Copy Cat...

Monkey see....

Monkey Do....

Wrong move monkey!!


Jack is Ella's Idol... Good and Bad... She has picked up some not so nice habits including spitting and hitting... but sometimes it is so cute to watch them play nicely.... It's rare... VERY rare... So I try to capture it on film when it is happening!

Halloween Bash 2010

This year the Halloween party was a great time as usual and it is always fun to see the costumes everyone comes up with! Some of us plan for months while some of us fly by the seat of our pants! I had gathered items for my costume all year long including my $2 leopard coat I found at my neighbors yard sale and my clearanced $1 pleather pants from Wal-Mart! Ryan didn't have a costume so at the last minute we dug in my mom's costume bin and this is what we came up with!

That day I had also whipped up a "booty bop" for Ainslee because she was being Kim Kardashian and needed some extra booty. It turned out so great I decided to whip one up for Ryan to wear too! He was a good sport and it was definitely a memorable costume. Next year he may plan ahead so he doesn't get stuck with another costume like this!
This was the booty... although it did need some fluffing by this point in the evening!

Of course Ella was the one who couldn't stay out of the candy basket. No matter what anybody else was doing this is where you could find her!






We are so lucky to have such an amazingly crazy fun family....although we may look just plain crazy to many people!



It was a great time and I can't wait for next year!

Little Piggies

The other day I thought I would give some piggies a try! They were there... Miniature for sure... crooked? Definitely!....And she was not one bit happy about them!
Maybe someday we will have enough for some bigger pigs!

Halloween Costume Rehearsal

So I apologize for all the posts of the kids in their costumes but I swear Halloween lasted for three weeks! When Jack's costume came in the mail he couldn't wait to try it on. He did get shy though after he saw himself in the mirror wearing it and I wondered if he would really actually want to wear it when it came time. I worried for nothing though because we definitely put great use to the costume and definitely got our money's worth!

And don't worry... even though she didn't have her costume on Ella made sure she posed a few times for the camera!

Amazing

Sometimes I really do have to wonder how we have managed to keep her alive this long? She is going to be one tough little cookie thanks to the boot camp on survival her brother has put her through in her first two years of life!

JaCk-O-lAnTeRnS

(I know it's blurry but can you see Jack's little nose right squished up to his Jack O' Lanterns nose?)

We carved our pumpkins at the beginning of the month because Jack just could not wait! They had so much fun with Dad carving the pumpkin and then we baked the seeds. It always surprises me what Jack remembers from the previous year because he is the one that insisted we bake the seeds like we had last year. We hadn't even mentioned it and he definitely remembered doing it!

Pumpkin Patch

Once again this year we were able to go to the pumpkin patch at Grandma Rosie's house. The kids have so much fun looking all over for the perfect pumpkin. Grandma Rosie was actually taking her preschool class there on a field trip so we tagged along with the whole class. All the kids just love Ella and all want to help her do everything which she gets rather annoyed at because she thinks she is very self sufficient! It was a fun trip and we ended up coming home with some great pumpkins!

Of course though Jack's favorite part was checking out all the sprinklers and trying to turn them all on! He is obsessed with sprinklers! We actually had to start yelling at him to leave the sprinkler alone and look for a pumpkin! He is easily entertained sometimes!







I just love this picture.... she thinks she is totally 4 years old just like the rest of them!

Macaroni & Cheese

Mac N' Cheese

Every kids favorite right?

It's no different at our house... both kids love to eat Mac and Cheese. Last week I whipped some up for lunch and we all sat down to enjoy. Jack finished first like usual and Ella and I stayed at the table eating our lunch. Several minutes later Jack yells from the living room "How time you will help me get this out of my nose?"... I whip around and say "WHAT is in your nose?" You guessed it macaroni noodles! I searched for my tweezers after trying to get him to blow them out to no avail. Once I got the tweezers I quickly learned how soggy a snot covered macaroni noodle actually is. Everytime I would get a hold of the noodle which was WAY up there the piece would break off. After 10-15 minutes of trying I was starting to sweat a bit. Am I actually going to have to take my kid to the doctor to get his lunch out of his nose??? I called Julie who gave me a few ideas of how to get it out and went back at it. Finally I was successful after the noodles started itching his nose and he sneezed and launched the noodle closer to the nostril opening. Just as I pulled it out and gave a sigh of relief I noticed some noodle hanging out the OTHER nostril. That little stink had shoved noodles up both of his nose holes! Luckily the sneeze had also propelled this one forward too so it wasn't quite as tramatic to get out! After the relief of success in getting them out I started lecturing him on how we don't put things up our nose! I said "WHY did you do that?" Jack simply shrugged his shoulders and stated that he was saving them for later!! AHHHH what am I going to do with this kid?