hot dogs and s'mores!

what a fabulous day! bailey finished up the playscape for the girls (they've been asking about it everyday since we moved in!). the weather was so perfectly "fall" that he set up the fire pit and helped the girls cook hot dogs and s'mores! YUMMY!

our first tradition of the season

nothing could have gotten us more in the christmas spirit than some cold weather, starbuck's hot chocolate, marshmallows to munch on, a beautiful christmas tree, and fireworks to top it all off! :) we had a wonderful time with our bff's at the domain tree lighting! we ate pizza, walked the sidewalks, listened to some great (but mellow!) christmas tunes, and finished the evening off with a trip to the bookstore. the girls had so much fun! on the way home each of them talked about catching glimpses of santa on stage . . . actually it turned in to more of an argument over who saw a better view of st. nick! b.c. had a great time too . . . he really was mesmerized by the fireworks! i cannot wait for the rest of our lighting traditions . . . the next month will be sooooo much fun!

i'm four months old today!

you are growing way too fast! :) you weighed 13 pounds 1 ounce and measured 26 inches long! oh my goodness! you are rolling over both ways now . . . but looked completely shocked every time you flip over! you have the sweetest giggle and are sooooo ticklish! you talk to us a lot now! such sweet noises! you are smiley and your face just lights up when we talk to you! you are still very high maintenance! i keep telling you it's a good thing you're cute . . . you are fine in your bouncy seat if i sit and talk to you . . . but if i walk away to get something done . . . you are a mess! :)
you love holding rattles now and trying to reach for things! you liked your bumbo seat for about a week and now make me so nervous because you try to escape! :) those two little teeth have still not popped through . . . you are drooling like crazy though! still not napping much . . . you like to know what's going on all the time! you are eating a lot . . . so i am guessing you're going to grow even more! :) we love you so much sweet little guy! we are sooooo in love with you!

turkey playdate

the girls and i hosted a turkey playdate at our house . . . we read "who will carve the thanksgiving turkey" (love this one!), played with pumpkin play dough (love the smell of this stuff!), and made turkey cupcakes (holy crow . . . how could you not love them!). we are sooooo ready for thanksgiving now! :)

4 things that made me smile this week

okay, i am totally stealing this idea from a friend (thanks jm!)!

here are 4 things that made me smile this week . . .

mck standing on top of the little baby slide pretending to be a pirate and shouting, "arrrr! a whore, ladies!"

ken correcting mck when she was being a pirate and saying "mck, you have to say ladies and gentlemen . . . not just ladies!" :) (you can tell we need some practice in the pirate department!)

kam asking for her "baby songs" in the car . . . requesting "girls just wanna have fun" and "what you do to me" (delilah) on kids bop! AND listening to her sing along!

b.c. rolling over and looking like "what the (beep!) just happened!" EVERYTIME! :)

axe 'em jacks . . . a weekend at sfa!

we had another fun weekend in nac this year. . . we were all excited to see sarah . . . it had been way too long! b.c. got to attend his first football game . . . and at daddy's school too! :) we had a wonderful time walking around campus and then walking through the arboretum area. the girls were being such hams! :)



showing our pride in purple! kam and b.c. both crashed for a lot of the game! :)


sunday at the park . . . beautiful weather in this old park . . . what a great start to the day! the girls loved exploring and picking up pecans! it was hard to leave!

halloween 2009 . . . our own little pumpkin patch

we've been counting down to the big day for quite some time . . . like since july! the girls were so excited to see that the halloween witch had left them some goodies in the haunted house and filled their trick-or-treat bags with some goodies too! :) they all had fun playing with sticky hands . . . daddy included! :)

the hit of their treat bag was the silly string . . . thanks for the idea miss s! :) bailey and i did a sneak attack on the girls . . . then they got their cans and had fun spraying everything! what a fun start to the day! :)

we carved our pumpkins outside in the beautiful weather! we carved all 6 pumpkins . . . or i should say daddy carved most of them! i gutted them . . . with a little help from ken, less from mck, and absolutely no help from kam who just said "disgusting" after touching the inside once! kam decided on a cinderella pumpkin . . . a tough task on the "baby" pumpkin she picked out! ken's was super cool . . . sticky eyeballs everywhere! and mck wanted belle . . . a "challenging" design that daddy was able to pull off! my pumpkin was a vampire and daddy and b.c. had traditional jack-o-lanterns (read "we were too worn out to be creative"!) next year, it'll just be pumpkins for the kiddos . . . a 4 hour long pumpkin carving marathon is a little crazy! :)

the girls and b.c. got all dressed up in their co-ordinating pumpkin outfits! i am hoping to convince them to match next year, but not counting on it! ken was pumpkin spice, mck was a pumpkin princess, kam was a baby pumpkin fairy, and b.c. was the most adorable pumpkin ever! what fun! our own little pumpkin patch! :)

we went trick-or-treating with the same bunch we've been with for several years now . . . old friends from ken's daycare! :) it was so fun to see the big girls all back together. . . and the little kids managed ot fit right in! (thanks ms. t for hosting us . . . AGAIN!) the kids all snacked on fun halloween goodies and then headed out!

the kids were all so funny . . . ken stopped after EVERY house to show me what she had gotten! seriously EVERY house! mck wanted to lead the group . . . a group of 6 year olds! she wanted to be the first at every door! and little kam quickly realized that her cuteness paid off and said an extra loud "trick or treat" by the end of our venture! b.c. was great all night - chilling in his carrier and eventually falling asleep!
we headed home and the girls sorted their candy . . . i told them they could each pick one piece to eat . . . they never argued! (weird!) mck picked m&m's, kam picked nerds, and my weird oldest child picked a brain piece!

welcome home daddy!

the girls worked really hard on a giant poster for bailey and put it in his chair to welcome him home from a long two week trip to china/malaysia! ken and mck had written and drawn lots of stuff on the poster . . . and then kam kinda went crazy! :) so you have to kind of look through the doodles to find the messages! :) they were sooooo excited to see him! it was so fun to see them so excited! :) it'll be nice for things to get back to normal! :) daddy brought lots of fun goodies for the girls . . . pearls, nightgowns, fans, and TONS of movies! welcome home daddy!

a fun week at school

what a fun/crazy week! there were lots of special events for the kiddos! :)

mck had her school halloween party with lots of goodies and fun activities! it was off to a rocky start . . . she woke up in a HORRIBLE mood and cried for a good 15 minutes. . . after she started eating some junk food she was much better! :) kam and ken had a great time . . . ms. b is so good to them too! everyone enjoyed lots of yummy stuff! :) we listened to mck lead the prayer, sang some songs, listened to a story and got to check out the pumpkin they carved! way fun!

ken had her first first grade performance! it was awesome! :) the kids did a beautiful song with sign language about beauty and then each class performed a "dance" to classical music! ken's class did a cool number with a parachute! what an awesom music teacher they have! :)

ken finished out the week with the halloween parade! what fun to see everyone in the school dressed up! it was so worth gettin everyone up, dressed, and out the door by 7:15! :) kam and mck had lots to talk about on the way home! ken enjoyed the rest of the day as they investigated pumpkins . . . she even brought home a pumpkin seed for us to plant! :)

b.c. rolls over . . . TWICE!

how fun! :) b.c. actually rolled over twice! :) he got so excited and was sooooo rpoud of himself! :) now the fun really begins! oh my goodness! :) i can't wait! :) go little guy! :)

halloween dances!

kam and mck each gave a little halloween performance at dance this week! :) mck danced to "ghostbusters" and ken danced to "i want candy"! too fun! :) i think the best part for them was getting to wear their halloween costumes! :)

kamy time!

kam and i have been having so much fun with our new playgroup! today we made ghosts with our feet! i had b.c. do it too! the weather was beautiful! kam enjoyed getting her tootsies painted and then some slide time! we even got to see the squirrels and ducks! :) and then we added ken and mck's prints at home! so fun! the print made a great little treasure for daddy!

little guy

can you tell he was thrilled to be wearing his bathrobe for the first time? :)

fall goodies!

we've had so much fun making fall goodies lately . . . two of our favorites . . . caramel popcorn and chocolate pops! :)

who knew homeade caramel popcorn could be so darn good? kam and i had lots of fun making it while the girls were at school!

ken and mck loved making the chocolate pops while kam and b.c. were napping! they were a little too rich for their taste buds, so most of it ended up in the trash, but it sure was fun filling up the molds! :)

the girls are already thinking of ideas for chirstmas goodies! :)

for red ribbon week ken had to wear a rock star shirt . . . so kam and mck decided to wear theirs too! too cute! mck got to wear a tie for "t" day at school . . .

cute kids! :)

and another tooth makes 7!

okay, so we'll officially stop posting and counting when we reach 8 . . . maybe! :) it's just so fun! the stire family gets excited! this morning mck told ken she should try to pull it out at school . . . and sure enough, ken came home with her tiny tooth tucked in a treasure box! she pulled it out at school and got to go to the nurse! :) mck and kam were all smiles with the news! kam replied with "my tooth is loose too!" :) too cute! :) so number 7 is under her pillow tonight . . . wonder what the tooth fairy will bring! :)

i'm three months old today!

oh my sweet little guy! you are such a beautiful baby and are changing so fast! you are "talking" now and even giggled last week! you make all of us smile! :) you love attention . . . and need it all the time . . . or let us know that you are unhappy! you want to be held or talked to unless you are sleeping . . . you nap for about two hours a day . . . and sleep from 10-3 at night.
you are outgrowing all of your 0-3 month clothes and have filled out so much. you are working hard on those two bottom teeth and are drooling . . . a lot! sometimes your paci just isn't enough and you try to chew on your whole fist or the side of my hand! you still love your play mat, but really don't like tummy time. you have discovered the "baby" in the mirror and love smiling at him! :)

you love to do "airplane" and smile down at me while you're flying in the air. you still like the bouncy seat - but won't last long in the swings! you LOVE the carrier and are so quiet and alert when you get to hang out in it while we're outside or shopping! when you are getting tired i have to hold you just right - hold your paci in and your blanket right by your face . . . you are pretty high maintenance - cute, but high maintenance! :)
you love listening to mck talk to you and are really starting to watch all of your sisters while they play. you like to "sit" up on the floor and just hang out with us . . . you don't miss out on anything! you are now riding in the stroller without your baby seat and love being able to look around! you love being outside and getting fresh air too!
you had a few firsts this month . . . your first trip to the pumpkin patch, your first hayride, your first taste of frosting, and your first babysitter!
we love you sweet little guy!

funny girl!

we were all still in a little bit of a fog at breakfast this morning when ken, very seriously asks me, "mom, how do you wake up lady ga-ga?"
me . . . half ignoring her, "i don't know."
ken - "you poke her face."
i was cracking up! :)
too cute! she learned it from a friend at school . . . funny. the things 6 year olds talk about! :) she has come home with a slew of jokes, loads of song lyrics, and other funny sayings. who knew at 6 you actually have "real" conversations with your friends! :)

first concert . . . 9th row!

my sweet little girl traveled to san antonio with a friend to see miley cyrus in concert! not only was she lucky enough to get invited (because we all know i wouldn't be buying tickets to the show since they start at $80!) she sat in the 9th row! she was so excited to be going . . . i'm not sure if it was seeing miley or leaving me and her sisters behind and getting a chance to go somewhere without us! :) she had an amzing time . . . although i found out she's a bit like me and wouldn't just let loose and scream with the rest of the fans! :) i heard the motorcycle flying over her head was the coolest part!

she arrived home at 1 a.m. . . and went to school the next day! :) poor little girl was asleep on the bus in the afternoon! daddy had to drive her home from the bus stop! she swears it was worth it! :) thanks ms. s and g for such an awesome night!

tooth #6

yes! she lost another one! :) this time she pulled it out herself! :) she was walking over to show me how loose it was, wiggled it, gave a little tug, and kind of freaked out as it came out in her hand! :) how cool! :) this time the tooth fairy left $1.00 AND a giant box of tic-tacs! :) lucky girl! :)