Another Announcement

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Announcement

Ben and I have been approved for adoption!!!  Now the hard part begins...

Stories Of The Kiddos

Makayla is getting so big.  It seems like just yesterday she was a little baby and now she is in Kindergarten telling me all the things that all the other children have taught her.  So far it has all been good thank goodness.  I am just waiting for the day she comes home with some choice word she heard someone say.  Now for what happened this week.  I arrived at the school to pick her up and as she was walking across the playground I noticed she was holding a little boy's hand.  When she got to me I asked her who the boy was.  She said, "That was Brent."  I asked her if she was holding his hand and she said, "Yes, we are going to get married when we get older."  "Oh really," I said, "Did he ask you to marry him?"  "No," she replied.  "I asked him to marry me and he said yes!"  Don't you just love a girl that takes charge!!!  I have to admit I thought this was pretty cute but Ben didn't have the same reaction.  He wants to interview the boy and see if he is worthy for his daughter.   Has it already started?!?!?!

Everyday Kyle either makes me laugh or makes me want to pull my hair out!  We like to call him the little monster around our house.  Since this is his nickname we taught him to growl whenever someone asks what does a monster say.  It is pretty cute if I do say so myself.  Kyle also loves to jump (see previous entry's video.)  He actually gets about a centimeter off the ground now.  Amazing!!!  As I have mentioned before I am teaching Kyle sign language.  Not a ton of words just the basics so he can actually ask me what he wants instead of just cry.  It has come in very handy.  Recently I taught him to sign thank you.  You put your hand by your mouth and then pull your hand straight out.  Well Kyle has decided that the sign he is going to use for thank you is to blow kisses.  Adorable!!!

Lake Tahoe

As a family we love to go hiking.  One of our favorite spots to go is Lake Tahoe.  It is so beautiful no matter what time of year.  A few weeks ago we went to check out the salmon run and then went on a hike.  It was so much fun and the kids loved it!

The salmon run was so cool.  I have never seen so many fish in my life.  The most memorable part of that outing was when we arrived at the fish Kyle got so excited that he headed straight for the river.  There were so many people that we couldn't get through.  Luckily the water was only a couple inches deep so Kyle only got his feet wet.  He sure was the entertainment with that one.  

After that it was time for our hike.  It was getting a little late so we had to hurry before it got dark.  Makayla did awesome and walked the whole way.  It is a pretty steep hike but totally worth it in the end.

Kyle refused to take a nap the whole hour and a half drive up there so after the hike he fell fast asleep.

On the way home we went to a little restaurant in South Lake Tahoe.  We were all staving and tired but it was a wonderful day.  We can't wait until spring when we can go again!!! 

Our Adoption Video

This is a little video that we made to prospective birth mothers and birth fathers to tell them a little more about our family.  What do you think???

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

What a little cutie!

I have been meaning to get a video of Kyle for a long time but we just got a new camera and I had to figure out how it worked.  Finally here it is.  I have to say Kyle was awesome.  He showed off all his tricks in one taping.  What a little cutie!!!

More Halloween

This year I when I got the kids pictures taken I decided to do Halloween pictures together.  I have never done professional Halloween pictures and I thought it would be cute.  I like to call these A Princess and Her Duck...

Our Halloween

It was another great Halloween for the Shawcroft's.  It started on Thursday night when we carved pumpkins.  Makayla drew faces on all the pumpkins and then Ben and I cut them out.  Kyle just watched and messed.  We had seven pumpkins all together but we only carved four.  They turned out so cute.  

Fallon celebrated Halloween Saturday night which we were very excited about.  I really didn't want to break it to the kids that we couldn't trick-or-treat since it was Sunday so thank you Mayor.  

Makayla wanted to be a princess for the third year in a row.  I really don't mind because I have a lot of fun every year making her costume.  She loved her dress which made me feel good.  She looked beautiful as usual.  

While we were walking I saw a girl dressed up as a princess with a long wig.  I told Makayla that everyone probably thought she was wearing a wig since her hair is so long and pretty.  The very next house we went to after getting her candy Makayla informed the people that her hair was real and not a wig.  It was so cute.

Kyle was the cutest little duck ever!!!  For the whole day Kyle cried and cried.  He had a really bad cold and didn't take good naps and was just really cranky.  Luckily when we actually started trick-or-treating he calmed down and loved it.  Man, free candy for looking cute?  Who can beat that?  Every house we went to the people told the kids how cute they were.  I love it when people tell me how adorable my kids are.  

This is the only picture we got this year of Kyle not crying.  You can't get much cuter than this!!!

This was their stash.  Pretty good for our little neighborhood.  It is pretty nice around here because most people give you a handful of candy not just one piece.  It was funny because we went to a church member's home and after Makayla got her candy she yelled to me, "Mom, Pat only gave us one piece!!!"  Overall it was a wonderful day and evening.  The kids went to bed great that night and weren't even full of sugar!