Zoofest

My friend Robyn and I took the kiddies to the zoo today. It was a beautiful day! High 60's and sunny! Carter had so much fun playing with the goats. No, he is not kissing the goat in the bottom center picture... what kind of a mom do you think I am?! He actually would just squat right up close to their faces and say "hi goat, hi goat, hi goat" over and over again. He loves the goats. His other favorites today were the fish and the turtles because they are always moving and he can get right up to the glass next to them. Thanks for helping me wrangle kids today Robyn!

PS... If you click on the picture above it will make it bigger so you can see Carter NOT kissing the goat!

Mommy Moments.... Soup n' Sweats

I had a few mommy moments today. The first was a cozy mommy moment. When we woke up it was rainy and cloudy and cold and so I dressed the kids and myself in sweats, we curled up at home, and I made cheesy potato soup that was just delicious. It was a soup n' sweats kind of day.

Mommy moment number two was one for myself.... Carter didn't wake up until 9:45 this morning! I didn't know what to do with all that free time! It was great.

And my last is an annoying mommy moment. We just recently put in a stupid safety latch in our knife drawer so Carter can't get in there. Little did we know that it is parent proof as well! Our drawer is hard to explain, but we had to put it in so it is a little tight because of a little piece of wood at the bottom of the drawer. That causes the latch to be just a little too tight and so it is pretty much impossible to open the drawer. Hmmm... maybe I'll ask for a knife block for Christmas!

Ok... and I am having one more mommy moment right as we speak. Jefferson is laying on the ground next to Andi reading his notes to her that he is studying and Andi is just staring at him, totally enamored with his conversation about Tuberculosis. Warms the cockles.

Miss Andi

Andi's first date.... play date that is! Ok, we just babysat my friend's baby who is a few months older than Andi, Porter. They were too cute laying on the floor talking and smiling at each other that I had to snap a picture.
Andi finally is enjoying her baths... she's getting too big for her baby tub, my long legged beauty!












Sleeping beauty. These bows are ridiculously big and I love them and think they are fabulously poofy!

Mommy moments

So, I am going to start periodically posting "mommy moments." They can be happy mommy moments, mad mommy moments, sad, etc... just things that have happened in my little life of being a mom that I would want to remember.

I will start with two Happy Mommy Moments:
First, is that Carter said "bye bye mama" yesterday for the first time, all paired together in a sentence of sorts. It was so sweet! He is just all grown up on me. Of course there was the adorable little wave with it, so it was just a little happy bundled goodbye.

My next happy mommy moment is that Jefferson came home with flowers for me yesterday for being such a good mom and wife (his words, not mine). They are beautiful fall colors, just what I would have picked. What a good man I have!

Halloween preview

Carter and I put up some Halloween decorations today. He loved the window decals, except for when they wouldn't stick to the window! Those things never really work properly... they may be visiting the trash after this season. We also gave his little halloween costume a whirl... here is just a little taste of his costume, you'll have to wait for the 31st to see the unveiling of the rest of his ensemble! Arrrrrr!

The Sibs

The new do...

Here is the new do per some of your requests. It is chopped and I added highlights... the first time in about five years. I am loving it!

A little mean...

A lot Funny!

(Us parents have to get our kicks somewhere)

Elk WA...

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