Fair Fun!

 For the past few years my mom and dad have taken their local grand kids to the fair. This year my dad couldn't go due to having to conduct three funerals in one week (one of the hard parts of being a pastor) and so my sister and I tagged along. The traffic was crazy! It took us two hours to get there, which it normally only takes about 30 minutes. Thankfully, I had our tiny potty in the car because Ella would have never made it! We had a fun time and made some great memories. Thanks Mimi and Papa for being so sweet!

 

Catching up...a post of pictures!

Jessie from Toy Story

Eliza the cow!

Our tradition of making homemade doughnuts
and carving pumpkins!  I think she liked it!

Pumpkin Painting

Daddy the master pumpkin carver!

Yum!

Pooh!

CBC Fall festival

Trunk or Treating

My girls!

Hee!  Haw!

Thursday's Thoughts

It's Thursday, which means it is the day that I normally try to muster up my motivation and clean up this messy house.  It is really bad this week.  I'm not sure I have it in me to face the disaster.  In light of this mess, I can be thankful that a messy house which was created by my loving family.  I am sure I added to it too.  I usually give up somewhere around Tuesday. 

Ella is going to be Jessie from Toy Story for our church's Fall Festival.  I had bought her a cute cowgirl outfit with the cutest red cow girl boots form a local consignment store for her to wear.  Secretly, I knew she would make the cutest little Jessie ever!  Her Daddy knew it too and he ordered it for her off of e-bay!  Now we just need to rent Toy Story so she will know who Jessie is!!!  Those red boots are too cute!
I really enjoy scrapbooking.  I know some people loathe it, but for me I enjoy the creative outlet it allows me!  The only thing is that it is one more thing TO DO!  I am scared to get too far behind in fear that I will never again get caught up.  I have made the decison that after this year, I will only scrapbook a baby book for any remainding children the Lord blesses us with.  I will do our yearly family scrapbook on-line.  It will be cheaper, easier and smaller.  Ella and I are the only ones who really enjoy looking at them anyways.  Whew...I feel better already.

Okay, I have a confession.  We just moved Eliza into her room last week at 13 months.  I know!  I know!!  She has napped in there every single day during the day so it was not a new space for her.  I have this thing about my girls being in their rooms.  Fear seems to grip me most at night and I struggle with the what if's.  Eliza's room is even a bit further than ella's and this made it even harder.  I have a large walk-in closet and she has slept in there once she got old enough to call my name if she woke up!  It was dark, furnished with a small crib and close to mommy.  She slept well, we slept well....but it was time (actually past time)!  Thankfully, she is doing great and mommy is too! I have learned to do what works for us as parents!

And last but not least....

What a difference a year makes!!

 I love looking back at pictures of my girls and seeing how much they have grown and changed since the previous year.  Last weekend at the pumpkin patch I kept thinking about how Eliza was just a little bitty newborn in a sling last Oct.  It made me a wee bit sad, but this year was much easier (now that Ella is 3 and Eliza is not just 3 weeks old) I must say!  You can also tell that I now have a much better camera since last year!!  It is amazing the difference a year can make!  Wonder what next year will look like for us??

Pumpkin Patch 2010

 I love the pumpkin patch!!  It is one of those things I always looked forward to doing with my kids when I became a mother, especially after taking yearly field trips there as a teacher!  This year daddy had class all day!  We really missed him!!  We were able to meet up some friends from church, which made it lots of fun!   We had such a great fall day!

Randomness

1.  I finally learned how to do the linky thing last week and it wasn't nearly as tricky as I thought.  Not sure what I did last time I tried it.  So today I am linking up with with Carissa's blog at lowercase letters.

2.  Every few years I have something random happen to my eye(s).  A few years ago it was a corneal abrasion and most recently a corneal puncture???  I am blind as a bat and have had glasses since the second grade and contacts since the fourth.  The other day while at the eye doctor with a fussy 1 year old and a mommy without her contacts in...let's just say when Eliza threw her paci and blankie on the floor, they were as good as lost.  I'd have to have been about 2 inches from the floor to find them.  Thankfully, the receptionist was kind.  Anyways, I have been out of my contacts for about 4 days and yesterday morning they looked and felt fine again and I tried to wear them to church!  By yesterday afternoon, I was back in a mess.  Back to the eye doctor I go!! (Did I mention that 3 years ago I had to wear a patch over one eye for a week!  That was fun!

3.  Ella has her 3 year check-up today.  I started prepping her this morning.  I hate that she is old enough to be anxious about going.  Thankfully, her daddy is off today and he gets to join us! 

4.  Most little girls like to but their babies in a stroller and go for a push!  Not my little sweetie!  It is her most

prized possession that gets taken for a stroll. 

5.Eliza is going to be a cow for our fall festival at church.  The outfit was a hand-me-down from my friend Tara and I have loved letting both my girls wear it.  Eliza also wore it for Ella's farm party! 



Ella 1 yr.



Eliza 1 yr.

6.  I am normally an early Christmas Shopper and I generally buy things on sale throughout the year.  I am WAY behind this year.  I cannot believe that the holidays are right around the corner.  Speaking of Christmas, I have already started playing my Christmas CD's on occasion when the temperature dips below 75.  I just can't help it and a little chill in the air makes me so excited!