Happy Birthday to Tommy

Last night was Tommy's 5th birthday and we had such a fun time. I made the cake and frosted it, then Tommy wanted to put the sprinkles on himself. He dumped the entire bottle of sprinkles on the top of the cake. I tried to salvage the appearance of it with the rest of the sprinkles and spread them around the cake. So it isn't that pretty to look at, but sure did taste wonderful!!!
Anyway, he had fun, and then took a bath with Will to play with his new toy! They had a great time. So much so that Tommy took a bath with his sister today to play with his new toy in the tub.
The good night song? Another rendition of Happy Birthday, this time Dad's version, the Happy Birthday you smell like a monkey....at his request.

Kids say the darndest things

Today during Sacrament Meeting, Will looked over at me and told me in his joking voice, trying to be serious and wondering probably if I would think it was as funny as he did, "Mom, do you know what a Pow Wow is?" I told him that I did, but what did HE think it was. He told me, "It's when you give someone a "pow" in their face (ouch!) and then they say, 'Wow!'" What a silly boy. I giggled as quietly as I could, then he told Ryan the same joke that he had just made up. Just one of the many funny things said lately in the Shuler household. As I think of more I'll add them to this site.
Have a wonderful night!

Halloween fun around Kent and Auburn

Hello all and I hope you had a safe and fun Halloween. We sure did at our house this year.
The kids dressed up as Goldilocks, a Cop, and a Gangster. I wonder if you'd guess who was who just based on their personalities? :) Of course, Emma was Goldilocks, Tommy the Cop, and Will the Gangster. Tommy took extra pride in knowing he could arrest his big brother as many times as he wanted to. Very fun. He was even trying to arrest Goldilocks on suspicion of breaking and entering (B and E in cop lingo), criminal trespass, damage to personal property, etc. Very cute.
We went to Ryan's old neighborhood, per our usual, and had fun visiting the old neighbors that he knew growing up. An old high school teacher, his old babysitter, the lady across the street whose kids played with Ryan and his brother, Wes. It was fun.