Monday, September 21, 2009

263/365 {Sept 21}

I was doing some cleaning upstairs to keep Reesey busy I opened up the dress up closet. She was really quiet so I went to check on her. Look what I found -- Addison would be so mad if she saw her. Every single necklace we have is on her!

262/365 {Sept 20}

His new love: Woody!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

261/365 {Sept 19}

Attack of the sewing machine by Tony Snark, Daredevil, and Spiderman.

260/365 {Sept 18}

A big difference from being the "second" child: she's totally into using the potty. She hasn't gone yet but I'm all for it. Today she said "I'm pooping" so I put her on the potty. Unsuccessful but still it's a step toward a diaperless world for me.

259/365 {Sept 17}

Fall is right around the corner -- found this on the sidewalk this morning and it caught my eye.

258/365 {Sept 16}

Sick day -- not really she threw up last night but was fine this morning. I didn't want to risk getting other kids sick so she stayed home. She enjoyed coloring on the porch for a while.

257/365 {Sept 15}

We are horticulturists now. Planting more . . . today it was a mum. I love Reese's little foot peeking out from under her dress.

256/365 {Sept 14}


This girl could not love this cat anymore.

255/365 {Sept 13}

We had a get-together cookout with some friends. Brody & family came but Alison was sick so her family didn't make it. Reese is giving me the "pirate eye" here.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

254/365 {Sept 12}

Picking tomatoes in PaPa's garden.

253/365 {Sept 11}

This date has significance to most Americans. I can remember how scary the world seemed eight years ago. One thing that stands out in my mind was my MIL made a remark to Aaron and I about having a baby, then my FIL said, "I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this world right now." I totally agreed but look what I have now. The world can still be a scary place but these four are my world and these four cute faces show are the future, they give me hope.

252/365 {Sept 10}

Reese enjoys helping take care of our flower garden.

251/365 {September 9}

I thought Reese was being really quiet one morning about 11:30. This is how I found her. She tends to fall asleep late morning while watching TV especially if we've been outside working in the yard.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

250/365 (September 8}

Yard work today, divided up some hostas for my flower garden.

249/365 {September 7}

Labor Day Parade = lots of candy. We had a gallon size bag of candy leftover after the kids each ate some and took out 10 pieces each! Ethan's favorite part of the parade was the drums!

248/365 {September 6}

Our friend, Carter, had his 2nd birthday party. It was a Jungle party complete with animals hidden in the jungle grass. He got a new vehicle to go on safari too.

247/365 {September 5}

She needed a bath BIG TIME! I don't know how she does it but she can get scoops of sand in her diaper add some poop and I don't know what else to do but put her in the tub.

246/365 {September 4}


A rare moment where Caden asked Addison to play "guys". They played nicely for about 10 minutes; it's fun to hear their imaginations going.

245/365 {September 3}

A cute scene of Ethan pushing Reesey in the backyard.

244/365 {September 2}

A find! I knew I had some vintage flash cards in the basement in all my teacher stuff! Can't wait to use these on some layouts!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

243/365 {September 1}

We celebrated my MIL's birthday tonight with a pizza party.

242/365 {August 31}

One of my finds from the Farmer's Market and part of our dinner tonight.

241/365 {August 30}

"These are not my favorites" according to Caden.

240/365 {August 29}

We finally made it to the farmer's market in Davenport. It was really fun and I hope to go again this weekend.

239/365 {August 28}

We had a "made-it-through-the-first-week-of-school" party with french bread pizzas, grapes, breadsticks, and milkshakes. I got the movie Coraline. They like it but it was a little scary in places. It was a nice way to end the week.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

238/365 {August 27}


Catching up on my blogs now that the kids are back to school is a daily event.

237/365 {August 26}

Reese is enjoying the kids being at school. She gets to watch Elmo and Baby Shows. Snoopy even cuddled up to her for a while.

236/365 {August 25}

First day of Preschool

235/365 {August 24}

Ethan REALLY likes drums, he can turn anything into a drum.

234/365 {August 23}

Jeffrey getting reacquainted with his Mama after her working-weekend-getaway.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

233/365 {August 22}

My impromptu muffin-tin/costume luncheon was a hit with everyone.

232/365 {August 21}

While Jackson and Jeffrey were here the trampoline got a lot of use.

231/365 {August 20}

Playing under the table is fun.

230/365 {August 19}

We went to a different park just for something fun to do. It was really nice nobody was there except us for about 30 minutes then a daycare van showed up and another mom with 2 kids.