random pics...

Big boy

<---using daddy's tape measure








<---wearing sisters slippers.











<---post haircut. My little man. He looks so grown up now.






<----getting his first haircut. This was before he started screaming, crying and throwing himself around. He was not a good haircut client.






<---still quiet. We didn't take pictures of the drama. It took both of us to hold him as it was!






Riley, on the other hand, did not get her haircut. She was devastated that Chase and Daddy both got their hair cut and she didn't. Every day or two she will ask if she can get her haircut after dinner. *sigh* poor little thing.

Alright... sorry for the quick post and run...

finally....

<---stinky boy. And I would know. I changed him right after this picture.






<---even ballerina princesses have to do puzzles in their PJ's.






<---love this. Chase trying to put my lens cap on as I try to take a picture of him. Think he is trying to tell me something??






Its finally snowing. I am crossing fingers, arms and toes that we get the 4 inches predicted. I really want to turn the kids out in the snow and watch them play! I think that they will love it!!!

And Vanessa. It doesn't suprise me that you would "pretend" to nap in kindergarten. We all know how you "pretend" to look for things and then can't find them......I am just sayin'

It took me FOREVER to upload these pics. Like days. Blogger was acting up on me. Looks like its all good now...

. . . . . . .

I am uploading new pics to my computer as I type this...... :)

So.....

So, my computer wouldn't let me type anymore after uploading pics yesterday. I finally gave up fighting and just hit "publish post". I don't pretend to be techie at all, so I just gave up on it.

No real updates here. Same thing day in and day out. The kids are all napping right now, or pretending to nap, in Rileys case. It makes for such an easy afternoon for me!! I won't complain for sure. I am catching up on all my DVR'd programs. I have no idea what I would do without that flipping DVR. I love that thing. And finishing up a scrapbook page. And of course, blogging.

I need to upload some of my new pages at some point to the blog. I have yet to learn the stitch feature in adobe. Okay its not that I have not learned, I just have yet to try. I am content with the layouts hanging on my wall until they go to the albums. But I really would like to have them saved on the computer too.

OKay. I can't think of much else to update on, and its really hard for me to try to type softly. I am going to finish my page....

More pics.....

<---- Tessa and her Grandpa








<---little man







<---Where is Chase??

New pics.....

<---pop bead princess











<---wearing Peyton's hat








<---looking a little worried. Or he wants me to put away the camera







<---yeah. She knows she is cute






<-----our christmas card pic. Yeah. I took it. I ordered the prints. I didnt send any cards out!!!




Vanessa. This post is a direct response to your request..... :)

Wanna get dirty????

<---me and Cindy after getting stuck in the neon.









<---after we drove the truck through the field.






<--yeah. I kinda like him.






<---dirty little neon.







Since the neon is pretty much done we decided to take it mudding. Mudding, in a neon you say? Yep. Sure thing.

Okay. I have a kid that needs a bath. More later.

More punkin's

<---happy pumpkins








<---scary pumpkins








<---cute kids carving pumpkins. Shirtless of course.







<---getting all the "ick" out of the pumpkin.

P.S.

And yay to Vanessa for commenting.....I was starting to think that nobody was reading this thing..... :)

the pumpkin catch part 2

<---proof. They can be nice and sit together. Although not often.








<---go figure. Chase is more interested in the painting on the pumpkin than standing straight to take a picture.









<---Riley is SO big!












<---- I WANT this pumpkin









<--the whole fam. Why am I the only one looking at the camera???







I told Riley several times on Saturday that we were going to the pumkin patch on Sunday. Sunday morning we get up and she says "Were going to the pumpkin catch!!" So cute, and its kinda stuck now!!!

So we had fun at the "catch". Took lots of pics. We saw a "worry" worm (woolly worm) and we played in a maze. Riley took her camera and took pictures of the bunnies that she saw. They were both super good, and we now have two big pumpkins to carve! I think that we will try to tackle those tomorrow night, after daycare. Derrick is off tomorrow, so it will be easy to just drag him in and make him carve with us! I think that they will both really enjoy the carving this year!

Not much else to say here. We have been keeping busy, doing random things. I am working on an afghan for christmas, and waiting for my new yarn! I am making a blue and green blankie for Chase and a green and pink one for Riley. The boys that come here for daycare both have "bigabees" (their blankies) so I think that Riley and Chase will be super excited to get bigabees of their own! I just hope that I get them done in time!!!

Alright. Its almost 11. I have to get to bed. Derrick and I are having mouse issues, and I know I will have to get up super early to check and make sure Derrick takes care of the traps! Ick. I hope we kill them all. Sorry mom.... :( But I really HATE mice. They are so cute, but SO destructive.

The pumpkin catch.

<---- Okay. These are out of order. Dont look at this one yet.

<---Hey!!! There is my sister!!!!!





<--- chase in the maze. Looking for his sister....

Okay NOW look at the 1st pic...







<---chicken. There were roosters too. And every time the roosters crowed, Chase would scream at them. Hilarious!







<--- my little sunflowers....





<--- my sweet girl. Looking innocent as ever. Looking innocent isnt the same as being innocent, let me assure you.










I have more pics, so I am going to do a second post.

What my kids do on Sundays....

<---mmmm. Froot Loops out of the box. Dont worry we have a "special" box reserved for this that we dont share with anyone.

<--- Riley: Let me show you how to work this thing Chase-y Chase: I dont care about the freaking remote. Hand over the fruit loops.


<--- too much sugar in the AM.








I dont have much else to really say! Things have been pretty low key around here. I feel like I should change my blog name to like the boring adventures of a daycare mom or something. I would much rather it be low key, but still. It makes me look boring in the blogging world.

Derrick is trying to put the heater in. Okay, right now he is asleep on the couch, but its naptime, so there isnt much he can do. Once the kids get up, he will be working again. We cant run the vents under the floor (we will be putting new flooring in and the old is much lower than the new) so we are going to have duct work running across our floor for the next couple week. I dont care. GIVE ME HEAT! Its not freezing my any means, but I have really poor circulation in my feet and hands, so I get cold really quick.

Okay. All the update for now. I want to work on a page while the house is quiet.... :)

And...

oooohhh. much prettier colors!!!

Huh.

Did you know that you can change your blog name?? I think that this fits better.... :)

okay. a real update.

I know that I have not "technically" updated with any real info lately, so here goes.

Actually we really don't have a whole lot going on. I am still at home, doing home daycare. Its a lot of work and a lot of balancing with four (sometimes 5) kids here all day, but its really a lot of fun. I get to see my kids interact with other kids, and I get to be with them all day! And I even get to sneak in a load of laundry now and then, which is really nice. Derrick pointed out to me that our house is cleaner than ever before, so thats a nice plus too!! :) I miss the people that I worked with, and I think thats a given. Its hard to leave the people that have been there for you through so much! But I have kept in contact with people in the department so its not like I went away forever!! It sounds like Carle is having some problems now, so I think that this was the way to go for sure! I really would like to have one more fulltimer, but there just isnt a ton of interest in the area right now. I figure people have their kids settled and in the summer it will probably pick up some.

Riley is doing well. I have a scrapbook page planned for her for certian things that she is saying now. Things like "It's my pickup" (its my hiccup) and thats my cupsi (her drink). She has so many hilarious sayings and looks that its hard to mentaly capture them all, let alone catch them on camera.

Chase is.....well Chase is Chase. My little man. Full of attitude and energy. I swear the kid fears nothing. Today I caught him trying to get into the bathtub. By himself. He has a ball with Peyton here during the day. He is a very active member in playing chase and the kids usually pretend he is the monster and run from him. he loves this. He is so fun at lunch time, eating all his food the fastest and begging to get out of the highchair so he can get all the best toys first. Love this little cutie.

Derrick and I are still working on the addition. I think that at this point, the porch is done. Next spring we will add our railing, but other than that the siding is up and its all finished. Now all the work begins. The issue is figuring out what to do first and when in order to displace as many people as possible. We are hoping to get one of the bedrooms finished in a week so that the kids wont have to sleep in our room for long. Because of the daycare, space is an issue for sure, as we need to make sure that we have adaquate spaces for sleeping during naptime. Hopefully with all going well we can finish the far bedroom in a week and have the kids moved back in and then we wont have disrupted people for very long. so, people (and you know who you are!!!!) expect a phone call that week for help. I will have beer..... :) And we will order pizza hut. We never have pizza hut. Okay scott, the pizza hut comment was totally for you. :)

OOoh! I almost forgot Sarah Palin is supposed to be on SNL tonight. Hold please, I need to find the channel.

Okay. I am trying to think what else to update with, but I guess thats about the extent of it. I ordered some new pics and they came this week, so I really need to do some scrapping. For anyone that orders online prints, artscow.com has a fantastic sign up special. Shipping is high, but for 400 (or is it 600??) free prints, I can eat a little shipping. And the print quality is FANTASTIC. And they come from hong kong, which doesnt really support the US in anyway, but its kinda cool to get a package from Hong Kong.

Okay. I need to buy some yarn for Chase's blanket I am making him for christmas....

I promise, I will TRY to update more frequently.

And Aunt Vanessa. I almost forgot. Derricks mom is always talking about how much Riley looks like you. Tonight in the tub I was washing her hair, and she looks up at me and says "mommy, I like Aunt Essa?" priceless.

And Aunt Chandra??? Dont feel left out. She asks about you CONSTANTLY. Call us soon, I know she would love to chat with you!!!!!

<---cutie in a cornfield.







<--- I love this. I am going to play around in adobe with this one later today















<----mmmm cotton candy. Riley and I would live off this stuff if we had too!! Okay even if we didnt have too, we would still do it.











<--- want a soda?? Normally my kids dont drink a lot of pop. But this was a special day. And he was so dang cute with is.






<---mmmmmm. Soda.










Sorry for the picture only post, just trying to get things uploaded to share. More later....

a post of pics....

<--- you know how it is. Some days you just want to sit in a dump truck. With your sisters fairy costume on. No biggie, right?







<---yep. thats pretty much what I do. All day. Cant beat this job.










<--- riley and the goats at Woolly Worm.