Grace or Jonah??
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Grace, Jillian (holding hands, how sweet!) and Jonah
Feeding goats food from "Ice Cweam Cones" (as Jonah says) at the Pumpkin Patch
In the hay maze
The birthday boy + family blowing out the candles.
Ariel with ADORABLE little Pebbles (Madeline Mitchell) and Bam Bam (Owen Greer- a.k.a. "O-wee")
Sweet Mrs. Ann handing out yummy candy to the kids!
Our church had it's annual Trunk or Treat yesterday and the kids LOVED it! I always love seeing all of the cute kids dressed up in their costumes! Somehow my pictures got all jumbled up, but this past week we visited a pumpkin patch (Finally!) and celebrated Aaron's birthday. Aaron and I took a little trip down to Mizzou, ate lunch at Shakespeare's Pizza and then went to the football game. It was nice to have a day all to ourselves! Thanks Mom!
Friday, October 17, 2008
This past week was spent making "sick beds" (with special pillows, blankets, stuffed animals and juice), wiping little noses, going through four, yes four, boxes of kleenexes, visiting the doctor, and administering the yuckiest tasting antibiotic in the universe! (A candy pumpkin can take that horrible taste right out of your mouth, thankgoodness!) Thankfully, both kids are well now and I really hope we stay that way for a while! Tip for all you mommies out there: Don't ever, EVER tell anyone that "Your kids haven't been sick for three months" because you will completely jinx yourself!
We ended up buying the kids some ponies last weekend and they just love them. It's so nice to just get them up on the horse and let them ride all around New Town by themselves. They do this for hours upon hours. They only got into trouble once when they were racing each other in rush hour traffic. Lesson learned.
Oh, I couldn't resist. Yes, I am joking. This was a pony ride at a fall festival. :)
Little Miss Gracie (AKA My little baker)!
I just LOVE baking with her. She is so cute and careful and does a great job helping me.
Here she made a pumpkin pie, her favorite, so she says. All I did was help measure and she did all the rest. She even made "Granma's Special Pie Crust" and it all turned out great! Watch out Food Network!
My friend Chris and I took Gracie, Jackson and baby Ava to see the Backyardigans Live. It was such a cute show. We had TONS of fun!!
Grace and Jonah are opening up their Halloween Package sent from Granma! Thank you Granma!! We love your special packages!!!
Happy Fall to everyone!
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Catching up...
It's Fall! Here are some random pictures of the kids. We have been super busy going here and there and it's been great! It's nice that Jonah is getting a little older and can enjoy more things and kindof :) sit still. All of you mommies out there know exactly what I mean. Here they are riding their scooters together on a beautiful day.
We drove about 2 minutes from our house to visit a little farm that supposedly had seasonal fresh veggies and fruit. (That is ONE good thing about living out in the country- there are so many little fun farms and places to get freshly picked produce!) Turns out they had pumpkins, apples, tomatoes, mums, and the farmer even took the kids on a hayride! He was really sweet to all of us and it was so nice to see someone who genuinely loved his job. The kids were super excited and everyone there was so nice to them. It's always a plus when someone goes out of their way to act kindly to kids!!
Now here is something that you will NEVER see me (Kelly) do: HOLD A TARANTULA. I was doing all I could to encourage Grace to hold it and try to knock out any fear of spiders at an early age! The man said, "Now, I am only going to let kids who will promise to be very, very gentle with "her" hold her. She can die if she is dropped more than 2 feet and her body is very fragile." Gracie was one of the 3 kids who raised her hand to hold it and she was so sweet to the tarantula. One little boy was sitting very closely to me and the hood on his jacket rubbed up against my arm and because Grace was holding the tarantula, I thought for some reason the hairy little thing was on ME and I jumped up off the floor scared to death. Yes, everyone laughed at me. So much for trying to teach my daughter to not be afraid of spiders...
Then, the Reptile Man got out an Anaconda. This particular Anaconda is the only snake of its species in the world that is docile. Grace loved her! Jonah was there sitting in my lap the entire time. He did, however, pet the alligator. :)
Here are Grace, Benny Cope, and Jonah during our first official SLEEPOVER! Benny was a true champ and so well behaved!
We went to the park and waded through a stream, threw tons of rocks in the water, made fall cookies and popcorn, watched a little movie, had a bath and then hit the sack. I love kids.
At the New Town Blast petting zoo. I posted this because it is so typical of Grace and Jonah's personality. Grace saw this little sheep and ran right up to it, gently petting his "wool." Jonah, stands back with a look on his face (furrowed brows and all) as is he is saying, "Now, are we sure this is a safe thing to do??" So funny!
MMMnnn, "poppin can-ee" as Jonah calls it.
We drove about 2 minutes from our house to visit a little farm that supposedly had seasonal fresh veggies and fruit. (That is ONE good thing about living out in the country- there are so many little fun farms and places to get freshly picked produce!) Turns out they had pumpkins, apples, tomatoes, mums, and the farmer even took the kids on a hayride! He was really sweet to all of us and it was so nice to see someone who genuinely loved his job. The kids were super excited and everyone there was so nice to them. It's always a plus when someone goes out of their way to act kindly to kids!!
Grace and her friend Jackson on a hayride
Yummy apple!
Jonah taking in the scenery
Parents As Teachers invited "The Reptile Man" to put on a show for all of the kids and boy did he follow through! Here is Grace holding an alligator. The gator was super sweet and actually cute!
Now here is something that you will NEVER see me (Kelly) do: HOLD A TARANTULA. I was doing all I could to encourage Grace to hold it and try to knock out any fear of spiders at an early age! The man said, "Now, I am only going to let kids who will promise to be very, very gentle with "her" hold her. She can die if she is dropped more than 2 feet and her body is very fragile." Gracie was one of the 3 kids who raised her hand to hold it and she was so sweet to the tarantula. One little boy was sitting very closely to me and the hood on his jacket rubbed up against my arm and because Grace was holding the tarantula, I thought for some reason the hairy little thing was on ME and I jumped up off the floor scared to death. Yes, everyone laughed at me. So much for trying to teach my daughter to not be afraid of spiders...
Then, the Reptile Man got out an Anaconda. This particular Anaconda is the only snake of its species in the world that is docile. Grace loved her! Jonah was there sitting in my lap the entire time. He did, however, pet the alligator. :)
Here are Grace, Benny Cope, and Jonah during our first official SLEEPOVER! Benny was a true champ and so well behaved!
We went to the park and waded through a stream, threw tons of rocks in the water, made fall cookies and popcorn, watched a little movie, had a bath and then hit the sack. I love kids.
At the New Town Blast petting zoo. I posted this because it is so typical of Grace and Jonah's personality. Grace saw this little sheep and ran right up to it, gently petting his "wool." Jonah, stands back with a look on his face (furrowed brows and all) as is he is saying, "Now, are we sure this is a safe thing to do??" So funny!
MMMnnn, "poppin can-ee" as Jonah calls it. 
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