Sydney was Hermione Granger. She even went to bed with curlers and braids. She went out to the yard and found a wand. A friend and I took our kids to the downtown trick or treat where the shops on the main streets hand out candy. Kids got a lot of loot. We then grabbed something to each then went to the church Halloween party with games. Afterwards, we went to the neighborhood near our house and did more trick or treating. I thought that with Halloween on Friday people would be out later but by 9pm the streets were looking pretty bare. So, we called it a night and went home to count our stash. The kids had fun and have be wired on candy for days now. It's almost gone!
I recently found this picture of Paden. Isn't it precious! This is my son! Calm and cautious. Eldon would be trying to get into the water but not Paden. He has to test it out, see what it does. He is calm and quiet and a really good boy!
I am very lucky to have Travis as a husband. He is great with kids. He loves to do things like this, though he may grumble. He has hidden talents. So, basically, I have the best husband who is still my best friend!
Paden hasn't said much about his teacher but I've met and spoken with Mrs. Fred(erickson) a few time now and I like her and think that she'll be good for Paden. After dropping off the older two, I take Eldon to his school.
Eldon is lucky to be the youngest as he goes off to preschool. Like the other two, Eldon is attending a Headstart preschool and I get to have breakfast with him every morning. He likes Teacher Kara & Misty and will have one more teacher soon. Such a big boy! He loves to go to school and is excited to going like his siblings.
I am fortuante to then be able to go over the the airport and work without kids. It was supposed to be 3 morning a week but I haven't gotten to that yet. It's nice to be able to work while the kids are in school.
So, today we had to go to the airport. I had to work and that means the kids come too. Travis had just come back from a flight and the plane needed to be fueled. So the kids thought it would be fun to play. Sydney was the pilot and Paden and Eldon were the repair crew.
They had to repair the wings mid flight lots of times and had to parachute out of the airplane. All would jump out to repair the wings or to parachute out. I wonder where they get their imagination. Silly kids, but boy did they have fun!
The kids enjoyed their cousins and the beach, even though the water was cold. The weather was foggy but nice but the water was cold. The house we rented was very close to the beach. We played during high tide.
We had great meals planned but planned way too much. It was fun to play in the cold ocean and then go home and hop in the hot tub. The kids loved making sand castles, even the younger kids!
We forgot our camp stove and had to cook everything on the open fire. This was fine for Travis who loves to tend the fire. We made tin foil dinners with a dutch oven peach cobbler the first night, and hot dogs and baked beans with s'mores and eclairs the second night. We all had lots of fun!
This was Eldon's 4th birthday and we had a small family party at home. We did the traditional Whiteley first bite. Eldon was excited to open some new legos and some black Spiderman sheets. Cool!
We celebrated Sydney's 9th birthday in Nampa. We went home for a family reunion and her birthday always falls around this family reunion. We had tons of cousins (20) plus 2 of Sydney's friends. We were able to play in a large pool, have some water games, cake and ice cream and presents. I think all had fun!
2008 Mt Hood Cycling Classic Kid's Race
Paden raced with the 6 year olds. We decided that he needed his seat higher. He had to do one lap which was around the block.
Sydney and her friend raced with the 8 years. This was the first race that had a crash and it was a girl from Sydney's school class. Sydney came in 5th of 6th but was the first girl in her catagory to cross the finish line. Hurray Sydney! She did say that she wanted to come in somewhere in the middle so that she didn't have to stand up and talk to the crowd. Though it was very hot the kids enjoyed themselves and hopefully the hospital will sponsor this event next year!
The day started out slow with three kids wanting to fish with three poles and two parents trying to get it all ready. Sydney, being the oldest was the last to get her stuff so she was bored quickly.
Paden made the first catch of the day and caught 11-13 in fish. Yea Paden! He was very gun ho about his fish and wanted to do more. 
Eldon was very patient as his fishing pole broke right away. Luckily the fish and game had loaners. He got a nice little pole. Eldon caught the second fish of the day. He was very happy.
Sydney had a hard time and seemed to be unlucky with every pole she tried. But finally she caught the third fish and was very happy. It changed her whole perspective. We all had a great time and learned a lot. We only caught 5 fish out of the 25 that we could go home with but for a family that doesn't fish or eat fish a whole lot, 5 was great!
