Wednesday, October 29, 2014

The Kiddos!

JACOB
Jay has taken a new interest in drawing lately. It doesn't keep his attention for very long, but I managed to get a few pictures of it.  









He also learned to get both feet off the ground this week! He's been trying to jump since he learned to stand! He spent 2 days straight just jumping when he finally figured it out! He was so excited!



He also discovered the stairs are a good place to play peek a boo! Haha! He makes himself laugh while he does it. He did it to me again the day after I took the video and it took me 2 minutes to snap out of what I was doing to notice him. In those two minutes I realized he had been saying 'Boo!" and then laughing at himself even though I wasn't responding to him at all. 



I also managed to get him to show the camera some of his dance moves this week!

LILY
Lily was a hit at the grocery store in her little mermaid outfit that she got for her birthday over the weekend. lol. What made it even better was her strutting like a super hero in a princess dress. Haha! Love this girl! All the other pictures of her from this week are of her drawing/coloring/painting. She could sit for hours at a time working on an art project. I love it! It gives me hope for her future. Haha. I can't get her to pay attention to anything else for more than 30 seconds! :D



Crystal actually took this one of Lily coloring at the table.

Preschool 'Dip N Dot d' project! She was of course the last one at the table!


CRYSTAL
Crystal's newest interest lately has been my phone camera! Haha! She gets a hold of it whenever she can so there are MANY MANY MANY "Crystal Selfies" on it. I just picked out a few from this week! She also loves the video camera. I didn't upload any of the videos she took, but maybe I'll sit down and pick some out to post someday. :D

She likes to have her dolls pose for pictures


I found this one interesting. I still can't figure out where she was or how she took this. Haha. 



ROSCOE
The dog is doing great. He chews on everything, potty training is... well... going, and he just keeps getting bigger and bigger! I really hope he starts slowing down or we won't all fit on the bed! Haha!











DADDY DAUGHTER DATE
Last week on Columbus Day, Ty had the day off so he took the girls to the museum for a daddy daughter date. The camera on his phone has been freaking out and restarting his phone, so unfortunately he was only able to get a picture of them on the way to the museum! 


FRIDAY NIGHT FUN
My sister in law and her boys came to visit last week. We had dinner at my parents and played games! The girls love their cousins so much! They have so much fun together! During dinner they all piled on one side of the table so they could watch "Spooky Buddies" while they ate dinner.



GATOR JACKS
Ty went to this restaurant with his co workers and enjoyed it so much that he wanted to take us there too! They have a saddled alligator that the kids can sit on. I tried taking more pictures but Ty's phone rebooted instead of taking the picture and my phone completely kicked the bucket the day before so we only got one picture of the occasion.


Friday, October 24, 2014

Lily's 4th birthday and her first field trip!!!!

LILY'S 4TH BIRTHDAY

Lily turned 4 on Saturday! We started the day by letting Lily open a few of her presents. It was a little mermaid outfit and accessories for her to wear at her 'Under the Sea' party. At 12:30 we had a small kids party for her! We decorated and pinned the tail on Ariel, played in the under the sea air bubbles, ate a ton of sugar, and played Sebastian Sand Search (forgot to get a picture of that... oops. Trust me when I say they loved it. The sand is still all over my deck to prove it. haha). After Pizza Hut for dinner, we had some family over for cake and ice cream! Other than a few melt downs from the birthday girl (it was a long day. haha) I think she had a pretty good day!



















































We found Crystal's drawing on the wall from our last visit to Pizza Hut!







He was done with "lily day." haha







PRESCHOOL FIELD TRIP
We went to U-Pick Red Barn for our first preschool field trip this week! The kids had a ton of fun! They rode a train, played in the haystack maze, explored the barn, held extremely small kittens (I'm glad they survived us... especially Jay), and, of course, picked out a pumpkin! Here are just a few of the pictures that I took!




NIGHT AT THE PARK
After dinner Friday night we went to Kate Curley Park for a few minutes. Grandma and Grandpa Cook even came to play for a few minutes. The sun is going down so ridiculously early now days that it was very dark before we finally left.



Last night as a 3 year old. :(



RANDOM PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Crystal brought a chair into the living room, put a blanket over it, sat down, and asked me to take her picture. Haha.

Painting Pumpkins for preschool. She has no attention span for pretty much anything, but when it comes to art she can spend hours on it!