Donuts with Dad

I just found this picture on my phone! Earlier this month, Bryan went to school with Kade to have donuts with dad. They were both excited and had fun! And promised me they would only eat one donut a piece ;)




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Jack

Last night we carved our Halloween pumpkin! It was a lot of fun because Kade was really into it! Ella was excited too, but she didn't have a clue what was going on. Kade was excited to see inside the pumpkin but refused to touch any of the "guts." He eventually got super brave and touched the seeds and "guts" but only after after Ella did. What a brave boy :)) I asked Kade what type of face we should draw and he said he wanted "triangles for eyes, triangles for the nose, and four teeth. And to make him happy." So that is exactly what we did! 

After we finished we put the seeds in the oven to roast and went outside to light Jack. Kade and Ella were so excited and running around like crazy. Kade was yelling "look at Jack, look at Jack!" and Ella kept pointing and saying "oooooohhhhhhhh!"

So without further ado, meet Jack!

Gymboree

I put Ella in a Gymboree class about a month ago. Now that Kade is in preschool two days a week, I wanted an activity for Ella and I to do together! Plus, I loved my time with Kade at the little gym so much, I wanted the same experience with Ella! We love this class! It is so much fun! We have met several new friends and the teacher is great! Ella is ALL smiles when we are there! Laughs, claps, runs wild, and yells the entire 45 min class! I am so happy I decided to do this with my girl!




























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Sometimes

Sometimes I get the urge to do an impromptu photo shoot with my kids. Sometimes the photo shoots are a complete failure, other times I actually get some that I love.

  

I am a huge believer that you don't need people staring at the camera with their biggest cheese smile to get a great image. Case in point, the picture above and below. God Bless their adorable little souls. :)

Pure

Pure Innocence. Pure Blue Eyes. Pure Joy. Pure Love. 

October Cookie Bake

Yesterday Kade and I busted out our Halloween cookie cutters and put them to use! We made sugar cookies and icing from scratch and had fun making all the fun Halloween shapes. Kade loved the entire process. (Which took ALL day and required three dishwasher loads FULL..Probably won't use that recipe again :)) But it was a fun day. The air was crisp, my pumpkin scentsy's were on, and we danced around the kitchen to Pandora most of the day :) Great start to the week!

The Patch

Last night we made our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch. The kids and I go multiple times every October, so this was just our first trip as a family. We decided last minute to go because it was a chilly 50 degrees out and it felt so much like Fall! It was prefect! The entire time we were there I kept thinking how much better this trip was that last year. So here are the top reasons this trip to the patch kicked last years booty! 

1. Last year it was 85 degrees, atleast. Who wants to go to the patch when it feel likes summer? Oh wait, we live in Texas, 85 degrees is "fall" weather. This year we needed jackets, our noses were red, and I heard Kade say a few times that he was coooold! Perfect pumpkin patch weather!
2. My kids are 3 & 1 versus 2 and 5 weeks. That speaks for itself.
3. I was actually able to enjoy it because I was not a sleep deprived zombie from said 5 week old.
4. Last year I was a new mom to two kids and still trying to figure things out. Mainly how to handle both kids in public. This year I feel like I can handle both in public places!
5. This kinda goes with the last one, but last year Kade went into the hay maze and I lost him. I panicked and knew he was scared and crying somewhere in there. I abandoned Ella (did I mention she was only 5 weeks old?) in the stroller to go find him. He was found I went back to get Ella and honestly wanted to cry and leave. This year Kade went through the hay maze all on his own! No tears, not getting lost, no abandoning little sister to go find crying big brother, no panicking, it was great!
6. This year Ella is old enough to actually enjoy it! I love watching her explore and learn just like I did Kade at this age. 
7. Kade and Ella laughed the entire time and played together!
8. My kids had on adorable matching outfits! (It IS a good reason!)

And pictures from our wonderfully chilly Fall day at the Pumpkin Patch!