Halloween

We had a GREAT Halloween this year. Saturday we went to a party with some friends from soccer, Sunday we carved pumpkins, and of course went trick-or-treating tonight!  Last year we did none of those things and I had a sick sister staying with me so all the activities this year were a welcome change!  Caroline was supposed to be Belle but at the last minute she decided she didn't want to "just wear a dress up" and opted for a Cowgirl instead.  I don't know how wearing regular jeans and a hat are cooler than a dress up but oh well, it was easy and she was happy!  Devin was Eugene Fitsherbert aka Flynn Ryder from Tangled.  To be honest he looked a lot more like a pirate but that's what happens when I make his costume last minute.  He loved it anyway because well he's Devin and great like that.  Graham was a monkey and was so cute and loved getting candy every few minutes.  Shawn even made it out with us tonight so we were all happy about that.

Caroline and her friends hanging out at the party.  Graham was really cute that night he heard a song that he liked and pulled me to an open space and started dancing with me.  It was my favorite moment of the night.

Hanging out with dad while carving pumpkins we had one scary one (Caroline's idea) and a happy one (Devin's idea).

Eugene and Jesse, both so cute.

And my crazy monkey! Oh I love it!

We went to our friends neighborhood with a big group and had lots of fun!  Too bad our kids were pooped afterwards and we headed home after trick-or-treating, I would have loved some hot cocoa and hanging out!

Caroline and Caleb were cowboy/girl buddies without even planning it.  This year has renewed my love of Halloween, I'm excited for next year!

Graham Turns 2

My sweet little baby turned two this week.  Its weird how small he seems compared to the others when they turned two, probably because I already had another baby by then.  We kept it low key as usual, just pizza, a few gifts, and of course cupcakes and ice cream.  I don't know if I'll ever throw a big party because my kids seem plenty happy with small ones, they're awesome.  As far as skills go he doesn't have too many in the talking department but I did hear him say "push more" yesterday on the swings and loved it.  He's talking more and more everyday and has already made fun of me in his own little way.  He still LOVES getting into everything but mostly he loves to play with Caroline and Devin.  He's got a good little heart and we love how he brings a lot of spunk to our family!

We also made it to the park and he got to swing to his hearts content.

After opening his present he started jumping up and down.  It was the best part of the night.

Here he is excited to play with his new toys.

And now happy to be eating his cupcake.  I think he's the cutest 2 year old around!

Fall Break

Caroline was out of school last week for fall break.  We never had fall break when I was younger but I'm a big fan.  We were able to do lots of fun things and spend some more time with Caroline.  Sometimes she gets a little jealous when we do stuff without her.  I'm sure no one is surprised by that.  We started off by going to the Science Center which is probably my kids favorite thing to do in Nashville (besides eating at Cory's Dog House).  Caroline was able to bring her friend and even though I was out numbered 4 to 1 and a little nervous about loosing a child we had a great time.  

Caroline and her bestie Annabeth. 

I love getting pictures like this, Devin loves this place!

Caroline is so ladylike.  This picture pretty much sums her up.

And the boys working on a patient.  Next generation Dr. Funk, just kidding for their sake I really hope not!

We also made it to the pumpkin patch with Shawn this year and he didn't hate it.  That's as good as it gets with Shawn.

Going through one of the smaller mazes with daddy.

I was so excited to pick a pumpkin off the vine this year!  It was really fun and even though they look pretty green they are nice and orange now.  Just in time to carve them!

We also made caramel apples threw in a few trips to the park and had Aunt Ashely and Uncle Landon come visit!  The kids were so happy to see them and followed them around everywhere.  It was a great change for me! 

Throwing the rocks into the lake.

Here we are walking around Radnor Lake, it was beautiful!

  We had a great time with them and thanks for making dinner and watching the kids so Shawn and I could go out.  We can't wait for the next break! 

Round 2

Sometimes I wonder if my kids are normal.  I know they don't cause as much trouble as some kids but they sure do a good job of keeping me on my toes.  Yesterday it was Caroline's turn to get stitches in her face.  While I was taking a shower Caroline pounded on my door and screamed for me as loud as she could.  I got out and expected her to be upset that Devin wouldn't stop looking at her or something really annoying like that.  Instead I open my door and Caroline has blood streaming down her face!  YIKES!  From what I can gather from Caroline's explanation of things is she was sitting on a swivel chair right at the top of the stairs and Devin threw a football at her.  So Caroline dodged the ball but feel down the stairs with the chair in the process.  After I cleaned her up the cut was actually pretty small but it did seem a little deep and it was on her face I thought she may need stitches so I paged Shawn and he came right home.  He had been on call all night with no sleep and had to go back to the hospital to get her stitched up.  The fact that Shawn spends more time at the hospital than at home finally worked in our favor.  Shawn called a plastic surgeon he knows and they did everything right away.  He was REALLY nice to do that.  So hopefully after a while and lots of mederma Caroline will not be a be scar face.

A slight black eye and stitches but she's on the mend.

All in a day's work

We have LOVED having Shawn home this weekend.  I forgot how nice it is to have an extra pair of hands to help out around the house, especially this morning. It started out like any other Sunday baths, make food for the kids, clean up food from the kids and then feed them again. While Shawn and I were upstairs getting ready for church it was very quiet downstairs, now to some people that means their children are playing nicely together, for me that means Graham is doing something VERY wrong.  Today was no exception.  I was really dreading finding out what he had gotten into but I just wanted to finish getting ready first.  Well that didn't happen.  Caroline ran upstairs and told us that Graham had gotten poop all over the carpet.  Shawn ran downstairs and grabbed him before making a bigger mess and brought him up to me.  He had poop all over his hands and had smeared it on the carpet.  AHHHH!  This child is twice the work of the other two COMBINED!!!!!!!!  Seeing as we were supposed to leave for church in about 2 minutes Shawn volunteered to stay home (he's my hero) and steam vac the carpet so our house didn't stink when we got home.  (Have I mentioned yet how awesome steam vacs are? Seriously everyone should own one)  Anyways, right before I took the two older wonderful children to church Shawn turned to me and said, "Well this has been a pretty predictable weekend."  With Graham's track record he's not too far off.  I really hope the people who end up wanting to buy our house don't read this blog because after the stuff we've done to it no one is going to want it!

Brothers

I am loving the time I have with just my boys while Caroline is at school.  They have become really good friends and love spending time with each other.  Graham is particularly attached to Devin.  The other day after I dropped Devin off at preschool Graham cried almost the entire way home crying for his Devdev.  It was adorable.  Then just yesterday Graham couldn't find Devin because he had left the room and started whimpering and asked, "Devdev?"  And then there is bedtime, Graham refuses to sleep in his bed and has slept on the floor next to Devin every night the since we took the front off his crib.  I love my sweet boys and am so glad they're close.

They love each other Graham just doesn't want to be touched by anyone.

Finally a picture with 3 kids all smiling AND looking at the camera, its a miracle!