Party

We had our first friend birthday party for Makayla. 9 of the 12 invites were able to attend. I think a good time was had by all.

Crafts were done, making princess crowns,

playing with various beads,

and painting nails.(Thank you to a very good friend for all of her help with the party, she was a life saver!) Definately lots of screaming and giggling were done by the girls! Hopefully a party she will remember for a long time.

Maggie is already planning her party with her friends. I had to remind her Kayla had to wait until first grade and true Maggie style said, "well I am not waiting until first grade to have my friend party!" I just replied we will see.

Birthday girl

Our birthday girl turned 7 on the 24th! I cannot believe how much life has changed in 7 years. She is truly a wonderul little girl! We just love her so much and are so proud of her. Makayla is such a smart little cookie, much older than her years reflect. She is an excellent big sister to all her siblings.

PJ was thrilled with all the packing materials, he enjoyed popping them with his bum.

Maggie loved her necklaces from her granny! and the box they came in.

Brie was thrilled with her hair pretty from granny. She rolled on the floor for almost an hour trying to open her gift. So this is the look of a proud little girl.

family pictures

Taking a family picture really is impossible these days! Not a one in the fifty taken caught us looking our best. It does make me quite nervous about family pictures closer to Christmas time!

I keep reminding myself we will treasure these photos and all the difficulty we had in obtaining them.

Boyfriend

My dear dear friend came for a visit for a few days. Our babies are 5 weeks apart! we are setting them up early! It was a lovely visit and her little man is such a cutie and such a sweet boy.

It is surprising how similar the babies were. Lots of the same actions and sounds! The time went by too quickly but it was so nice to have conversation in person and not worry about running the battery down on the phone!

1st tooth

So my little baby has her first tooth as of Wed. September 22! Bottom left, she loves to show it off and feel it with her tongue! She has handled its arrival well, only a couple doses of Tylenol. I cannot believe it is teeth time already!

Sundays.....

So my neice/hubby and kiddos arrived Sunday to go to the pumpkin patch with us. They were so sweet and made a birthday sign and cupcakes for our upcoming birthdays! Our kiddos parallel each other, though she opted out of baby number 4! I tried very hard to change her mind, no luck.

PJ was thrilled with his new tractor book!

Pumpkin patch photos.......

the train ride

meeting a real cowboy! the almost two year olds did not know what to think of him! They did love the sherrifs badges he was handing out.

A tractor ride that was not long enough according to the kids.

A giant spider web that they could make bounce! Note it was a bit rainy and chilly, see Brie covered by the blanket.

A little time in the wet, muddy pumpkin patch. I have to admit we have not been in a patch so early in the season and the vines were very twisty and caused lots of face plants for our little people.

The hayrack ride!

What a great day! it is always so fun to hang out with the neice and her family! Thanks for making it such a great Sunday!

Plans...

So we did not have any set plans for the weekend and it turned out to be a very funfilled weekend.

Friday night we ended up with my sister, neice, and great neice over for a brief visit. It is fun to have family at our house.

Saturday we were to have a soccer game but it was raining. The phone rang and it was the brother in law asking if were home for a visit....so Kayla's godmom, PJ's godfather, and my mom arrive for a little birthday bash.

Grandma and grandpa's gift to PJ was a huge hit! Pete could not get the tractor out of the package fast enough, poor PJ had to wait for every wire to be undone( I think it had no less than 100 wires:~) ) He also recieved very loud firetrucks and a bubble mower that are lots of fun as well.

I think Auntie Coke's gift of a fish took the cake though! "Rainbow" is loving his new home and family(I think). Yes our first pet and we are starting very small and slowly, a single beta fish.