Christmas Pictures

Does anyone else dread having to go and get pictures with their kids? Do you have to resort to bribery as I do? Do you worry that they are going to kick you out of the photo studio because your children are so uncooperative? I gave my kids a heads up on photos and bribed them too, so we were all set. Colton was mad about having to dress nicely and then walk through the mall - as if his whole class was at the mall, or anyone cared. Of course, when we get there, with no appointment, the place is packed and I realize that the chance of me getting these boys cleaned up again in a few hours is pretty slim. SO we merely head to the next location and get right in. Initially things were looking good and I got my hopes up ( way to premature). By the group photos, Vance was having a meltdown because his brothers shoulders were touching his, then he refused to sit up, wear the hat or do anything that the photographer asked. Luckily she was very patient, and we got out of there with some good shots. It did age me about 10 years though......

Cole the photographer

I had Cole take some photos the other day while we were outside raking leaves. I was amazed at what a great job he did. It seems as if the weather is unsure of what season it is. FIrst, tons of snow, then beautiful fall weather

I am not ready for winter

So the first snow storm we get totally dumps on us and it is freezing outside - I am so not ready for winter. Tootie is totally into it all though, until he comes in crying with freezing hands. We have only had one storm and I am so over snow. I think it may be time for a girls weekend to Vegas.....

Spook Alley

This is Halloween

Gone are the days when all my boys want to be dressed up as cute characters. Wehave moved intot he realm of blood and guts and really scary looking things. Oh how I miss the days of "eeyore and tigger". Goodbye "pooh" forever. Maybe I can still convince Vance though.

When we first moved into our house, I swore that I was going to have a "spook alley" in my basement because it seemed like the perfect layout for one. Three years later, I finally did it. It took a lot of work, but the screams and laugh were all worth it. We have now decided to do it every year. I have really taken to Halloween, there are so many fun things you can do for a party. This year, was our first party and we: bobbed for apples (who cares about germs huh), made mummies, had a spook alley and ate lots of cookies etc. We promised to out do ourselves next year. The boys had 5 friends sleep over ( this was scarier than the spook alley) - at about 2am after much screaming and pillow fighting ( I thought only girls did that), I had to put an end to the festivities. We had a lot of fun, but were pretty exhausted the next day....... Thank goodness Halloween is only once a year. Does anyone else hate raking up leaves??????