ZOO

So, I am a little behind. I will get to Thanksgiving, but I am still waiting for more pics so in the meantime, let's catch up.

It has been such beautiful weather that I decided it was time to go back to the zoo!

We went with my good friend Kristin and her two kids. The kids had lots of fun, and it was so fun to see Gavin interested and pointing at all the animals. We hadn't been for almost a year so last time he was there he was only three months old!

I am looking forward to more frequent trips to come!!

Fa la la la la la

Is it bad that I am already listening Christmas music, and LOVING it???
I love this time of year!

This kid kills me atleast once a day......

Joel (talking to me): I think I am going to go get some i-c-e c-r-e-a-m.
Me: ok
Kade: I want some i-c-r-a-m too mom!

This is how we roll....

So we have taken the plunge. Road rage just won't be taken as seriously when Joel is throwing his hands up at some "idiot" in the mini. But, it will be comical to watch!

Goodbye cool, fun Expedition, Goodbye gas guzzler, Goodbye car payment :)

Hello economical! What has this world come to?.......

Halloween part 2, and the mother of the year award!

Halloween night was lots of fun. We took the wagon out around 6pm and we were the first ones out there it seems. The boys did so well in the wagon, and of course, being rewarded with candy didn't hurt! There were a few scary houses that Kaden was apprehensive about, but he wasn't going to miss out getting that candy! Gavin got the hang of it pretty quickly too. After the first half hour, everytime we would go to a new house he would sign"more" and start crawling out of the wagon. What a candy fiend :) look at those handsome boys :)

Gavin was into the candy right away!

And now, for the much awaited mother of the year award!

Yesterday kaden came running up to me screaming and saying "my mouth, my mouth, mommy that soda was yucky!" I proceeded to ask him what he was talking about, telling him to show me.

And this is what he drank:

An airwick oil air freshener!!! Why he would even think to drink it is beyond me. I smelled his mouth and he reeked of harvest spice! Then I looked over at Gavin and he had pink residue all around his mouth and also smelled quite nice. I freaked out, made him drink a bunch of water and then called poison control. I felt like such a loser telling them what happened. Luckily, they said it was just an essential oil and the only thing it might do is upset their stomach. Whew!!

It's Halloween time!!

So this is our first real Halloween with our kids. You see, Kade was born in October, so he was only two weeks old for his first halloween. Then last year, Joel was gone filming Survivor and I was trying to figure out how single moms do it, totally frazzled with a toddler and a newborn. Needless to say, they did not dress up or go trick or treating last year!

But this year was going to be different... I started getting my fall decorations out as soon as we got toward the end of September. I planned lots of fall and Halloween crafts and cookie decorating, and after everything we have done this month Kade is going to think that Halloween is a month long holiday!

Last Saturday we went to the Halloween festival @ freestone park. we dressed the boys up, and Joel decided to dress up too. I told him he might be the only adult dressed up, he said he didn't care. So this is what we came up with, a Dinosaur, a pumpkin, and a, well, a crazy husband whose inner dork came out :)

you may not be able to see it, but those are water shoes he's got on, and a donkey on his hat. Stylish!

The boys had lots of fun. Kade went on almost every bounce house they had , and Gavin just loved that he could walk everywhere!
this is Kade being a "scary dinosaur"

Gavin was content just playing with cars :)

The next day, my in-laws took us and the kids to the "pumpkin patch" Robyn blogged about. They had a really goodtime, and got to spend time with their cousins too.

Kaden loved playing in the hay

Gavin just wanted to check everything out

mean goat, innocent little sheep. I love this pic

Gavin pointed to all of the little pumkins and said "ball." Then he proceeded to try to throw them one by one. That's my boy :)

Then, on Wenesday, Kaden had a Halloween party for his last day of preschool.

they filled gloves with popcorn

they ate cookies
They discussed important business
Gavin played with dad
We said goodbye to Mrs. Miller. Kaden really liked her but he will doing a different class next time. :(

All this and I still have Halloween night to post.......

catch up time...

So, my posts have been few and far between lately for several reasons, listed below:

1. camera broke, using old one that doesn't work very well

2. Laptop crashed, lost hundreds of pics :(

3. Working more at the gym, and now a Starbuck's Barista :)

4. Gorgeous weather, staying outside a lot

5. Thoroughly enjoying time with my boys, keeping me very busy

6. Spending more time with hubby

7. So Much Going On! Two bdays, two births, Halloween, baby christening, and more I can't even think of all in the last 3 months.

So I am going to start posting pics in no organizational order whatsoever (which is really unlike me but deal with it!) and you can enjoy the disorder of it all. Hopefully it will bring me all up to speed and I can start being organized again. Oh yeah, and here is a short list of occurrances that have no pics (due to broken camera and other things) that have happened over past month or so:

*Gavin is FINALLY walking! he looks like frankenstein, so stiff, but I will take it:)

*Kaden is 3, sassy as ever, and we are gearing up for preschool

*Joel is now the head wrestling coach at Williams Field High School

*Joel just bought a Total Gym off craigslist and he is so happy with it he should do an infomercial

Now, for pics:

Joel picked a tire for Kade so they could do their workouts together


flipping tires

pulling tires....those strong boyslook at that ab strength
Gavin got tired just watching!

Our lil conductor at his train bday party

birthday cakes

mom and her big 3 year old
look what dad got for his big big boy!!

He is a pro already :)

My superman!

Joel has also been taking him to the skate park

look at him go!!!
Gavin has discovered Kade's motorcycle

look at those cuties