?Halloween? or Whatchamacallit

Our community library does a pumpkin contest every year. Children are allowed to decorate a pumpkin. This year they started a new award for best book character. I was way excited because Brie's favorite book is called A Bad Case of the Stripes. Obviously the title says it all so what's easier than painting stripes on a pumpkin then adding facial features? Brie painted the stripes & I helped with the face (parental helping is allowed in). Here are the products of our hard work. (by the way, that is NOT, I repeat NOT a cigarette in her mouth. it is supposed to look like a thermometer, yep a very sad thermometer) No, we didn't win either.

Here's my girl & her pretty darn cute pumpkin

Well, I know Halloween isn't something everybody likes, & I don't particularly care for it other than you get to dress your kids up, they get to participate in the OLNEY HALLOWEEN parade, and it's a chance for Josh to get some "much needed" candy.

So any ways here are some pictures of my beautiful Witch Princess & my bouncing little Tiger!!

At the parade he wouldn't let me take a picture so I got the behind. Look at that cute little tail!

My pretty little witch...her hat just wouldn't stay on!


Since I didn't get pictures before we went out I just knew we wouldn't get any good ones once we got home but they surprised me.

So cute!

Birthday Weekend!

It’s about time I finally get some birthday pictures up. Her birthday was Friday Oct. 24. We had her Preschool birthday party for her on Thursday. She and I made chocolate cupcakes & decorated them. We also put together some goody bags for her class.

Her preschool party.

Wow what a bite!

Her Aunt Shoni spoiled her Friday by getting her the biggest balloon with all the Disney Princesses on it AND Brie’s favorite dessert THE MOLTEN from her FAVORITE restaurant Chili’s (only because Shoni works there). Aunt Ryan & Uncle Buddy (Gabe) & the boys came in on Friday so we all at a big supper at mom & dad’s that night. We sang Happy Birthday to Brie & let her blow out the candles on her “cake”. She didn’t like us to sing to her, she covered her ears (see the picture).

What she did when we sang Happy Birthday. (I didn't think our singing was that bad!)

Saturday was the big party!! We had a lovely mix of Thomas the Train & The Little Mermaid decorations. Both Brie & Dane got lots of very nice toys & lots of clothes (THANKS HUNNY & POPPA!). We got the kids a pull string piñata. This kind of piñata is the greatest. There is no chance of anyone getting smacked with a baseball bat. All you do is let the kids take turn pulling the strings & only one string opens the bottom for all fillings to come out!! Isn’t that cool! Well we only had 4 kids to share the ton of candy & fillers I bought. There was Brie, Brodie, Dane, & their cousin Luke, so of course we came home with at least half of what I put in the darn thing!!
Happy Birthday Brie & Dane!!

Brie & her Aunt Shoni

Dane & Ryan looking at one of his presents

Picking up the pinata pieces.

She's 5 Today!

What a sweet baby!

Five years ago today one of the best things that ever happened to me entered the world! Since then she has kept me on my toes! My Brie is a sweet, smart, & clever girl! She is loved by so many people. Her Aunts Shoni & Chelsi sure spoiled her today. They brought her a HUGE balloon & Brie's favorite dessert from Chili's, the Molten. She got to spend all day with her mom, HUNNY, & brother. We shopped, ate lunch, & picked up birthday party supplies. I'm hoping she had a very good day! The only bad thing was Josh couldn't be in town for their special lunch date. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY our Brie, Brie! Daddy & I love you so much!

Here are a few more pictures!

What a poser!

"matching" Brie & Hunny

One of her favorite guys... her Poppa

She is such a good big sister!

My Baby!

Well, tomorrow Brie turns 5. Oh my goodness, I can't believe it. Today we had her little party at 4-School. Yesterday we made cupcakes & decorated them (of course there was pink sprinkles involved). As a surprise Hunny came & helped out. She wouldn't get up in front of her class so we could sing happy birthday. Ms. Sherry presented her with a cute little Birthday certificate. We put together little goody bags for her classmates. It turned out pretty well. Tomorrow her daddy is going to try to be in town so he can take her out on a father-daughter Birthday lunch. Saturday we are having a birthday party for her and Dane together. Dane will be 3 on Sunday. I just love how they are the "best" cousins & their birthdays are just 2 years & 2 days apart. I hope they stay close even when they are older. Then on Sunday we are having our Fall Family & Friends Fellowship Fish Fry @ church. So we have an extremely busy weekend ahead!!

L-M N-O

Ok, two in one day! That's just crazy right! Well of course I have all this free time & I just remember something especially cute (well at least to me) that Brie said the other day! She's almost 5 & has known her alphabet for a while now & she's also known how to write it as well. I taught her in all caps first & stalled on teaching the lower case letters. So she thinks her name should be all caps BRIE! Since she is now in preschool they want her to write it correctly with only capital B an the rest lowercase. This has become quite a chore (thanks to mommy!). So we've been practicing a lot! The other day on the way to Wichita she was writing out her alphabet one letter at a time & after each letter she would start say the alphabet all over again. So if she was on "G" she would write the "G" & then to figure out what came next she would start singing again starting at "A". Well she made it to M & said, "Mom how do you write elum?" It took me a minute to figure out what she was talking about, then I laughed (& got in trouble for laughing at her). I told her to say L-M slower because she was running them together. It was cute. Then she said, "Mom how do you write n-o (saying it fast)?" Once again I had to explain she was saying it too fast. I'm still not sure she got it, so we have added one more thing we need to work on!

Bigger & Better Things!

Well, I'm officially not an employee of Hamilton Hospital. I decided the minute I had to explain why my 4 year old & my 1 year old can't be expected to stay at home by themselves, that was it. So I'm done. I have mixed emotions about not being there. I'd like to think I made some friends but I can't say for sure. So now I'll just go back to being Mom's assistant & work 2 - 3 days a week & stay at home with my babies the rest of the time. My children are more important to me than any job ever could be & while I'm a little saddened at not doing what I feel I was called to do. Being a mommy is the biggest & most important job I have been called to do. (ok so the light just came on!!) They are only little once. And I want to be the one to take Brie to school & to pick her up from school. I want me to be the one who takes her to dance & picks her up from dance. I want to take my babies to day-care & pick them up. I don't want a sub to do it. That's my job. I'm hoping I will feel better after writing this. I hate the circumstances that came about as to why I will no longer be working at the hospital, I really did enjoy it. So when you say your prayers say a little one for me, please.

Hallelujah!

In case your not a uTube fanatic, there are some videos on there of the "Farting Preacher". They show excerpts of the preachers sermons & include obviously fake farting noises. However fake they are the placement of the farts is absolutely hilarious. Brie loves this certain video where the preacher is sitting at his desk doing his sermon & all of a sudden he farts, then raises his hands and says, "Oh Hallelujah!". This has to be the greatest moment for Brie. So she's been going around saying "Oh Hallelujah!" to certain things. She's been saying so much that the last few days I've noticed Brodie trying to say Hallelujah. Yesterday though he perfected it. We were at the Woodson football game & I was telling Josh that Brodie was jabbering more & was learning to say Hallelujah. To prove it, I told Brodie to say "Oh Hallelujah" & he said the cutest form of hallelujah that a 17 month old could possibly say. But i was thinking what 17 month old's first word (other than momma & daddy) is hallelujah! Just thought I'd share how my baby boy is progressing!