Dancing

So it has been cold around these parts. We have been a little cooped up. So we dance. A lot. I thought I'd share a few clips from one of our parties. Baby girl is doing most of the dancing at this point, but the DJ does a solo at the end of the video. Enjoy!

Little man

My little man is growing up. His sweet cuddles are getting a little harder to come by. Except at night. At bedtime he still wants to cuddle with mommy. I am fully aware that this is a stall tactic, but I don't care. He wants to snuggle and pray. How do I turn that down, seriously.

Last night he asked me to cuddle. I snuggled up with him under his covers. He still smelled like syrup from our breakfast for dinner. He smiled because he was pleased to have won mommy's full attention. Then he asked to pray.

"Dear God,
Thank you for this good day. Thank you for making me healthy. Thank you for all the people in the whole world who are healthy. Thank you for my good dinner (licks lips). Yum! Thank you for my good mommy and daddy. Thank you for my brothers and my sister and my house. And please let us go to Disney when we get lots of money. Amen."

Oh, the cuteness of his sweet prayer. I love when he prays. It reminds me to be thankful for all the small stuff that's really big. All the stuff that I just take for granted. I have four healthy kids. They have such a good daddy who loves me and takes wonderful care of us. We have plenty to eat. A safe warm home. All huge blessings I don't want to forget about. So, I'm so thankful my little man reminds me with each sweet prayer and sticky syrup face.

(this was a day he snuck in to the pack in play during naptime.)

First Hair cut

 Oh this girl! I love her and all her adorable faces so so much. The other night one of our sweet friends, who is also a stylist, was gracious enough to come to our home and cut hair.

 She was able to straighten it so we could see length and what was dead ends. I snapped a few shots with her straight hair since it was a different look.

 Little girl did wonderful. She loves the attention, and she loves primping so it was a good combo for her.

 Doesn't she just look like a little doll baby! Oh, so much cuteness.

Now her hair is all healthy. We probably won't straighten it again for awhile because I am in love with her curls. I'm hoping that the freshening up will help her hair to keep growing. We are having lots of fun with learning to do her hair. It is so fun having a girl!

HallZOOween

 We love our zoo pass! This year we were able to get a pass to the Cincinnati zoo. We have loved having it. They do a fun event for Halloween. We dressed the kids up and they Trick Or Treated around the zoo while checking out all the animals.

 Indiana Jones

She cracks me up. She loves the fake fangs. 

It was a fun family day. We usually go during the week with friends, but it was so special to go with Daddy. The kids love that special time. I love the memories we made. 

 

October

Wow, October has flown by! We have been having so much fun that I didn't take the time to blog about it.

 We tried out a fun farm near our house. It is was fun to enjoy a pretty fall day with the play equipment and running around.

 They have a dragon wagon the kids all rode. Amelia thought this was so much fun.

 Levi with the pumpkins

 Bubba with the pumpkins

 We also hit up Tom's maze. Dan's mom was in town so it was fun to have Grandma join us.

 Hiding in the corn

The boys at the corn maze. 

We love all the fun fall things. We've carved pumpkins, we've drank cider, we've gone to a college football game. So far we are on track for a fun filled fall.

Making Applesauce

One of my friends made a trip to an orchard this weekend, and brought home a bushel and a half of apples.

Yoga pants are our Monday uniform. Don't mind the mess. We were making dinner and making applesauce. It gets a little rough looking for a bit, but it's better now.

We did lots of cutting and boiling.

We borrowed a Victorio Strainer from a friends. It made it so easy to strain the peels and cores from the applesauce. This thing was great.

We had several bowls like this and we just kept swapping them out.

Tami packaged while I churned. We make a good team. 

All the while the kids all watched a movie and messed up the living room. Don't worry, that is cleaned up too.

We ended up with 18 quarts. It ended up costing $0.58/quart. A quart of applesauce at the store is at least $2.00. I'd say that is a good night's work.

Free Samples

Just another reason why I love Target. They have some fun samples today. Go here and you can request a sample for Airborne, Simple facial products, and Snapple K cup. I love getting samples in the mail. It's like presents for grown ups. Hey, it's the little things.