Our Fall So Far

So since the middle of September we've been up to a lot!  Including:

A full-on getting ready for the royal ball, which included make-up, hair, foot soaking (dunno...) and dancing.  She was thrilled to play with the make-up!

 An off-season trip to the beach - we love it when everyone goes home after Labor Day!

 Mommy's break - Captivating retreat at Frontier Ranch in Colorado....yippee!

Getting ready for fall.....this picture epitomizes my kids' personalities!

And, oh, I don't think my kiddos can get more excited about trick-or-treating!  Here's a preview..tune in later for the full-on blonde wig. 

Finally

Dear Aunt Sis & Myles,

We finally found something for Ben's Birthday!

Thank you!

She's Five!

Ariel came to town today, all the way from Disney (according to my daughter).  She was a suprise that Daddy fished out of the neighborhood clubhouse parking lot about 30 minutes into Little Miss "C"'s 5th birthday party.  We had a fun time celebrating five years with a Little Mermaid Pool Party and all the fun stuff that went along with it!

July

Here we are - two more birthdays down and one about-to-be-in-4-days!  Summer has been much busier than I'd planned.  We started the month visiting our Pop & Gran in South Georgia.  Little Miss "C" had a HUGE time loving on their four new puppies!  Mommy loved getting away from the pesky gnats in the pool.  Brother just had fun outside and in...playing whever and wherever. 

  Kiddos helped decorate cupcakes for our family birthday celebration = lots of sprinkles!

 Riding the Pig Train was a favorite pasttime.  Notice the white tissues hanging from kids' heads?  In order to keep the gnats out of our faces, we had to have dryer sheets (Bounce, specifically...Downy doesn't work) hanging from our hats/visors/etc. 

We spent many mornings tending to our plot in the local community garden.  Little Miss "C"'s Cherry Tomato plant is the winner of the garden, producing lots of fruit.  We got three or four HUGE zuchinni and some cucumbers before our cucumber plant bit the dust.  Still have a few Okra producing and two eggplants in their beginning stages.  But by far the most beautiful things to come out of our garden were our ginormous sunflowers!!!

 Let me tell you...this almost-five-year-old wears a crown almost every day of her life, and many days a princess dress as well.  She's soooooo excited about her upcoming birthday and we'll celebrate with Ariel, The Little Mermaid at the pool. 

3 Years - The Birthday Boy

So today was Ben's big day!  He had a train party and is still full of energy following the late afternoon gathering.  God Bless all of our friends who came and braved the 104 degree heat to help us celebrate!

 

"Mom, there actually is a Kid's Day"

With the onset of Father's Day, Little Miss "C" is wondering why there isn't a "Kid's Day."  Daddy tried to explain that pretty much every day is a Kid's Day in our house right now (Amen...).  But this morning she found a Valentine's Day card that Dad gave to Ben this year and she just came in and announced, "Mom, there actually IS a Kid's Day."  "Why do you say that?" I asked.  "Because I just found a card that Dad gave to Ben."  So there you have it.

 Ben at the garage sale this weekend with Papa's hat on!

Little Miss "C" set up her 1st Lemonade Stand and made $12.50

Visiting the Railroad Museum in Chattanooga at the end of May.

 

 Playing at the Children's Museum in Chattanooga.

 Digging for bones at the Dinosaur Museum - little miss archaeologist!

Oh Me, Oh My...Spring has flown by!

Today we officially start our summer break!  Little Miss "C" graduated from K4 and little brother had his last day of Mother's Morning Out.  We've been keeping busy, of course.  Here are a few pics of the Spring fun:

Donuts with Dads Morning 

 Getting over being sick in March  :-(

 Calling turkey with Daddy

 Playing at Nana & Papa's beach

 Soaking up some Sun in the mountains

 Hunting for Easter Eggs with friends

 More Easter Eggs

 Going to church on Easter 

 "Getting Married" (or so I was told!)

 Digging in the dirt

 Being WAY to silly!

 Using panties as a hat (this is a trend...)

 Riding a balance bike in heels

 Camping out for the 1st time with Daddy

 The last days of school

 Being bell "zombies" named Sunshine & Banana



We've aquired our own garden for summer, so we're learning how to grow things!  Mommy is trying to plan a summer balanced with quiet at-home time and fun adventures.  We'll be doing a few swim lessons, continuing violin, and playing outdoors a lot (I hope).  Mommy & Little Miss "C" are going to do home school next year, so I will be figuring out what that is going to look like.   Ahhh...the LAZY (really?) days of summer.