Agent 00-Spencer

Working hard on some spy stuff.

Statements from a spy to his mother:

"Mom, I need a new shirt that no one has seen before."

"Mom, can you take me to Home Depot? I need some bricks."

"Mom, did you remember to put spy stuff on my list for Santa?"


Interview with a spy:

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A spy.

What do spies do?
Spy on people and bad guys.

Who are you going to work with?
Graycie

How old do you have to be to be a spy?
Hmmm, 5 or 16.

Where will you work at?
Just down at the club, where I'm working on it, down by the swing set.

How will you make your club?
With bricks and stuff. First, I have to dig a big hole and then I'll put the bricks where I want them to be.

What will you do in your spy club?
Hmmm, have a computer and a T.V. to see where the bad guys are.

What will happen when you find a bad guy?
I'll capture him, or bring him to the police.

Who will be in your spy club?
Only Graycie, and Colton.

Will you have special spy names?
No, just our regular names. We are actually, 'Spencer-one', because I'm the one that decided about the club, and 'Graycie-tw0' because she's the one who asked me if she wanted to be in the spy club before Colton, and then 'Colton-three' because he was the other one who asked if he could be in the spy club and have spy stuff but he doesn't want to be a spy when he grows up, he just wants to have spy stuff.

What kind of spy stuff do you need to do your job?
Like, spy rope, number one. And weapons and special glasses that can see through stuff and people, to see if they have any germs, and to see through houses. Three flashlights. X-ray vision glasses.

How did you learn about being a spy?
I just learned about it all by myself. And we're going to use karate with bad guys.

What kind of spy stuff do you do at school?
Just spy on the bullies. I just hide and lookout for bullies.

How do you know they're bullies?
I can just see with my x-ray vision eyes and I look out for the bullies. They be mean to kids and push them and call them names. There was a kid that called me a name.

Kindergarten Art

"That's you, like waving to somebody and that's like the wall and that's the store right here and thats' me sneaking out in like, a wolf costume."

One of those moments

I turned around today, while I was cleaning the kitchen, when I heard this adorable little voice singing 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' and 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider'.



The sight of her sitting on the couch, with her books and toys all around her, made me stop and think, "This is why I do this." This is why Jason works two jobs, this is why we still rent, this is why I'm a stay at home mom (at least 10 months of out the year). So that on a quiet, sunny, beautiful fall day, my little girl can spend her afternoon with her books, and her toys, quietly singing.



This is why we do it.

Halloween Decor 2009

I'm loving the top of my entertainment center this year. One of my all time favorite halloween decor creations. Unfortunately, I didn't take the time to move the antenna or speakers out of the way! Oh well. I'm hoping to get a good night shot with the candles glowing, but I need to get new candles first.

Regret? We'll see.

I just spontaneously, and very liberatingly, deleted 1,029 emails from my inbox.

And ignored the little red line showing up under the word 'liberatingly' because whether or not it's a real word, I like the sound of it.

And I keep playing over and over in my head my favorite scenes from today-

-When Sophie went running towards her dad in her halloween costume saying, "I'm a bumblebee. I like to fly!" in her adorable Sophie voice, with her newly acquired lisp.

-When Carson pulled out the red barn and actually played with it. He really played with a toy, like a real little boy!

-When Spencer, after talking to Steve on the phone, came bounding through the house frantically pulling on a costume yelling, "I've got to go! I've got to go to Grandma Goude's! There's aliens! Uncle Kent...Lisa's dad...Superman told me! There's aliens! I have to save the day!"

Up and Running

Come see us at the Halloween Store next to Safeway in Kennewick (off of 395 and Kenn. Ave).

I would try to sound more enthused but I'm too exhausted, we've spent the last week setting up and now we're ready for customers!

Edison "Seagull"

Spencer had his very first day as an Edison Eagle, though he still thinks he's an Edison Seagull.


Giving me his thumbs up.


Having his after-school snack.

I always loved coming home to a special made snack, I think my favorite was my mom's yellow cake with homemade chocolate frosting. I was feeling pretty good about myself for baking some brownies, only to have Spencer come home, grab a jell-o and pass on the brownies!

Highlights from his first day:
Getting to go to P.E.
Getting a real tray at lunch time (he's in all day kinder).
Searching the school for the gingerbread man, even going into the office.


Check out those fine cutting skills! Thank you Mrs. Kristen!

Great and not so great highlights from my day:
Finding myself asking "do you have homework today?"
Telling Spencer to change out of his school clothes, and realizing I sound like a real mom.
Breaking up the first of many after school fights between siblings.
Finding gingerbread cookie crumbs in the bottom of the brand new backpack (he said it tasted like tomato soup- he was right.)
Tearing up as we walked away after watching him go to class. It was only a little bit, since I could feel Jason staring at me waiting to make fun of me!