Obsessions

So as a thank you my dear sweet Mollie gave me my obsession the other day. I have been making my dinners and at least once a week giving Mollie some so she might have some healthy meals instead of eating out all the time. SO the purees I decided to make were veggies we do not eat very much, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potato and butternut squash. I have not made a meal yet but I will let you know! What is my next obsession? Hmm I am going to have to think about that...

Dentist Sketch - The Carol Burnett Show

My dad emailed this to me the other day and it made me giggle! You will have to mute my music so you can hear it-sorry I need to figure out how to turn it off!

Laughter

My friend Tiffany blew into town this weekend for another friends surprise party and kindly made time for the rest of us, even though it was short I laughed sooooo hard I had tears running down my face! Tiff has a magical way of telling stories that I can repeat and never get the same response that she does! Doesn't it feel so good to just laugh!? I miss you lots Tiff and thanks for filling my laugh quota for the month! Please Keep in touch! Don't I have beautiful friends? From left Brenda, Tiff and myself. Mollie was the wonderful photographer and we were at Katrinas house celebrating her birthday! Looking back on the evening I wish I would of pulled out my camers while we were all laughing and enjoying each others company-next time huh? Thank you all for the wonderful evening without children!

beautiful friends

My friend Jill who has given me a few opportunities to photograph baby Hailee called the other day and wanted a cute Christmas card picture. They are such a beautiful family and so well behaved! The weather was perfect for pictures, overcast and a little chilly. It is finally starting to feel like fall here in Denver!

Family Pictures

So I added a family picture from my friends Stacie's blog. She took our pictures The beginning of October if you would like to view them go here: http://staciesmith.instaproofs.com or go to my friends and click on Stacie's name for her blog. Beautiful pictures! Hopefully one day I can be as good as she is! Thank you Stacie I looooove them!!!!! Can't wait to show them off!

Zoo

We always get a zoo pass and use to go every week- I have not been so good since I have had Kate, so on Friday we went with the Yates and Taylors. The kids had tons of fun- we shut the place down!

A new baby giraffe born on October 25th?
Baby Lilly- I think she is so pretty!
Kate hanging out in her stroller- she was so happy Aunt Wendy was with us because she will carry her!

Snuggle

So I have to share something that Dylan said this morning. I was in the shower and Marc had just gotten out when Dylan came in the bathroom and said, "um Dad no one is in mom's bed to snuggle with me!" So sweet! I love that it is mom's bed! SO of course Marc stopped everything and went and laid back down with him- he is a sucker when it comes to cuddling! Dylan loves to snuggle with everyone and is always giving Kate lots of loves! This picture is when Kate was 3 months old. Dylan had heaved her up to hold her and she was enjoying it! He is a wonderful big brother!

Whew!

I can not express clearly enough how happy I am that it is a new week! Last week was very crazy especially the end! I love Halloween and want my kids to have lots of fun with their friends and activities so on Tuesday we had a bunch of girls and their kids over from the ward for a little party-thankfully the weather was the gorgeous so we had fun playing outside. A lot of the kids are younger than Dylan so we had a little "experiment" with green sherbet and sprite. It makes a very frothy bubbly yummy drink! And for a project each kid made their own dirt. You layer vanilla pudding mixed with cool whip, crushed oreos, chocolate pudding mixed with cool whip, crushed oreo and top with a gummy worm! It is so good.
Wednesday Dylan had his party at school and we brought the little hot dogs rolled up in dough with almond slivers to make it look like toe nails. After school we went to the Rocky Mtn. Arsenal to learn about owls and got to dissect an owl pellet. It was very cool! That evening people came over and we went trick or treating. I think this is the first year in a long time that it was not snowing or raining.
Now for the stressful part- I had super Saturday on Saturday and had a lot of things I needed to do for it (of course)! And to top it off at 5 pm on Thursday I looked at Dylan and he was covered in hives from his head to his toes! I am not a panicky mom but I panicked! My little Dyl has never been to the doctor for anything except his well checks- but they just said to give him benadryl every 6 hours and to watch him. When he woke up Saturday morning they were gone. My Super Saturday went fairly smoothly, have I mentioned how wonderful my husband is? Well he is!! He watched these kids all day Saturday ordered us dinner that night because of course I came home exhausted! And Sunday afternoon he had them again because I went out to lunch with two wonderful friends to celebrate my birthday. Monday I cleaned my house top to bottom and did tons of laundry so now I feel in control again, for now?!

Halloween!

Every year I start talking about Halloween with Dylan in August. I really wanted to do a team costume because I figure it won't be long before they have their own ideas! Anyway we had decided on Woody and Jesse from toy story and one day Dylan said, "I think I want to be Aladdin for Halloween". So out went the toy story idea and in came Abu and Aladdin. I searched for an Aladdin costume and/or a pattern and ended up buying a pattern on ebay! My wonderful mom sewed it for me and made a tiny version of the hat and vest for Kate! When Dylan tried his costume on for the first time he said, "this is the best costume ever!"
This was just their Halloween outfits they wore throughout the month. Kate is wearing baby legs another one of my crazy obsessions! She has five pairs! They are awesome because they are like leg warmers and will fit her for a while- they come in one size and on their website even adults wear them or they put them on toddlers arms with short sleeved shirts.
SCARY DYLAN! Tonight Gigi, Papa, Grandma, pops, Audrey, Sam and one of Sam's friends came over for a chili dinner my mom made and trick or treating. Lots of fun!
Tonight I was feeling very sad that Ben and Hannah had moved to Highlands Ranch because that meant they weren't just around the corner from us. I was (and Dylan too) so happy when they showed up for a few minutes. They sure love each other!

Carving Pumpkins

Kate was fascinated with the candle in the pumpkin and Dylan was very concerned for her!

The night before Halloween we had two pumpkins to carve. Kate loved hugging them and squealing! After Marc cut the top off the first one he told Dylan to start pulling the seeds out, he put his hand in barely touching the seeds and refused saying it was too slimy! Uncle Steve came over and carved one as well. They are so creative I only think basic! Very fun year, Dylan is loving everything about Halloween!

Obessions

For those of you who know me I find something I want and I think about it until I have it,(well not everything)! So Susan was given an Orchid and I fell in love! SO she so kindly gave me one for watching her kids one weekend. Isn't it beautiful! Now I am trying to learn as much as I can about Orchids so I can have it bloom again! Any suggestions would be appreciated! Next obsession: Jessica Seinfeld's new cookbook Deceptively Delicious-more to come!

Mom, I want my OWN Dog

So last week my parents were in Hawaii and we had a house guest for the week. Oscar was very good and loved all the attention he received from Dylan and Kate (although he is probably deaf from all her screaming)! Every day Dylan would feed Oscar his breakfast and dinner, let him outside whenever he wanted and played with him. On the way to the airport to pick everyone up Oscar was in Dylan's lap and he says to me, "Mom I took such good care of Oscar this week but I really want my very own dog". After having Oscar for a week (and he was really good) I told Marc I was secretly happy that we did not have a dog right now. One day Dylan will get his very own dog, probably sooner than later but for now he will have to borrow Oscar!

Ben Turns 7

Wow I can not believe that little Ben is seven! We took these pictures of him today, he is such a handsome boy! (once we get him to not smile so goofy)! He is missing both his front teeth, it is so much fun to watch him grow and learn. He is in first grade and every time we go to his house I love seeing all the signs he has drawn and written on to hang on the doors! Him and Hannah were so cute on my birthday each making me birthday cards! It made me feel so good! Thanks again Ben and Hannah and I love you lots! Hope you had a great birthday Ben!

Cousins

We LOVE living so close to our cousins! We took this picture to do a combined Thanksgiving card together! Cute Huh? If you receive a card be surprised!
Kate loves being surrounded by big people! She loves watching everyone and Hannah loves trying to help her! We had to keep our eyes on her because she so wanted Kate to lay on a pillow and would grab her head at her ears and yank her whole body-Kate no like that!

More of Kate

I have a really hard time just showing one picture! One of these will end up being her 9 month picture to hang on the wall. It is so much fun having a little girl! I hope she enjoys girly things when she grows up!