Sunday, October 31, 2010

L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge


I am back to this photo challenge at Home is where you start from (blog). This week's theme is 'comfort' and so I choose the picture of James and Rose sound asleep. I really felt bad moving Rose to her own bed, until I thought about how tight it would be later! They love falling asleep next to each other.

Happy Halloween!







My little witch and her black cat!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Pictures by Rose







Rose got a real digital camera from her aunts for her birthday - I think they were tired of her stealing theirs all the time (just kidding B & C). She does a pretty good job of taking the pics, see how the one was crooked, so she adjusted and made it right? I think we have a budding artist on our hands!

Princesses

A Princess Tea Party





Rose's Family Birthday Party






Rose celebrated with the family on Sunday and had a great time. We now officially own EVERY Disney Princess movie (I think except maybe 2, but I think we have one duplicate so exchange it and down to one!) Rose got everything princess plus some, her own digital camera (more on that soon), and a whole box of dress up clothes. Thanks to everyone for making it a great day for her.

Of course we had a Little Mermaid theme - homemade cake with Ariel's face and a treasure chest centerpiece.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Where's James?



Someone's knocking at the door...oh its just James...WAIT, HOW DID HE GET DOWN THERE?

Apparently he knows how to do the stairs :)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

What A Face!



So she was showing off her princess headband when I took this picture. I thought it was too funny not to share. I was trying to capture the 80s styling she had going on, but got a much better picture out of the deal!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Apple Picking






We went apple picking a couple of weeks ago and I forgot to post the pics. So here they are. The kids had fun, even though we only did it for about an hour total and came home with only half a bag of apples. Rose was really excited about finding the little ones, but she was only allowed to keep one (since I knew we wouldn't actually be able to eat them). After James got ahold of an apple from Rose I found little pieces of apple all over my house as he was walking around with it, taking a bite, sucking the juice out and then spitting the actual food.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010

A bike ride


Rose wanted to ride her bike, so we went out and on the way had to grab something from the car. I guess we parked the bike handle a little close to the stroller, because James decided to push Rose along. Too funny.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Where is James?


Oh, there he is...in the corner just hanging out in the extra carseat. Just hanging out like a good little boy. BTW it is usually not that way - he is usually ripping books or chewing on something he shouldn't have - like the nut and washer from my dining room table. I seriously thought we were going to the hospital for that one. I didn't hear him making any noise in the living room so I went to check and he is standing under my dining room table just fiddling with something. So I check and he has managed to unscrew the nut and take it and the washer off the table leg. Then I noticed that he is chewing on a washer. So I take that out of his mouth and see that there is a nut on the floor, so I put it back on the bolt and see that the other nut/washer is missing. Hmmm, did he do something with it (ie swallow) or were they just missing to begin with? Well, given that I found the washer I determined that he must have taken the nut off too. Now where would that be? I gave myself two whole minutes to search for it before I was prepared to rush to the ER. Luckily I found it under the curve of the foot of the table. WHEW!

So, that was about a week ago. Then, the other day we were at Costco and towards the end of the trip, I noticed that his foot was stuck between the side of the cart and the bars that create the holes for the feet in the seat. Between the two of us, my friend and I could NOT get it out. He was screaming, Rose was crying because her brother was stuck, everyone was looking, etc. So we go to the front and ask for a manager to see if they had anything to separate the bars or something. Two BIG Costco employees come up and literally pull the cart bars sideways and his foot slips out.


In less than a week I encountered two potential hospital visits...the joys of being a mother of a son.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

LENS Photo Challenge


Doing the photo challenge again this week. The theme is 'fall is here'. This is from a bridal shower I went to last weekend. The host grew a pumpkin patch for decoration. You can find other entries at Home is Where You Start From.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Joy School in Action




This week's module was about the body...more pics to come, but here are a couple from Tuesday. They were drawing stick figures and reading about the muscles/skeleton.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Monday, September 6, 2010

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Another Farm Day





We spent the morning at a local farm yesterday. Rose fed the chickens, chased (or got chased by) a goat, saw day old bunnies, and went on a tractor ride. The weather was great, especially for the end of August, overcast & warm but not humid.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010