Our first monster visiter

Shortly after I finished singing the last lullaby and tucked Chloe and Tyler into bed for the night, I wasn't even done slipping on my pj's, when I hear Chloe slip not-so-subtly out of her room to find me.
"There's a monster under my bed mommy!"
I asked if it was a Cookie Monster? She shook her head no.
Is it Grover or Elmo?
Again she shook her head.
Is it the Happy Monster Band?
"No."
So we went in her room, I turned on the light and asked if she could see the Monster under her bed. She said she could. I turned off the light again and told her that if there is ever a monster under her bed she can sing "Twinkle Twinkle" and the monster will be so tired it will go home to bed. That seemed to work. We both sang together and I was soon able to leave, closing her door behind me.
Who knows if it will stick, this is my first experience in monster hunting. So, if any of you have more knowledge of my new found profession, I would be happy to learn any tips from any other monster hunters.
Sounds like Chloe and Tyler are now playing in the room, wide awake. So I better go make sure they get settled down. Discovering monsters under the bed can be very invigorating, I suppose.

Chloe the builder

While Tyler took his nap Chloe got out the big Lego's and built some towers. (This wouldn't have been possible if he was awake.) She loved seeing how tall she could get it. Then eventually she figured out it was more fun knocking it down. So she built it up and pushed it down, over, and over, and over again.

This is her showing me how tall she wants to build her tower.So proud...

She reached her height goal! YAY!

Adding just a few more Lego's....

I know this picture is blurry, but I still thought it was kinda cool. You can see how Chloe the builder ended her building career. It is just more fun destroying then creating at this age, I'm afraid.

Uncle Scott's Birthday!!

Whenever there is cake and Tyler in the same room, I can't resist taking some pictures. He just stuffs his face with cake as fast as he can before we realize what we did.

Scott and his friends. Sorry, I don't know their names...

Chloe learned that she could double dip the candles for more frosting fun!

Chloe and Uncle Scott sharing the candles. Mmmm!

The Jennings boys...and Chloe sneaking a taste of the cake.

Poor Tyler, for some reason, is terrified of Scott. I really don't know why, but he bawls every time we try to hand him over to Scott. See Sarah, you aren't the only one....:)

This picture is so cute. Chloe loves her uncles, especially Uncle Scott. The crow was decoration for Halloween and Grandma Jennings had and Chloe LOVED it. She carried it around all night talking to it, and singing to it.

The birthday boy! Happy birthday Uncle Scott!

Really good cake made by Lori.

I'm trying to catch up...

This may have a lot of pictures, but I am really trying to catch up on here. So....here we go.

The Robot Monkey

This was for Grandma Jennings Birthday in August. When we asked Chloe what she wanted to get Grandma for her birthday she said she wanted to get her a robot monkey. We asked what the robot monkey does. She said it cleans and does the laundry. You may remember a previous post about this a few months ago. This is what we got. Yes, I made it. Chloe was very excited to give it to grandma. (It just sits there though, I haven't quite figured out how to make it clean or do laundry yet...darnit);)

Tyler's First Birthday!!

Tyler opening presents.

He liked the cake. :)

Arizona/Stephen's baptism

I can't take credit for all these pictures. Beka had the camera for a while.

All the cousins...I won't tell you how hard it was to get this picture, but I'm sure you can guess.Chloe is looking down some holes in the bridge at Lee's Ferry. She was convinced that that is where the Dragon's live. She was very excited about that fact and kept pointing them out to us every time we passed one. ...my handsome boy!

Why I am a good mother...

Yes...that is the open dryer door that he is standing on, and yes...that is Clorox that he is getting, and yes...there is more harmful cleaning chemicals behind the Clorox....

But I did get him before he swallowed anything...

The newest member of the Jennings Family

We are proud to announce the newest member of our family....Molly! Or at least, that was her name last I checked. Her name is still undecided.

Dave's dad surprised his mom the other day with this adorable little girl. I think she was well received.

Chloe, ofcourse, is very excited. Whether she is excited for Grandma or herself is still unknown.

Probably both. Just one more reason why she loves visiting Grandma and Grandpa Jennings. So Molly (or Daisy, or Sadie, or Sophie) fits right in and is loved by all. But who wouldn't love that cute face?

Faries and Duckies

This year for Halloween our ward did a trunk or treat for the first time. Of course Dave and I went all out and decorated his trailer...well, I decorated it. It turn out to be the big hit of the night. Even some families were taking pictures by our trailer. It was a lot of fun. Chloe and Tyler loves dressing up. Tyler passed out all the candy, after sampling a few to make sure they were okay. Chloe filled her bucket up with our candy before even beginning to trick or treat. We then visited Grandparents and Great-grandparents and called it a night.
And ending with a random, yet very cute, picture of Tyler and Grandpa Jennings.