Madd Hatters

The other night after bathtime the girls got into my closet and pulled out these hats. It was Penelope's Idea to dance around with the hat's and sing song's. They were so cute together. I didn't post the pictures of Penelope going nut's when she stepped on her hat and it got smushed. The pictures were so funny. She ran around the room with her hair in her face screaming "Help me my hat's broke. Oh no mommy, oh no!"

Tea Leaves and Thyme

This is a picture from a couple weeks ago. My neighbor Lizzie (center) celebrated her birthday October 31st. She turned four. She took Emma, Anisa and us moms to Tea Leaves and Thyme in Woodstock for an afternoon tea party. It was so much fun. Emma went to the tanning bed for the occasion. No, just kidding, but I did think it was funny how dark she looks in all the pictures. Emma is so thankful to have other little girls in the neighborhood to play with. As I am typing this the two girls are outside my house waiting for Emma to wake up from a nap so that she can come out and play. Thanks girls for being her friend.

Funny friend

This is Luke on Halloween night. He looks a little spooked. I think the flash was a too bright. He loves this little creature toy. I can't figure out what it's supposed to be. It is cute how he pulls on the legs and sucks his thumb while he holds on to it. He tries to talk to it like it's his long lost bud. I'de love to call it something other then creature.
Any thoughts on what it is?

Katie's wedding

November 3rd my cousin Katie was married to Randall Keele in Tulahoma Tennessee. Thomas and I drove up with Luke and attended the wedding. Katie looked beautiful. This is my mom with Luke. He did not do so well during the wedding. He seemed to enjoy the reception.
Me at the reception. It was a lot of fun catching up with family. I enjoyed seeing you all. Thomas was so great to come along with me. He was such a great date:) We both had a good time.
My cousin's wife Meagan with her daughter Peyton the flower girl. Meagan just had twins. She looked so great. Peyton and Penelope have the same birthday June 8, 2005. Peyton danced during the entire reception!
My mom and Aunt Helen with Meagan and Jason's twins Devon and Nolan.
Katie at the reception. Katie it was so awesome to see you on your wedding day. I hope for lot's of joy and happiness in your marriage. You make a beautiful bride.

Rock City Gardens

These are pictures from our trip to my cousins wedding in Tennessee. Thomas and I took Luke and had a weekend getaway. We stayed the night in Chattanooga and spent the afternoon and evening at Rock City Gardens. This place is beautiful. Thomas and I love being outdoors. The leaves were the perfect back drop for photos. We took the kids two years ago, so it was fun to go back and walk through the gardens and reflect on where we are now.

Here is my hubby walking along the swinging bridge...
This is a picture from the top of Lover's Leap. We are standing at the top of the water fall. You can see all of Chattanooga behind us. It was a little cloudy, but the view was still beautiful with all the leaves changing colors.

Carmel Apples

I am going to try and play catch up. This is a fun project we did last week before Halloween. We had a blast making candy apples. Noah ate the whole apple down to the core. Nele ate the carmel and nuts. Emma ate the sprinkles and nuts. She was very picky to not get the carmel stuck in her teeth. We saved an apple for daddy, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. I know that it will be a great treat when it pops up. Isn't that gross!!!!!!!

Don't eat the paint...

I had to post the conversation that I had with Penelope about the paint on her face.
The conversation explains why I have very few brain cells left at the end of each day:)

While pumpkin painting I look over and see Penelope licking her paint brush.
"Penelope, Mommy said no eating the paint". Penelope eagerly responds, "Okay mommy". I look over at Penelope again and see her face all blue. I say "Penelope you are eating the paint again. Mommy said no eating the paint." She replies "I not eaten the paint mommy." Finally I say "Penelope why is your face all blue?" she looks at me a little puzzled and smiles "Because I eaten the paint mommy."

Penelope was so proud to pick her pumpkin out by herself.
Here is Penelope painting her pumpkin before she started eating it!
Emma painted a pretty pumpkin with lots of Polk-a-dots. I couldn't tell the pumpkin was originally orange by the time she was done painting it.
Noah painted a Star Wars pumpkin. Darth Vader on one side and Luke Skywalker on the other.

Hide-and-go-seek

These pictures are of my little guys playing hide and go seek. We can spend hours doing this activity. Four things always happen during hide and go seek.

-Noah always hides in the hamper first, and I always pretend like I don't know he is there.

-Penelope follows Emma wherever she goes.

-Emma always leads them under all the beds and then moves to the closets.

-This is the only time Penelope is quiet other then when she is sleeping:)

This might be cheesy.......

This is a picture of my lovely fall mum enjoying a drink of water mixed with lots of vitamins from ricotta cheese.

It's a good thing that we don't have to do some silly dance to the god that sends down rain. Thankfully we can trust God's provision and hopefully he will send more rain soon. Here is how we have been watering our plants as an alternative to scooping up our bath water. My kids are helping out too. When we finish a milk jug, juice container, canned good even something as small as a yougart container we fill it up with water to rinse it out, then pour it on the plants. Then we drop it off in the recycling bin. It has been a fun activity for the kids to be involved in. Just an idea:)

Box Sledding

Here we are enjoying the hill next to our house. The kids new favorite past time. This box works great for the little ones. All the neighbors come over and you can hear the shouts of glee from inside the house as they fly down the hill. We love box sledding during the day, and at night Daddy joins us, we turn on the flood lights and we go at it some more! Such fun!

Say Cheese!

Hurray we had a nice cool fall day! I was so excited to dig these outfits out of the back of their closet. I love fall weather. We played outside all day.

These are my two girls being silly. I took about 20 pictures and this was the best one. How photogenic don't you think?

Digging for Pirate Treasure

This was SOOOOO much fun. Last night Noah helped me put the girls to bed and I let him stay up and use one of our Usborne Kid Kits. It came with a book that we read about pirates and when we were done he got to use his tools to break open a rock, build a treasure chest and dig out the "booty". Noah took close to an hour with this project. His expressions were great. He kept saying " I really can't believe I am digging for real pirate treasure mom, this is the coolest ever"! I love seeing my children joyful over simple things. It is so great to be apart of their lives. If you have a little digger at home, you should try this. It is a blast.

I Found My Thumb!

Luke is 10 weeks old. We are so excited that he has found his thumb. I was becoming weary of the all night pacifier search! The blanket he is holding is one that I had made for Noah. You would laugh if you saw it in person. It was the first blanket I tried to make on my own. Noah never used it. I found it stuffed in a box in his closet and pulled it out for Luke. I had one just like it when I was little. I sucked my thumb until I was eight. I still have my "majic blanky". Don't worry I don't sleep with it anymore:)

Thanks Billie and Sara for the helpful tips. He is so happy now!!!

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN!

This past week was my neighbor Cindy's birthday. Cindy is a good friend and wonderful neighbor. My other four neighbors and myself took her out to California Dreamin to celebrate her birthday. This is a tradition. We decided to do something extra fun and dress up 80's style. Mary and I hit the local Good Will and found great stuff! We also pulled from each others closets. We met early and put on hair and makeup as we jammed out to some of the greatest songs from the eighty's. Cindy had a blast and we all enjoyed the laughs. Thanks guys for being great neighbors. You guys are a lot of fun!!!!

Baby Dedication

This past Sunday was baby dedication Sunday. We had Emma, Luke and Penelope dedicated. We are so thankful for our children. We are also so very thankful to be apart of such a great church family.