The Poodles Return!

We were so lucky to have been gifted the poodles.  The set consists of a poodle poncho, poodle purse, poodle earmuffs and poodle mittens.  Originally they were a gift from Meme to Riley, but alas she has outgrown them. 

Right now they will be a welcome addition to our dress up box.  Never to be seen outside of our house.  Those poodles sure are........special.

Crazy day yesterday

Wow, yesterday was busy, busy, busy.  We signed Carter up for baseball (it's just a one week league for 3-5 year olds), went to Target, cleaned up the house, didn't take naps, had a pool/sprinkler party with some friends, and oh yeah MOVED A SWINGSET.

That's right,  at around 5 our neighbor came over and told us that the workers were coming tomorrow to dig  their new pool.  This meant that we needed to disassemble our old swingset, and move their swingset into our yard.  Luckily I had Uncle Jay on speed dial because we couldn't have done it without him!  Between Mike, Jason, and even Tiffany the new swingset was assembled in our yard by 9:00 and we didn't even start until 6:30.  The kids haven't had a chance to play on it yet, but I'm sure they are going to love it.  Here are some pictures of the big move:

Old Swingset

New Swingset!

Jason was such a good sport about our last minute phone call. 

This is Mike's Edward Cullen look.

Today we are relaxing.  The kids and I went to a park and helped pick up trash for my Mom's club.  We ate lunch and now BOTH ARE NAPPING.  Now I can finally get some work done around here.

  

Video Thursday!

Yeah!!  I'm so excited because Mike got a good deal on a flip video camera!!  This means that I can take videos of the kids and then upload them to the internet instantly.  No more waiting to finalize an entire disk and then spending a bunch of time burning it to the computer.  Just take a video, plug it in and it's ready to go!  Gotta love technology.  Anyways, just a short little video of the kids as a demonstration.  Enjoy!

Before and After

This weekend I was thinking how quickly and drastically our life has changed in three short years.  In that spirit here is a retrospective into my weekends before and after kids.

Before:  Running errands meant buying things for me!  (Oh, black and white store how I miss you.)
After:  Running errands means buying things for the kids.

We bought our new baby boy his very first winter outfit.  After looking through baby boy clothes I realized that Carter's hand me downs might be a little chilly for a December baby.  I also have my eye on a little brown overall set to bring him home in.

Before:  Saturday afternoon entertainment might include: movies, hiking, friends or game nights.
After:  Saturday afternoon entertainment was a dance party!  Our kids decided to spice it up and have it in their birthday suits. 

I have to say the "after" activities are waaaaaay more fun than the "before" activities.  I love my life.

Fair Time!

Yesterday we spent some time at the Fair.  The kids LOVED checking out all the different animals.  They don't get to see horses, pigs, cows, sheep, chicken and rabbits all that often (thankfully because I don't think I could have smelled the pigs for one second longer!)

Here is Daddy, Roo and Carter with a horse named Bo!

Carter for state representative!

What trip to the fair would be complete without a ride?

When I asked Carter what was his favorite part of the fair and he told me "ride my motorcycle with my friend" (he was sitting next to another little boy.)

So as you can see a good time was had by all but in the words of the infamous Uncle Jay, we don't need to go to the fair again for at least a year!

Hmmmmmm

When I found this today I wasn't sure whether I should laugh or be really, really scared.

A Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of September 25th, 2010:  Jason and  Tiffany's wedding.

Carter will be the very handsome and dashing ring bearer (Don't tell Uncle Jason this, but Carter could be the most handsome man there!)  He is convinced that crocs and tuxes compliment each other perfectly, but I will make sure he is wearing black dress shoes. 

We practiced walking around the living room with his sister, who is wearing a bow tie (no she will not be sporting this look at the wedding.)  I just can't wait for this day to come!