Tangled

She rolls and rolls

and the big kids leave their toys

EVERYWHERE

so it should be no surprise

this wee one 

became

tangled

 she did not seem to mind

one bit!

I think in this pic

her shirt says it all

for this girl

her hair says it all

wild child

Lazy and Scrappy Day

I have been neglecting this poor little girl...

I forgot to grab an outfit upstairs this morning -

I did not get her out of jam bams.

Well, then she decides to spit out her granola at one point -

Cyrus told me "Mom Aliza is throwing up"

Me - "No, she is just spitting out...errr"

Well the jam bam shirt came off

(apparently couch cushions have too)

and that is how it was.

Then Cyrus tells me -

"Umm, mom, can you get a shirt on her

because it is really weird"

Cy's zoo this morning

and his building -

can you see how old some of those blocks are?

They are from my childhood, they probably have lead in them

or something...

Took a pic of our dining room table we are trying to find chairs for.
It is a family piece on my husbands side, while I am not
a huge oak fan, it is nice to have.

I would like ladder back chairs - in French or English country style,

but yikers, new or old they want so much for that style!

These beauties are across the ocean:

but I want them really bad

only 1450 GBP's for 6, plus $500 USD's to ship!

Well, kiddos are home for the day - I am off!

Spiderman Boy

I am not sure if it is right for me to say this, but gosh I think 4 year olds are my favorite age.  They are in their own world - this line between real and make believe and they do not care WHAT SO EVER what ANYONE thinks of them! 

he is "stuck" in the baby pool

while big brother and sister can go in the big pool

but he is ok with it

doing his own thing

How old are you Cyrus?

I love his Spiderman gear

hope he likes it for awhile yet

Cyrus can you stay 4 forever???



Growing Pumpkins

Man, I fail miserably to post! 
We have the best down home pumpkin patch in our backyard practically.  It truely is one of the nation's best actually - in the top 10 of pumpkin patches.  I am not sure who keeps that list?!
I did not even get great pics this year.  But I thought I would throw these up as our pumpkins are growing!

This man is 7 now! 

So he is Evan, and 7 and (usually!) a slice of Heaven!

I usually get a way better smile than this!

Oh, don't even get me started on that tongue!

I don't know why he started doing this lately for pictures!

And this wee one!

This is the best I could do - as we all know

17 month olds do not stay put!

Than my camera battery died shortly after...

Anyway, we were here for some festive fall cheer!



Last Day of Kindergarten

This was the last day of kindergarten for Evan.  He did a super job all year ~ I could not be more proud! Never once did his "Kelso Stick" go down to the "oops" cup or for that matter the "super sad" cup.  I think he was the only one in his class who was able to do that! Now if he could just do that at home!!!

 

But, sadly I have been noticing he is starting to immitate some of the things he has learned from the "other kids" at school.  The obnoxious stuff.  He may not be able to define the word sarcasm, but knows how to talk that way.  This morning he told his little brother "oh nice job" when he was quite annoyed with him for wrecking something.  I think back a year ago and he never would have expressed himself that way. Sure, he would have spoke his mind but not sacastically.  And I know it is pretty normal for many of us (including myself) to speak that way. But, I also look at my almost 5 year old Lydia who would never think to say anything sarcastic.  She is so pure and innocent.  I have swallowed somethings that have happened to Evan his 1st year of kindergarten and try to remind myself it is part of life, but, I cannot help but think about Lydia next year having to lose some of her innocence that comes from being exposed to the "other kids"....

But for now we will enjoy our summer bubble of time.



He thought it was funny to hold his lunch box up ~ so did I!