Mud

Playing in mud is important. And really fun. And something all kids should do.

Especially when you have really cute galoshes!

homework???

Is it just me or does it seem a little crazy that Siena comes home from preschool with homework????

Funny story. Siena comes home from school the other day with a packet of "homework". It's each letter of the alphabet on a worksheet and they have to practice writing it 10 times uppercase and 10 time lowercase (hang in there I'm getting to the funny part). So doing the math that is writing 520 letters to do the whole thing. We had about a week to do it but I forgot about it.... until an hour before bed the night before. So now I have to get a 4 year old to sit still long enough to practice writing every letter of the alphabet 20 times!!!! I ended up bribing her with a marshmallow for every page she finished. By the time we were done it was past bedtime and I had a kid on a complete sugar high running around the house.... moral of story.... I don't know but I do know that now we sit and do whatever she brings home as soon as we walk in the door...

Air show

I know postings have been few and far between these days, but honestly with all the craziness going on around here, I was lucky to even find the camera cord (and that was purely by accident). Onto other news...

We had a big air show out here over the weekend. We heard about it really last minute so it was sort of a nice surprise break from all the packing and organizing that's been going on for the last few weeks. Siena loved checking out all the helicopters...and after the walking tired her out she hitched a ride...
I completely forgot how much I love going to them! It brought back all kinds of memories going as a kid with my dad and grampa (who knows everything you would ever want to know about all the planes). Definitely made me want to start going every year and Siena had such a blast. Next time we will bring her some ear plugs though because it was really loud- but overall the day was perfect!

Halloween activites

Now that all the Halloween craziness is over around here I can finally sit down and post some pics. For some reason this year seemed really busy with activities- we had about 4 halloween parties by the time it was all said and done and I'm so glad it's all over!!!!

For one party Siena was a bee...

The real costumes: Peter Pan and Captain Hook.... and a random black cat they found in an alleyWe went to the pumpkin patchWe made some creepy foodWe went trick-or-treating
Siena had such a great time and didn't want it all to be over. Luckily Thanksgiving is just around the corner (or I'm not sure I could have convinced her that all the spooky decorations need to come down to make room for the next ones...)!

Suprise!

So the waiting is finally over.... we are having a girl!!! Most of you are not surprised since we've sort of had a hunch along those lines for awhile. I was secretly hoping for the total shock of a boy but I am a firm believer that every girl needs a sister so I think it worked out.

Meet the little peanut! Here she is yawning...and waving...and here is Siena and I... (Katie this belly shot is for you!)

spooooky

October is finally here and we decided the house needed a revamp for halloween. Since I didn't really own any decorations (due to boycotting/hating halloween in my former life ) we thought some homemade stuff would be even better.

We made some spiders...and some happy ghosts.

Add a ridiculous amount of fake cobwebs everywhere and you have one spooky house!

Sundays

Sundays have now been unofficially renamed "family project day"! All this really means is doing a random activity I think up (and don't really have the energy or motivation to accomplish on my own) and I use the ruse of "family time" to rope Brandon into helping me..."

We started off with something super easy- a huge floor puzzle. Siena had a great time and it convinced Brandon that this wasn't a terrible idea...

The next week we decided to be pirates- complete with a ship, hats, swords, and eye patches. I'm not gonna lie- the best part was watching Brandon try to squeeze into the laundry basket... and I can only say that because once I got in he had to help me get out.Why didn't anyone teach me how to make one of these hats when I was a kid? Is it just a boy thing- you know like learning how to make gun noises?