Golden"ish"

'The Hubs' has the cutest grandparents!  They celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary with a big bash.  They chose to celebrate this random year instead of 50th or 60th because they were married in 1956.  So clever.

The celebration was full of stories about their meeting, wedding and how they were like pioneers for our once very small town.  We learned so many things about them that we had never known.  Like, their names are on a statue in our Old Town for their contributions to incorporating our city.  We heard about their first meeting, their first date and so much more.


Skydivers flew in. 

The kids colored and tried to get out of a bad, no napping mood. 

She was able to shake it in time for some dancing.

The great-grandkids sung a beautiful song.   

I just love how this picture captures each of 'The Littles' personalities.  'The Boy' is super shy and not singing one bit, 'Munchkin' has her attitude (that's the nicest way to say it) face on, and 'Mister' is happy as a clam. 

'Munchkin' thought she was the star of the show.  She danced behind every singing act and definitely stole the show.  'The Boy' attempted to wrangle her in. 

The happiest little fella.

It was a beautiful celebration.  Congrats, Grammy and Grandpa!

 

Halloween Hapenings

A few months ago, 'The Boy' told us, "I want to be a pirate for Halloween."  He said that he wanted 'Mister' to be a parrot for his shoulder.  Couldn't have picked a better idea myself.  Then, a pirate turned into Captain Hook and that made it easy to choose Tinkerbell for 'Munchkin'.  These were, by far my favorite Halloween costumes yet.

The Halloween festivities began at 'The Boy's' school carnival...

'Mister' parrot.

Tink picks a pumpkin from the patch.

Tink meets Woddy and Jessie.

Gigi and 'Munchkin' on the DJ glow dance floor. 

Captain Hook made it through one bit of his dinner.

'Munchkin' disrobed and gave herself a few tatoos.  Then, she proceeded to "read" a DVD.

 

Early Halloween afternoon, we got to carving our pumpkins...

A horrible picture of us but 'The Boy' was so excited that he took it.

Such precision.

 

Later that day, we got 'The Littles' dressed up and tried to take some pictures.

Making some Captain Hook faces.

He can't helo but smile a bit.

Tink was in an excellent mood.

Cutest little parrot you ever did see!

We tried.

Dancing!

We tried the parrot on the shoulder picture.  Turns out 'Mister' got a little too chunky for 'The Boy' to carry.

We took 'The Little's next door to their friends' birthday party...

'Munchkin' colored with her buddy Madison.

Painting pumpkins.

Love these guys!

So handsome!

Two crayons...one fist.  That's the way to get it done.

The only smile Tink gave me all night.

When it got a bit darker, we walked down the road to meet up with Nick and Julie and their kiddos for trick-or-treating...

'Munchkin' and Kylee got pulled around while the big kids ran from door to door.

Khloe and 'Mister' couldn't hang for long.  They slept most of the way.  Miss Khloe was a zebra.  It looked like we were pushing a zoo.

When we got home, 'Munchkin' sorted through her candy and then passed out on the floor in front of the kitchen sink.

It was such a wonderful Halloween!

Photography Boy

Gigi and Pop bought 'The Boy' his very own (Fisher Price) digitalcamera for Christmas last year.  He has enjoyed taking so many photos this year.  I had forgotten to download them over the course of the year and in a single upload there were over 500 photos!  I selected a few to post.  His favorite subject seems to be himself.  Haha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Eight Months

Little 'Mister',

      I cannot believe how quickly the months are zooming by.  You are already eight months!  I don't even remember what it is like to have a tiny baby in the house.  You are already such a big boy.  Sometimes, your Daddy and I look at you and think, 'who is that big kid?'

 

     You are the sweetes tlittle guy.  Definitely a third born personality- laid back, patient- but you get angry when you can't do something.  Thankfully, you don't get easily frustrated so we don't see that side of you often. 

 

    Right now you are crawling every which way.  You are so excited to be able to follow your brother and sister and finally get your hands on all of their stuff!  You crawl yourself into corners and behind furniture and give the silliest giggle when we "peek-a-boo" find you. 

 

    You just keep growing and growing.  We're not sure how much you weigh this months but you are starting to wear size 9-12 month clothing.  You're growing because you are an eater.  You love to eat! 

And your new favorite is quinoa!

 

You are finally sleeping through the night!  It's been a couple of weeks and we think you are about ready to move into  your big boy room with your brother.  He is so excited to share his room.  He has been talking about it since we found out you were a boy!

 

Who is this big kid????

We loved getting you ready for Halloween.  You giggle in your little parrot costume and you are still trying to figure out how to get the beak in your mouth. 

We love you, little monkey!!!