Goose and Pinkerbelle

 

 

I love dressing my kids up for Halloween. They loved their costumes and really got into character. They had a lot of fun trick or treating with some kids from the neighborhood.

 

So oy! Hadley loved her costume! Thank goodness!!! I only spent 3 months planning it. I love handmade and creative costumes, so I was determined to make something special for Hadley. This was my first attempt at DIY, and I was a little nervous. So I spent countless hours at Hobby Lobby before I actually began making it. Once I began, it was easy. The planning and getting supplies was the hard part. Anyway, I am happy with how it turned out, and she had fun in it. I am already starting to think about next year's costume...

 

Okay, when Max picked out this costume, I didn't even think about how much he would look like Goose from Top Gun. He asked us why people kept calling him Goose. He got to wear Chad's dog tags (which he thought was super cool). It was a lot of fun!

I Love Autumn

 

These are pics of the kids enjoying the beautiful fall weather. A couple of weeks ago we spent an entire day going to various pumpkin patches. This is my absolute favorite time of year, and I love, love, love pumpkin patches. We have pumpkins galore at our house! I told Chad that one day I am going to have my own pumpkin patch...he just laughed.

 

 

 

 

Dancing Queen

Hadley started dance today. It was the funniest and cutest thing that I have ever seen. She really got after it in the tap dancing part. She loved it! She has not stopped twirling since we have been home. I know that the pics aren't very clear. I was trying to capture the cuteness through a tinted privacy glass. I am trying to figure out how to post the video that I took...it is too funny! I will post it as soon as possible. I am going to go twirl with her now...

Show and Tell Tale

Max had show and tell today. Short /u/. What starts with the short /u/ sound? We could only come up with umpire, umbrella and underwear. We didn't have anything pertaining to umpire, his umbrella is broken, and underwear was what he wanted to 'show and tell' the class. Since that wasn't in any way appropriate, he went to bed without having anything for show and tell. I promised him that his daddy and I would come up with something great before morning. We couldn't come up with anything...then, when I let the dogs in from outside, there it was - a slug. Okay, I know that 'slug' doesn't start with /u/, but it would have to do because we were desperate. We scooped a couple of them up into a jar, added a little water, grass, mulch and dog food (for snacking), and viola - show and tell. Max was thrilled when he got up and saw the slime covered jar that held his 'ugly slugs'. I hope his teacher doesn't hate me.(:

Hadley's First Day

Well, my "big gull" started KDO today. We hyped it up a lot...maybe too much. She sort of freaked out when I dropped her off. Max had talked about it a lot with her. He even told her that he bet she would make a lot of new friends...so sweet. In the last couple of days, she would say "no cool, no cool" when we would talk about it. She started today off with guarded excitement that turned to dread after we dropped Max off at school. I had to struggle to get her into the car to go. Once we got there, she cautiously walked in without major incident. The heartbreaking scene happened when we got to her classroom. She might have been okay if there hadn't been other kids' cries echoing down the hallway. Her teacher came to meet her at the door, and Hadley grabbed me around the neck and started sobbing. Her cries quickly turned into screams of "my Mommy, no cool, no cool" as her teacher pried her off of me. She was still crying when I left, so I spent the next 5 hours worried about her. My head was also trying to wrap around the fact that my baby girl is old enough to go to 'school'...how has 2 years gone by so quickly?!

When I picked her up, her teacher said she had gotten over it pretty quickly and went on to have a great day. Hadley said she played with her friends, colored, sang, enjoyed lunch and played outside (well, not so much 'said' as nodded when I asked). When we picked Max up, we went for ice cream to celebrate Hadley's successful first day.

The kids both crashed early. Max fell asleep on the couch at 7:30, and Hadley fell asleep about 2 pages into her book. Back to school is so nice.:)

Fun In the Sun

Family Vacation