During the fall, I like pumpkin-flavored-everything as much as the next person. So these cookies made me purchase them and then of course I had to enable my mom also with a picture text of them. Yes.
More silliness of Bryce.
Gabe got his flu shot and didn't cry a single tear! Just scowled and grunted at the nurse and then shrugged it off. Well, what was a proud mama to do? Of course I bought him an ice cream cone!
I can't remember what the deal was with the day we took pillows and blankets out to the club house. I only remember thinking that there was no way I was ever going to be able to salvage that terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day. But we had SO much fun and it ended up being one of the best afternoons! It was just a little bit cold outside so after playing around a little we snuggled up under the blankets (and my kids seriously know how to snuggle) and kept each other warm reading books. Brynn read us some of her American Girl book and Bryce and I read through some of our library books. Which feels good because it always makes me mad at myself when they are due back and we haven't read them yet.
Halloween at preschool.: Bryce was a vampire. He's been saying forever he wanted to be Tin Man and a ghost. So we decided he'd be Tin Man for the trunk-or-treat and a Ghost for school and Halloween. I mentioned to him that morning that his vampire costume from last year fit and if he wanted to do that for preschool, then he could be three things, and wouldn't that be fun? I didn't really care either way, but he latched on to the idea and so we made a last minute swap. When he got to school his teacher asked what happened to being a ghost and he looked sooo disappointed. It was a small thing, but some days are so full of small things like that. It is so easy to do things wrong when you are a mom and are "on-duty" 24/7. That day was chalk-full of them and absolutely nothing was going smoothly. Another of those small mistakes was forgetting to swap Marty phones and none of the pictures were working out on my basic phone, so this is all I have of his preschool vampire parade. C'est la vie.
I'll post more pics of Halloween later, but this was Halloween night with Baby Snow White very much ready for her crib. Ahhhhh. I could stare at that all night. And I can not BELIEVE how much she looks like my other babies!!
Another visual of the new outfit from Grandma.
One day before choir I was pressed for time and needed to get old music out and about 7 new pieces in each folder. So I enlisted the kids and we brought out the good old assembly line that we came to know and love whenever we had to get anything done while I was pregnant.
She started sitting right around turning 6 months. You can tell in these she's still a little wobbly. She's happy though, I could tell for a while that she just really wanted to sit.
Camille had a small cold and one irritated eye, and I was worried about pink-eye. Then the next day I had a red eye, so I took a picture thinking I would send it to my mom to see what she thought (none of my kids nor I have ever had pink-eye, so I'm clueless) but it went away. So here are my dark green-ish eyes. :)
Gabe's new love are the look-and-find books. These people know little boys because there are cars and balls on just about every page. He still loves all books and I suppose we read anywhere from about 15-30 per day, and that doesn't include all the times he brings me books and I turn him down (sadly, I do have other responsibilities sometimes).
My first attempt at gnocchi, and feeling pretty proud that I finally forced a roux into submission. Almost every roux I've ever attempted has hated me, but I'm pretty sure this one's gonna go tell his friends.
And she's a scooter!!! It happened just about the same time she started sitting up. Time to worry about small toys - she can (and does) get anywhere she wants to be.
Brynn's not excited at all about having a baby girl in the house. If I leave her alone with Camille long enough, she'll end up with a make-over.
It's too bad that this picture didn't turn out, but if I at least explain what it was, then the memory is still there. I'm pretty sure someday Bryce will marry his little bff across the street. Her name is Taylor and they love each other to bits and pieces. They have been besties since nursery, and have been holding hands ever since. But their relationship is starting to blossom. Taylor bats her eyes and Bryce wants to be the big strong protector. Recently she was at our house when it was cold and Bryce said, "It's ok Taylor, I'll warm you up." And while batting those lashes, she said, "How?" And he came up behind her and started rubbing her arms like...well, like a husband...my husband, in fact. :) Ok, in all honesty, we do NOT encourage the little kid girlfriend/boyfriend thing and have always said it's not allowed to be cute for our kids, so I suppose it's time to have a talk with him about not trying to be too friendly. But it is just so darn cute the way they act like an old married couple sometimes!! Oh, but the story behind this picture is that Taylor was sad about not having a horse to ride on at the park, so Bryce told her she could ride in back of him like a princess. She did that for a while but still wanted her own, so Bryce caved and gave it to her. Bryce does not cave. They are so funny.
Carseat cleaning day. All those carseats lined up on the counter struck me as funny, so here it is.
Ready for a cool-but-sunny-November-Arizona day at the park with cousins. She and little Naomi spent the morning rolling around on the blanket together outside and it was so pleasant.
This is a big mile stone for Bryce. He has always had no interest whatsoever in holding a pencil, marker, crayon, paintbrush, or anything else. Asking him to color is like asking someone to go get a root canal just for the fun of it. It is torture for him. He loves learning, reading (he is reading simple books on his own now!), and challenging stretching his brain - as long as it does not extend to writing in any form. So I found this picture somewhere and asked what it was and he said he wanted to draw a picture of when he and Brynn grow up and get married. :) So cute from Bryce on so many levels!
See? And I didn't even include all of the bike trailer pics! oooooh that little ball of pink!
That little Millie gets so much attention from her brothers during the day. They both jump at the chance to put a toy in front of her.
Eventually Gabe takes the toy over, but you know. He's learning.
First time in the exersaucer - I think it's a hit!
I have to do some serious self-motivating mind-talk to force myself into going grocery shopping on Saturday. The stores are nuts on Saturday. I hate it. But if I don't do one big weekly trip, I end up there every other day snatching the essentials before the babies are too out of hand and going through the express lane with twice as many items as I should have (the week of Halloween I think they posted my picture behind the express lane counters with a declaration of "Do not let THIS woman in your lane - no matter how cute her babies are! It's a trick!"). So last Saturday I came home from Walmart at around 10:30 to this:
November is why we live here. It's that time again that the kids LIVE outside. Even the Millie May enjoys being out there. Although she gets very offended if everyone comes in and leaves her alone out there.
I still love finding Brynn's princess stuff around the house. This is a dry erase board she's been carrying around with her wherever she goes. I love her imagination.
So...I just posted this picture.
