Fate

Well, let's see. It has been a few weeks so I need to catch up.

Linlee's class had a field trip to a real live farm and the kids and I got to join in on the fun. I felt horrible due to the fact that I had a horrendus cold and didn't really feel like being around 20ish kids, but all in all it was fun. They got to examine and pick many crops, see cows and horses and goats, ride in a hayride, see giant pumpkins, etc. Very cool.



We then took a much needed trip down to Alabama to visit my parents and family. Sidney and Ava got to see a little bit of each other. They are about 2 months apart in age so in a few years, watch out! They look like they are thinking, "Wow, we made a mess. Do you think they see it? Maybe if we just keep looking down, they won't notice."


We had lots of fun spending time outside, roasting hotdogs and marshmellows. Sidney learned the meaning of the word hot first hand when she touched the grill. OUCH! She was fine after a while though. The trip was way too short!




For as long as she has been doing it, I have loved Ashleigh Peak Photography and have really wanted to have her take pictures of our family. I also wanted to wait until Sid was old enough to somewhat cooperate and smile on command. Well, Ashleigh is doing holiday mini session this weekend and we are doing it! Yay. (if you have never seen her work, check it out here: http://www.ashleighpeak.com/
Anyway, I have been obsessing over these pics, picking the right outfits, nervous that we won't all perform well, etc. Well this week has been full of life lessons and I learned yet another one last night. Sidney fell out of a chair and whacked her cheek on the wooden part of our futon.


Oh yeah, nice big shiner on her cheek just in time for pics. I am assured that photoshop can take car of it. Don't worry about small things in life, there are much bigger problems out there that people deal with than worrying that my pics won't turn out well...:)

Annual Fall Square pics (and catch up)

I am a little behind on things but was way too excited about how these pics turned out to wait and share them later. I will come back and make updates as I have time about:
1. Sidney potty training. So all on her own, Sidney mentioned going potty while we were upstairs in the playroom. I grabbed her up and ran downstairs to her potty which has been sitting in the bathroom just to peak her interest. I in no way have been even attempting this because I learned my lesson about starting too early with Linlee. So just for fun, I sat Sid down on it and started talking to her about it. In mid conversation, she began to go in the potty! I think it suprised her as much as it did me! I chalked it up to being a fluke and went on after we made a super huge deal about it of course! Well, since then, she has gone at least once a day sometimes twice (without any coaching or pushing from me). We by no means have it mastered, but I am beginning to think it is more than a fluke and may actually start trying to get this thing done. I am sooo looking forward to that last diaper purchase (just didn't expect it this soon!)

2. D&D 3rd birthday bash. Our friend's twins turned 3 this past week and had an awesome trian party at their house. They rented a "train" for the kids to ride around the block in. All the kids thought this was the greatest thing ever (it really was!). Crazy madness but loads of fun as always!




3. Tom's farm part 2. We had so much fun the last time we went that we decided to take our Sunday School class back to Tom's farm. The number of people that decided to brave the very cold weather was few but we had a great time!!




4. Fall break activities. Linlee and Conner were on fall break this past week. Ben decided to take off work too so we could all spend time together. Friday night we "camped" out in the playroom (since it was too cold outside) after a quick run to DQ (yum). We played card games and slept on pallets on the floor (never do that the day before a very busy day..). The next day was birthday party, college football, and tom's farm. On Monday we had the below photo shoot and just played outside. Not many outings but great family time.

 

Random Pics

 

Sidney still loves to swing. This is a daily request and lately it has been raining so once the sun comes back out, we have some catching up to do.
Sid creating fun on the kitchen floor...

 

Linlee got to bring home the class "pet" this past weekend. His name is Brownie and he is a webkin. She had to document activities, write a report with pictures and present it to her class on Monday. I think this is great!! We didn't realize that we have had a webkin for over 2 years now and so when we discovered it on Tues, we have played alot! It is really cool.

 

We are probably going to miss out on dressing up this halloween so Sid decided to try out her costume. This is a costume that Annelise wore when she was 2. It fits Sid's personality to a T! She loves it.

 

Sid and Conner being sweet.

Sidney said "I love."

Tom's Farm

We took a trip to a pumkin patch/farm this past Sat with our neighbors. So much fun~~~ Here are a few pics from our outing.

stitches and teeth

Conner got his stitches out on Friday and it looks great. Our neighbor is a nurse and removed them for us.

 

Linlee finally lost her first tooth tonight. She was so excited and Ben and I are happy for her but a little sad...

 

Playground and Funis Runis

How cute am I???


I took Sid and Conner to the playground this morning and snapped a few pics. there was absolutely no one else there (probably because it was drizzling) so we had a blast.







Linlee's school held their annual Funis Runis which is a fundraiser for tuition assistance. the kids get sponsers for running 20 laps. These were not just any laps though. They really made it fun by making them limbo, do dances, run in slow motion etc. It was so stinkin cute!! I didn't really get any great shots of Linlee due to the fact that she was pretty much running the whole time and there were lots of people.

Dress up and Stitches?

Sidney is definitely going to be my girly girl. Linlee never really loved dolls or dress up for that matter. Sidney on the other hand loves both. We can't walk through the toy isle without her wanting every doll in sight.

She has just recently discovered Linlee's dress up box. Notice that Conner is about to grab the train that Sid is playing with. Get ready for the reaction...


This is her "I don't like what he just did." face. This is usually followed by the soon to be patented stick out the bottom lip move. I didn't catch it this time...




Later in the day, Conner was doing something in the kitchen and I was in the den with Sid when I heard a loud thump followed by a scream. I run to the kitchen and meet Conner with blood all over his face. He looked like he had been in a horror movie!. He had a pretty good gash on his forehead from where he banged into the cabinet. At this moment he is at the minor med getting stitches, but here he is after I bandaged him up for the trip.

What a pitiful face. Poor little buddy.

Here is the first sighting of Conner's stitches since he got them. I was really suprised that they do not look bad at all!! Great job Dr!