Friday, October 29, 2010

fall festival

we went to the pioneer drive fall festival with some of our friends who go there. it was crazy packed with people, but the kids had a lot of fun.

they had this cute train (a tractor with barrels). mason and sawyer wanted to ride so we put them in, but when mason saw that zoe wasn't riding he decided he wanted out. sawyer was fine though so we let her go by herself. once we were out of sight though she freaked out and jumped out of the moving train!! crazy kid.
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they had a petting zoo (sawyer, mason, & zoe)...
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but we spent most of our time letting them run around the playground area. sawyer and zoe just follow each other around. so cute!
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

embrace the camera

every girl loves chocolate and sawyer is no exception. here we are at pf changs this summer sharing the great wall of chocolate :)

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

pumpkin carving

this year was our first time to carve pumpkins with the kids. we let them pick out which pattern they wanted to do. mason picked a spider and sawyer an owl. sawyer was a great helper. she loved cleaning them out. mason was quickly distracted and played more than he carved i think.

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Friday, October 22, 2010

fort worth zoo

today we drove to fort worth to meet the girls from the twin momma trip at the zoo. we missed britni, but everyone else was able to go. plus kristi and melissa and ashley. we were a zoo ourselves with our 15 kids 2 and under(6 sets of twins). frequent potty breaks, fits of exhaustion, long lines, getting lost from the group... pure chaotic fun. i just wish we all lived closer so we could hang out more often!

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

spiders

I saw these spiders somewhere and thought that they would be a easy, fun halloween craft that the kids would like.
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embrace the camera

wednesday's are our busy days. we have kindermusik, then we go to storytime at the library, and then head to the gym for combat. busy, but fun.

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we usually meet zoe and elijah at storytime.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

to make you smile

just a little clip showing off mason's mad skillz.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

pumpkin patch

when my parents were here we took the kids out to the pumpkin patch for some pictures. they were slightly more cooperative than last year, but man they still make ya work for it.

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

embrace the camera

at the homecoming parade :)

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

nightmare

we have not been getting near as much sleep lately around here. sawyer started having nightmares this past weekend. the first night she woke up around 3 am screaming her head off. i went in there to see what was wrong and she said, "charlie is in my bed and he is going to get me. mommy there are doggies in my bed." charlie was our dog until a couple of months ago and sawyer has been afraid of dogs her entire life. i have tried all kids of things to show her they aren't scary and get her used to them, but nothing has worked. so after she told me that i told her everything was fine and tried to put her back in her bed but she was wrapped around me scared. she said, "i want to go to mommy and daddy's bed. i was like, no way. not doing that. i tried laying in her bed with her. i tried sitting in the chair in there with her. nothing worked. i was exhausted. so since eric was out of town, i gave up and took her in bed with me. she has woken up screaming 4 out of 6 nights now. i bought a night light and a light bed buddy. i have tried explaining to her that there is nothing in her bed, her babies will protect her, explaining that she cannot sleep in our bed. but it's not really working and i don't really know what to do. i would let her cry it out but then she wakes mason up. twice it has been at 6 am she has woken up screaming. the first time she woke mason up and they wouldn't go back to sleep. that was a cranky day! the first time i told her that she couldn't sleep in our bed anymore we went in and found her in the chair sleeping. we put her back in her bed, but she was right back in the chair when i got up in the morning. i asked her why she wasn't in her bed and it was the same thing, "there are dogies in my bed and they are going to get me."

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a funny story, sunday we were watching football and sawyer said, "mommy, mommy the football players are in timeout." they had called a timeout :)

Monday, October 11, 2010

acu homecoming

last weekend was acu's homecoming. i love that we still live in abilene and our friends come back to visit. my parents came into town, along with lauren and robin. the kids loved the carnival and the parade this year. they are finally old enough to really get into it.

the first thing mason said when we walked up to the carnival was "look mommy a horse. i want to ride it!"

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and shockingly enough sawyer enjoyed it as well.
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their favorite part of the parade was the fire truck and willy the wildcat.

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