Sunday, February 9, 2014

Around Here: October 2013



 Tim and Marnie gave us their old cozy coupe. It has made the boys happy since they don't have to take turns. Although, they sometimes argue over which car (they both like the old one better, go figure).
 Car wash!
 The boys were excited for new jeans and shoes!
 On a rainy day, Parker said he wanted to have a picnic on the beach. He set this up all by himself and said the blue blanket was the water. I was pretty proud of him!
 Going swimming :)
 Tate enjoyed it too.
 Wow, a picture with me in it!

 Tate makes us put crazy outfits on him, he loves it!
 Silly boy, looks like a hockey player.
 Matchy matchy jammies!
 Grandma and Grandpa Lindsay sent a puzzle letter!
 Enjoying the blue skies and sharing a cookie!
 Scarecrow Festival at the Arboretum with Great Grandma Barb.

 They had some fun displays and we ate lunch in the cafeteria with Grandma too.
 Brett took the boys to pumpkin day in Otsego where every child gets a free pumpkin. I was at Souper Saturday/Craft Day at church, one of my faves!

 I think this belongs in one of those sexy firefighter calendars ;)
 Snuggles
 My parents went to Europe and brought me some nice chocolate. Unfortunately, this is what Parker did when I wasn't looking. That was a brand new bar, one of the large kind. He admitted to a tummy ache later :)
 Brothers gotta hug.
 Tate and his Didi that Amy made him.
 My cute boy.
 Crazy kids.
 Excited about their Halloween cards with McDonald's gift cards from Nana and Papa.



 Parker wanted to wear this to Church. We left the hat at home but kept the boots.
 This boy LOVES Reese. So, of course she loves Parker, who is indifferent toward her.
 Poor Daddy. He does all the work while we watch "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"
 It's Thomas the Train! Daddy tried not to be excited when we found mold on Tate's pumpkin, so the boys shared this one.
 Little Cowboys.
 Tate often locks himself in closets. Sometimes he wants to play hide-n-seek, other times he is pooping :)
Big brother feeding Tate some apples.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Fun fall day at Honey Hill Farm





Our friends the Warrens bought a hobby farm this summer. We had a lovely evening with the Langston and Warrens. A bonfire, smores, dinner, apple picking and farm fresh honey was part of the evening. The kids loved picking the apples and doing farm work. As always, the Langston girls entertained the kids for us. We are blessed to have such good friends.

Otsego Festival 2013






We enjoyed the Otsego Festival again. Our ward had a booth and we made all the usual stops to the petting zoo, park, fire truck and home depot booth to make a toy. The petting zoo had a large variety of animals that I thought the boys would enjoy. The horses, chickens, goats and llamas were ok, but they were facinated with....THE DOG! Crazy kids.

First Day of Preschool 2013-14 Bright Beginnings




Getting a goodbye kiss from the stuffed animal elephant.

I was worried about Parker being shy and scared at preschool. He was the opposite! When we got to the classroom, I hung around while he started playing. I was waiting to leave when he was comfortable. Instead, he looked at me and said, "Are you going to go Mom?" I said yes and he went back to playing. He has loved this year so far and his teachers are great. He has made friends and one boy in his class lives in our neighborhood so we have had play dates together.