Tink Fun Times

Lately, I've been on a Tink kick. I may even be more into the little fairy then my daughter! (It's a toss up!) I went ahead and preordered the new Tink movie which is all about friendship and restoration a good lesson for all of us. It was really sweet and very fall themed as well, so in order to get Vivi all riled up for it (it's a Christmas gift although she doesn't know it) we decided to host a Tink movie watching party. I'll make up any reason to have a party! I have these sweet fairy cookbook and princess cookbooks. For a time, Vivi would carry them around and talk about the pictures and recipes. She got really fixated on these popcorn cupcakes and homemade hot cocoa, so I told her we'd make them for this Tink movie time. We had a ball putting these together. I thought they turned out real sweet. Thanks friends for joining in the fun afternoon!

Jungle Gym Daddy

Need I say more?

Isaac and the Dancers

Vivi has been enjoying her Friday morning dance classes with a lot of sweet little girls! Isaac has been enjoying it too. I think he doesn't mind being too outnumbered as you can see from these shots.

Generations visit

Recently we had a surprise visit from our great-grandpopo. He lives a little ways away and has been in a real bad way. Praise God for modern medicine! I really mean this as we saw a HUGE improvement in his condition and he was able to come and really function well. We enjoyed a little lunch at Cracker Barrel and then a trip to the zoo. Here are a couple of shots.

Happy Halloween- belated!

Hello friends! Yes, we are still alive and active. We've had A LOT going on in our household, hence the very late postings on Halloween and others. Here are a few shots of trick or treating with friends. We had a busy Halloween this year. We attended a trunk or treat with my sister and family at her church Friday night then slumber partied. Vivi now asks for slumber parties every time we see our cousin. Saturday we came home and ventured over to our church's trunk or treat for a short visit. Saturday night we headed trick or treating down my parents street with one of their neighbor's- the Jones! Vivi cracked me up, announcing at each house what each child was dressed as and what their real names were and for a bonus what mommy and daddy had dressed up as the night before at trunk or treat. She really came out of her shell. In fact, most of the walk she was dragging Kaylee along. For some of you with impeccable memories, Isaac's costume was recycled. Vivi wore the fishy for her 1st Halloween. We decided we'd revisit it, and since our family loves themes- Vivi was Aeriel, mommy was Sebastian, daddy was the Chef, and Isaac was Flounder. We ended our great night with more friends at the Jones enjoying Charlie Brown's special and true popcorn and pizza (since candy wasn't enough!).

Potato Head Pumpkins

In lieu of carving, we decided to just use the push-in potato head pumpkin inserts. If you don't know what I'm talking about check out the pics and then go to Walmart next year and you can get a bucket full of silly eyes, noses, mouths,ears, etc. for about $5 and can use them for as many years as you can keep up with them. We had fun and we were done in a few mintues with minimal mess. 1

Picking out Pumpkins

This year since we skipped the pumpkin patch we decided to visit our local farmer's market to find some pumpkins. I took the kids with Nana and Papa's help and enjoyed the sunshine and some cute shots. Happy Pumpkin Day!

Camping Fun

A few weekends back we attempted our first overnight camping trip. God brought in some cold temperatures at night but very pleasant ones for daytime. We opted to just do one night with two kids under 4 that was all we were willing to try, but to our suprise they did GREAT! Both kids slept through the night (one wake by Isaac to finish his bottle and be held for a few minutes and back down). They actually slept in! WOW! We just had a great time hanging out with friends, going on a nature hike, roasting marshmallows over the campfire, and breaking in our "fairly new" tent. The kids got an early Christmas gift, some animal flashlights that make growling sounds-tiger for Vivi and dinosaur for Isaac. They just loved these! Best of all was just watching our kids find entertainment in chasing each other, climbing a tree, and digging out earth worms.