IT"s Been awhile..

Zoe has not been "too destructive" lately (except to my psychie, I get lots of "you are ruining my life Mom"). Here is our latest. Curse myself for leaving my make-up out. YOu all have mascara monsters, I have a foundation monster! She lathered it on like lotion from head to the tippy toes. It looks like she has been to a tanning salon one too many times.

Caution: NUDITY! My kid is never clothed. I did put censors in, hopefully not to offend.

She is not happy I am taking a photo to document for Dad.

Now, somewhat proud of her tan.

I was trying to capture the underwear tan line...

As far as she could reach for her back.

One of many spots I found foundation all over (including Aaron's ward clerk papers for church).

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I like to move it move it

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Merry Christmas from the Kuschs

Spreading cheer where ever we go... or maybe spreading Disco Fever! Miss you all!

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Who do you think our brava is?

Yes, he destroyed that pie.

He is trying to hide from the camera behind the cake because he got caught...

stealing cookies.

This is part of a ripped-up-napkin-turned-mustache stuck to Luke's snot.

Luke was just curious (as were the rest of us) if this guy had an accident in his pants while he was sawing down our Christmas tree. All signs point to yes.

one little, two little, three little

and yadda yadda yadda, they found my lip liners.

a brava in training

I know it looks like just a bag of wipes but Morgan is growing in brava skills. She also unloaded my bathroom trash can into the toilet which hid woman-plague stuff and hair from a brush--nasty.

trouble in river city

the mascara bandit.

run and hide

attack of the tape mummy!

New reading material

We were in the middle of dinner when Ben ran off to go potty. Didn't think anything of it until I noticed 15 minutes had passed and Ben hadn't come back. I called for him and he said, "I'm still going potty Mom." Then another 5 minutes went by and no Ben. I went to the half bathroom that he usually occupies and no Ben. I noticed the Den door was open (which I had locked earlier) and the portable DVD player was missing. (We had issues with him and the player earlier in the day.) So I grabbed the camera knowing what I was about to find. The picture explains the rest.

Guess Who?

This is a well loved Disney Princess, who I might add, still gets played with. She may be decapitated, but she still has her princess luster. I believe her head is floating around our house somewhere with the legs. Despite that the head is missing, this little lady still gets plenty of action. Any guesses who this princess is?



Brooke, this one is for you. Bryn may chew the limbs to nothings, but at least she doesn't rip their heads off.

Luke's daily pasttimes

Yes, I know this looks like one you've seen before but it was a new one from this morning. Would you agree he is getting better? Maybe if I leave him alone a few more minutes he could have applied eyeliner and eye shadow, too. The scary part of this is that I think he looks pretty cute. He is definitely the boy version of Mia.

This was from last night while I was making dinner. He climbed into the bathroom sink and dumped baby shampoo all over his clothes and hair. Fun times.

Sneaky Sneaky

So I couldn't find Ben anywhere, but all the doors were still locked so I knew he was still in the house. Well I finally found him in the hall closet watching a movie on the portable DVD player. Well done Ben, you once again outsmarted mom.

Sharpie

Yes, sharpie on the desk...

the cabinet...

the computer screen...

and Luke, the guilty culprit. It's all over his hands and clothes as well. He had to scale the desk chair and desk and then reach on top of the cabinet where the sharpies had been hidden (or so I thought) since his last Sharpie encounter a few months ago. He did some good damage but thanks to the internet, I found out hairspray gets sharpie out (and you don't even have to scrub very hard). Sunny and Brooke and Livy, you probably want to make sure you have some on hand for when the need arises. I'm sure little Evie would never think to do anything so naughty. I'm sure Bryn would love the use of the hairspray for her hairstyling needs as well. Maybe she will get some for Christmas from the Wilsons.

Scratchy Scratchy

Emily decided to scratch my leather chairs with her nails.

Thirsty?

Can't Stop The Police

Here's our clan. Ben is a SWAT policeman. All night he kept saying, "You can't stop the police." (I don't know where he got that saying from.) Emily is a butterfly fairy. And of course the recycled lion costume for Jackson. But isn't he the cutest little lion.
And since Ben lost his privilege of trick or treating this year we let him hand out the treats. He told me, "Mom this is better that trick or treating because I get to see all my friends." Way to be positive Ben! (I did let him sneak treats from our bowl so he was a happy camper.)

not again

Bryn cut her hair. Thankfully it was fixable. She also gave several stuffed animals a make over.

everybody's working for the weekend

I can't leave Ava alone for even a minute. I have to keep my makeup up high in my closet now. little sucker. She looked like Ben Stiller in Zoolander.

Wonder woman and friends

the ladies, the ladies.

Squeaky clean

The family that bathes together, stays together.

You can't blame a boy for trying

Mia ratted him out while I was in the shower. He was applying my mascara (and not too poorly, I might add.) He actually got it on his eyelashes.

Halloween fun times

I told Mia and her friends to smile and what does she do? Stick her fingers up her nose. Mia was a ballerina, by the way.

Here's an action show of Luke Skywalker as he tried to attack me with his light saber.

Here's one of all the kiddos. Only Addy and Halle were really cooperating because they were DYING to get out and trick-or-treat and I said there would be none of it until we got a picture.

Ryan took the bigger kiddos out to fill their bags with loot while Luke and I manned the door. Since he doesn't speak, he was trying to show me where he wanted the candy to go (in the mouth, please).