The the Fall Festivals BEGIN!

We went to two Fall Festivals this season. First of all, I am SO SAD that I didn't even take a picture of Addie in her Little Mermaid costume. She looked cute! I got one of Avery as Selina Gomez, Aidan as Iron Man, and Abel as a Pirate at one festival and Kanye at another (see post below).

Here's my Selina Gomez... WHO WILL BE 9 IN JUST A FEW DAYS!

Aidan... as Iron Man... WHO WILL BE 7 IN JUST A WEEK

What a cute pirate! WHO WILL BE 2 IN A FEW DAYS (yes, we have 3 birthdays this week!)

Here's sweet Kaler. Isn't he the cutest Mickey you've ever seen?

My friend Becky and her husband, Johnny were adding a little Summer Lovin' to their Fall Festival

If you know Emile, then you have laughed with her! SHE IS A HOOT! Here she is as a beautiful ballerina!

Famous People at OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FALL FESTIVAL :-)

Every year our church youth host a Fall Festival at our house... this year, we had some fun costumes. Samantha (aka Taylor Swift) text me last night and asked if Abel had a costume. We borrowed a few (thanks Akards) and he got to wear one last night to a Fall Festival we went to at the Mazons)... but tonight... HE WAS KANYE WEST.

I love that Abel has a sucker in his hand .... but it could be seen as a MICROPHONE... HOW FUNNY. I didn't even realize that when it happened.

More FUN!

Just thought this was too cute! AND Abel cut his second tooth... do you see it? He is one happy kid. Maybe we will have a short break until the next tooth comes in.

SO CLOSE TO CRAWLING!

Here is Addie and her buddy Molly at the pool today. TOO CUTE!

Julie and Maya joined us again today at the pool - TWO DAYS IN A ROW!

Maya holding her bottle

Abel holding his bottle.

Julie fed Abel and Maya a jar of baby food....

One bite for you

And one bite for you (Abel would grunt while Maya had her bite). The dude likes to eat!

After his tummy was full... this was the result...

POOL TIME... take 2

Big pool day today...

Avery tried out swim team today. We are doing a one week trial to see if it is something she is really interested in. Not sure that she'll do it but it will be fun this week while she tries it out.

Here is Abel hanging out in his stroller while his sister was doing her swim practice.

We have several friends that joined us at the pool today. Of course, I had my camera there. Julie and Maya were there to join us today. FUN TIMES. I didn't get the best pictures but wanted to share. It was so sunny the kids had a hard time looking up at the camera.

Abel's new thing is to drink out of these sample bottles. He loves them. Thanks to friends who have given them to me! :-)

Also... WE ARE SO CLOSE TO CRAWLING! He is rocking on his hands and knees! He can roll across the room too. He is a MOVER!

Pool time... well, almost

It's still too cool to go into the pool. (not trying to rhyme... I just do it all the time.. there I go again). We went to the pool on Saturday. Thinking it was warm enough to swim. I think the temperature might have been 80 on Sat. Aidan had been begging us to take them swimming. They jumped in... (the oldest three). I put Abel and he DID NOT like it. I wonder why... he is use to warm baths and this was like artic water.

Here are a few picture favs...

Also... just a few pictures from Saturday before we went for a swim.

This is so Addie.. Dirty feet and hair hanging in her face.

Aidan climbing a fort at the park

KIDS!

Serious Kids

Crazy Kids

These two kids are inseparable. They are either the best of friends or they are arch enemies. I laughed when I looked back at these pictures ... too cute not to put on the blog. I really wish I could remember what had them laughing like that.. probably a joke I just told. I am pretty funny. ;-)

Talk to the HAND cause the face don't understand

Just thought this was a cute picture.











and wanted to share that Abel got his first tooth!! Can you see it? It is kind of hard to see but I wanted to share anyway. I am pretty sure he is cutting another one... how do I know? Because he is cranky as ALL GET OUT today :-) or should I say :-(






Here's another tooth picture








He's happy here :-)







Just liked these pictures








I LIVE WITH TWO FELONS.. well, they are innocent until found guilty...
Here's how the conversation went.


A3: Mom, Addie went next door to get her Snuggles (which is a teddy bear).
Mom: Ok


a minutes later... In walk Aidan and Addie (They had been playing in the drive way)


A2&A3 : Hey mom, can we play at the neighbors house
Mom: What are they doing over there?
A2&A3: Oh, they are not home
Mom: What? Didn't you just say that Addie went over there to get her bear?
A2&A3:yes
Mom: Addie... if they aren't home, then how did you get your snuggle?
A2: I just opened their door
Mom: Wait, you went into their house and they aren't home?
A2: Yes.
Mom: Addie, You can't do that. You can't walk into someones house with out them opening the door and asking you to come in.


She went in and saw her bear on the couch. She loaned it to the little girl that lives next door yesterday. I don't think she went over there to get her bear, I just think she saw it when she BROKE INTO THEIR HOUSE.


The thing that gets me is that they wanted to go BACK OVER there to play when no one was even home ... WHAT THE HECK?
I asked them.... Did you shut the door when you left. They said "NO".
So I had to walk back over there. I rang the doorbell (though I could tell because no cars were there that they weren't home). Then I had to open their glass door and shut the door my CHILDREN OPENED!
MY OH MY.

More Pictures

I am out of control with this camera!

AND I am officially a student at UT (signed up for the photography class today)

If you knew me you would know...

I LOVE TO TAKE PICTURES. Even if you don't know me... You probably figured that out. Here are a few pics I took the last few days.

If it looks like there is a boogar in Abel's nose... well, it's not. It's PRUNES... yes, got a little in his nose when I was feeding him (hours before this picture was taken)... OOPS. I did clean it out soon after this picture :-)
That's Abel and his promised bride, Maya.

BURGER KING!

Snuggling with mommy's blankie (YES, I have a blankie ... It's just a favorite blanket)



Ted made the blog! Yes, I do have a husband!!! ... He never makes the blog.

Outside with my camera again :-)

So guess what? I think I am going to take a photography class this summer. How fun is that? I am pretty sure I am gonna do it. So you just thought I took a lot of pictures now... JUST WAIT! It's what I have decided to do with my birthday money. I am so excited!