November

Pics from Thomas' school Thanksgiving party. This is his new smile with his face all scrunched up. His new friend at school. He woke up this morning and asked what day is it. I told him that we were on vacation this week. He said he was going to miss his buddy and Mrs. Cary.

































This is his teacher, Mrs. Cary. She is great. She has been teaching K3 for 31 or 32 years. She is super sweet and been such a blessing to us. Thomas loves her and loves school!
















Caroline in training for her duties. She likes raking leaves, still enjoys vacuuming, and now is learning to clean up her toys!!! She is talking a whole lot more and even putting some 3 word sentences together. Her favorites are animals and of course the phone. She loves to listen to someone, I mean just anyone talk to her on the phone. She will say hey and bye back to you. We have tried to give her old cell phones, but this girl knows...she wants the real thing. I have no idea where she gets that from! Ha...


So we are home this week, just being thankful for all our blessings! Hope you are too! Happy thanksgiving to everyone!

Happy Halloween

Nothing like a hayride through the neighborhood!! We had a great Halloween with our neighbors. Thanks Brittany for having us all over. So thankful for pretty weather!











Our "dog dog" and dinosaur. This was our 3rd costume to wear. Thursday at storytime they we Tink and a Pirate. Saturday morning, they were Pumpkin Princess and Football player. Caroline loves dogs, so I borrowed this costume from a friend. I know it isn't very girley, but it was just perfect for her.


























I had to put bows on her so everyone would know she was a girl. The paw on the costume barked like a dog. Caroline caught on real fast about the trick or treating. Thomas would go first and say "trick or treat". Caroline would get really excited when she saw the bowl of candy and say "mooh" more. However, she wanted to eat the candy right then. I have been carrying on the tradition of what all mothers do....put the candy in a safe place and eat it when you kids aren't around ( or atleast that is what my mom did when we went to school!)






Family photo at our next door neighbors with the cute decorations. Shame on me, I didn't really have any except for the Mr. Potato head pumpkin eyes, nose, ears, and mouth pieces I got at Wal-Mart....perfect for 3yrs and younger...

The two are still sleeping, so I thought I would post. Thomas sleeps for 3 -4 hours every afternoon. We are working on Caroline learning that too. But today, I am being blessed with lots of time. Caroline has learned the word "NO". She says it in a very cute way of course, but she says it about everything!


Check out her new hair do. Caroline's hair has really gotten long on the bottom. So this week, we have being practicing sitting still while I try to fix her hair! She also enjoys brushing her teeth. She will climb up on her stool, get her toothbrush, and toothpaste and brush forever.






Can you tell she wants the camera?




















Trying to get a group pic at CC's birthday on Sunday night.

























In case you are looking for Drew Breeze, ( I am not sure I spelled his last name correctly) we have him at our house. Thomas has really gotten in to football this year. On Saturday he wear his MSU jersey and on Sunday his Saints.
He knows most of the MSU players name and our coach. He also knows about Tim Teebow, because if there is any sports star you want your child to be like, it is him!

















This was taken Tuesday morning before going to bible study. I think it is funny because when I get the camera out, Caroline goes and stands against the wall....every time.







Horse racing throughout the house.



















This was actually in September. Thomas loves some "Show N Tell" at school. He had another one today. He had to wear black and bring something black. He took his mickey ears. He loves school and I love that. He always comes home excited about what he has made and is learning a ton! Of course I do ask 50 questions as soon as he is getting in the car. He really is growing up!

Our Week in Review

I have started making Caroline work for her food! She can vacuum and mop pretty good..













I was able to help make John's dream come true this week. He celebrated his birthday this Thursday at Back Yard Burger. Thomas helped me plan it. We actually had soccer practice and then we all usually go eat. I just brought cookie cake and ice cream for the kids. Here he is with all his friends!!!





















Our 1st soccer game. Everyone looked really cute! We have some things to work on in soccer. Number 1.... The rules of the game. Thomas was very upset because he wanted the ball all by himself. He then tackled and pushed his own team members when they tried to get the ball. So.....we have some work to do. But, it is a little confusing because they are all trying to get the ball. Kind of like a swarm of bees.





Caroline ready to run.


















Both teams lining up ready to play. The cute girl in the pigtails was good! ( I know her mom!) She turned the ball all the way around at our teams' goal and kicked it all the way down to her goal to score!! (Remember they are 3 and 4 yrs old)









The girls cheering for their brothers....aren't the cute!!! I think they could have played too.












Thomas getting ready.

GO STATE!!

We had a great day in Starkville! Caroline loved all the game day excited. She LOVES dogs and loved seeing dogs everywhere.


















Thomas and his cowbell. Funny story...We were going into the game. John was holding Thomas with his cowbell. The nice lady said sir, you need to hide that. So I hid it in my bag. The whole way in and up to our seats, Thomas kept asking why we had to hid the cowbell and why he couldn't have it. So, he kept asking the "event" people in matching shirts why he had to hide his cowbell. We couldn't get him to be quiet. Finally, John said that this is the only time we can make an exception to following the rules.



Caroline loved this little cutie. She followed her around.... a lot!












Don't you wish you could eat cookies all day.

1st soccer practice. Doesn't he look cute. I know his shirt says "Bimbo"....John got this real soccer jersey and short set when he was in Mexico a year ago. The shirt is a little tight and the shorts were even tighter so we couldn't wear them. Get ready for 4 on 4 blastball!!! I didn't get too many pictures because I was trying to chase Caroline. She was out in the middle of the field trying to practice as well or in the goal.











































Caroline LOVES shoes. She has to put them on first thing in the morning and cries when I take them off of her. If I don't keep the door closed to the mud room, this is what she would do all day.










We took a little vacation....without the children. It was the best ever!!













I am not a very good picture taker. This was our view off our balcony....so beautiful! I highly encourage taking a trip without the children and the place we went :) Good times

K3....

I know I am late. We actually skipped the first two days of school. We went to Hburg while John studied and took his boards. Glad that is over...just waiting for the results.
This is us just before leaving for the 1st day of K3. I think Caroline might be the most excited by her smile. It all happened really fast, walking him in, carrying his stuff, and trying not to tear up. I even had my camera, but didn't get a picture. I was trying not to be that mom ( cuz I remember those from my teacher days) Thomas has a great teacher and a great class. He has some of his friends from MMO out in his class. His best buds and girlfriend are next door. He gets to play with them on the playground. I asked him today if he saw his girlfriend. He said yes, on the playground. I asked him if she looked pretty.He said yes, she was wearing her "kini"(bakini). His room has dinosaurs and so he is happy. He tells me his job is to clean them up. You know like most moms, I am asking 20 questions as soon as he gets in the car. Oh, he also told me that primary colors were red, blue, and yellow...not what I was expecting, but I will take all the info I can get.



I was telling Thomas to stand against the wall and say cheese. Caroline heard me because she joined right in...but she forgot her cheese..











Our swimming skills have come along way...too bad the summer is over. However, I kind of knew this was going to happen. We finally jumped off the diving board this past weekend at my parent's house. We popped our last set of floaties, so thanks to Uncle Mark, we have 4 pairs now. He even knew the right characters to pick out. Thomas is wearing Diego in this picture. Caroline loves floaties, not because she is going to get in the water and swim, maybe just as a fashion statement? She has to have them on with her bathing suit. She even holds her arms out for you to put them on her.

We celebrated Pops birthday also. Thomas kept asking what kind of party he was going to have and was there going to be a jumpy house. So we made him a dinosaur cake to go along with his swimming party. Birthday parties are a big deal for 3 year olds. My mom also made a cheesecake, my dad's favorite. I caught Caroline eating cheesecake after she had cake and ice cream...food is her happy place!!