and she goes four days a week. Plus she didn't have anyone she knew in her class. Well she told me she was going to be brave and sure enough on the first day of school she went right in and sat down with the other kids. She LOVES going. She will never tell me what she learned, so I'm hope she's learning something, but she's happy everyday, so things must be going well.

She's been really cute with making friends. I'm sure I'm not the only parent out there that worries how the other kids will treat your child, so every day the first week I asked if she made any friends. The first day she said no, but then as the week progressed she told me she played with a girl named Cassidy and then later she told me she has a friend named Orianna. She'll rattle off other children's names and I'll ask if they're friends and sometimes she'll tell me they've played together, but most times she tells me she just knows their names. She's just a smart kid, and I'm not just saying that as a mother, she just picks up on things quickly, so I always wonder if these kids she's telling me about even know who she is. I guess it doesn't really matter if she's happy; and so far she is, so life is great.

What happens when you have a big sister...

Poor Brooklyn. Kynadi is supposed to be sleeping on the bed and Brooklyn on the trundle, but I guess Kynadi made her way down to the trundle, therefore Brooklyn was shoved to the floor. I laugh every time I look at this picture. Poor kid didn't even get a pillow to move with her.

Who knows?!?!?!?

What is she doing? I have no idea why my two year old is stripped down to her birthday suite and getting a water bottle off the counter. I thought it was a great Kodak moment. I have blotted out the unmentionables, but (no pun intended) still have no idea what was going on in her little mind.

Goofy kids

So this was about a month ago, but I thought it was funny. I went into my room one day where the kids were and found Brooklyn with her underwear on her head. Kynadi found it funny as well and thought she'd join in. What a couple of goofy kids.

I'll add these silly pics of Linken too. I have no idea why he's in a sleeper on top and swimming suit on bottom. He's cute regardless, just "chilin" with a pile of dirty clothes.

Linken Update

So we finally got to take Linken to Primary Children's to have his heart checked. It took almost an hour to do the echo on him, but everything looked GREAT! The doc told me his heart looked normal and was developing just as it should be. He said that the enlargement in the x-ray may have just been the way it was taken and at that moment. So all is well. We had 4 appointments on that trip to Utah and it was all great. Linken's head is doing well, except he has already outgrown his second helmet. We are still waiting on the third one. Kynadi had a check-up as well and she looks good too. So the Fairchild's are in good health. What a blessing!!!

Camping Trip

Who wants to go Camping!?!?!

This is a late post, but we finally went camping this last August. I keep telling John that if he learns how to shoot a gun then I'm fine going, but I don't want to be eaten by a bear or any other crazy animal or attacked by some crazy person (they always hide out in the forests ! ). Anyway, no gun, but John's brother and sister and their families convinced us to go with them. The girls loved it. It was their first time camping. We only camped for a couple nights in Cottonwood canyon, but it was enjoyable. I don't like sitting around doing nothing for too long, but it was nice to relax. Following are a few of the pics we took.

This cracked me up. Feel free to sleep whereever you'd like Kyandi; Brooklyn doesn't mind being a bed. So cute.

Stories at bedtime are always better in a tent.

Looking thru the "window" of our tents, wishing they were older so the wouldn't have to go to bed so early.

I let Linken suck on a few oranges. He couldn't get enought of them. Brooklyn decided she needed to help him eat as well. That's always a good combo - a two year old feeding an 8 mnth old. :)

Linken hanging out with Uncle Richard around the campfire.

All the "little" girls eating lunch, they had lots of fun together.

My girls LOVED the little chipmunks running around the campsite. Every time they saw them they got excited.

The Biggest Rip-off EVER--aka the circus

(You may ask why one child is in shorts and a jacket, while the other is in sweat pants and a winter coat---3 words should explain it all -- stubborn ,red, head, If she would have found the winter gloves those would probably have been on too. Also, didn't Dad wear that same outfit to the circus 2 years ago...hmmm)

Well the circus came to town, right to the Pamida parking lot; which tells you what a great circus it was. Our neighbor gave us some free tickets for the kids. I thought it would be a rip off for parents to get in but I was thinking something like eight bucks, ten bucks max. Well, my dad came with us and we discovered the adult fee was $14.00!!!!! When the lady asked for $28 from my Dad and I, we had to scrap the bottom of our pockets to come up with the ridiculous amount.

The insanity continued inside. We bought some cotton candy - $4.00. Then they announced that they were selling candy bars for $1.00, but if you saved the wrapper you could get a back stage pass to see Sponge Bob. Well, we fell for the trick and when they handed us the candy bars we were shocked to see the tiny little candy bars for a buck... at least give us the normal size. Then to make matters worse, at the end of the show when they announced Sponge Bob they then, announced to actually get your picture taken with him it would be an additional 5 bucks. What the heck!?!?!? So my Dad stood on the side and we took our own picture, while the kids used the candy wrapper to give Sponge Bob a high five (which Brooklyn was afraid to do).

The show itself was a jip too. There was not one animal in the circus, unless you count the two pigeons the magician used during one of his three tricks. The talent was lame, and most the time was spent parading around people dressed as Madagascar characters, in the oldest, worn out costumes one could imagine. We did get to see ponies outside the circus tent, which I'm surprised we didn't get charged for just looking at. Needless to say that is the ONLY time we will attend the Pamida parking lot circus. I think I should call the BBB of circuses!!