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Two more pumpkins are carved because I promised Hayden we would. Again they are shrivelling up really fast so if any of you have tricks to keeping carved pumpkins fresh, let us know please!!!
Because I promised!!
Two more pumpkins are carved because I promised Hayden we would. Again they are shrivelling up really fast so if any of you have tricks to keeping carved pumpkins fresh, let us know please!!!
I just want to EAT HIM
Is that not just the yummiest LOBSTER you have ever seen!! I know I could just gooble him right up! 
I just love me some Felt, such useful stuff. I was stumped for a while for what to use for the eyes, till I found some good ole white socks to use, two black pom poms, and some batting.
Here is the back side of his glorious Lobster Tail!
Looking good Justin!!
Here is the back side of his glorious Lobster Tail!
Looking good Justin!!Look out, it's SUPERMAN
Hayden loves Superman!! His hair has gotten just long enough to put a curl to it to complete his look!
Hayden's muscle shirt was fun and crazy to make. I kept getting mad at my zipper foot on my sewing machine. It kept bunching up the thread on the bottom. I checked my tension and that was ok so I tried again and more extra thread!! I finally found out that my thread had looped itself around the top of that little silver bar you need to guide thread up and around. It was looped a good five or six times all hidden like, so there was the extra tension problem I had, sneaky thing. Anyway I found a tutorial here for making the muscle shirt. Although I made adjustments for myself. The tutorial says to use NU FOAM to make the muscle shirt. Well, after finding that at JoAnns and seeing that it would cost $7.00 for about a 12x12 piece, I improvised. Found some flip flops of Clays that were too little and broken, so I cut them up and I had muscle material that cost me nothing. Doing the freezer paper trick to this shirt was just that TRICKY, because of all those great big muscles to get just right, but no mess ups and we have a unique Superman Shirt!!
Look at him go!! I just crack up when I see his little legs, covered first in tight blue, almost too small, pj bottoms with too short, red, pj shorts on top!! Pumpkins!
Carving Pumpkin Time!!!! 
These two were carved a week ago, because no one in my house could wait to start carving into those big orange Pumpkins!!!
And now that they already have been thrown in the garbage because of the scrunched up skull face and sunken in bat body, Hayden informed me that we NEED to carve two more just to make our stairs Halloweenee enough !! Good thing I already told Clay and Hayden that we will not be carving them until next week, they (and me) will just have ot be patient!Didier Farms Pumpkin patch!!
I love, LOVE fall festivals, pumpkin patches, and the beautiful colors all around. So when Clay was out of school Monday for Columbus day, I gave an out of the blue call to some friends to see if they wanted to join us at Didier Farms. Melissa M. Carli W. and Shylo M. all came to enjoy an unusually hot fall day at the pumpkin farm. Me, and the kids always have a great time when we can get together with friends and enjoy the day.
I thought the spray painted hay bale tractor was some fun scenery. Tractors will always remind me of home, even if it was a John Deere (Dad is loyal to the Red Case Tractors)
I had to say sorry to little miss Avery, my friend Melissa M. daughter, once Justin sat down and tried to push her aside. I mean look at him trying to stare her down, his hand even looks like its made into a fist. You can't tell he has two older brothers and trying to make his own mark with the group. Goodness, Gracious Mr. Justin.
Look at all those cute veggies!! I have to say that Melissa had the best smile in the whole group though!! Left to right: Hayden W. Melissa M. Clayton C. Avery M. Hayden C. *****Hayden, Lochan, Anika, Clayton, Celtin.
The kids thought the tepees were fun to hang out in.
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Besides all the free things that we did: Tepee, bunnies, baby chicks, piglets, and pumpkins to see galore, Didier Farms had a lot of activities that required tickets to participate with. This kind of made the place seem like it was trying to nickel and dime people, but the admission and parking were absolutely free and even with telling the boys "No, we are not riding the dinky rides, or the camel (yes they did have an actual camel to ride), or buying the biggest pumpkin in the place", We still had a good time. OH, minus the fact that Clay did get lost for about 10 minutes. Shylo and I with our kids were looking at the camel, and then went on to the piglets. Apparently, Clay was having a lot of fun during our visit with an old camera of mine and while taking photos of the camel, he lost track of where we were at. After looking for us for a bit, a worker found him and took him to the country store and called my name over the intercom. They said he did really good giving his first and last name, my first and last, providing them with my phone number, which is my cell (that's all we go by) that was in my back pocket, but with all the noise around I didn't hear it and I must have not worn tight enough pants because I didn't feel the thing vibrate at all. Both Clay and I came up with the same conclusion for the day: Being lost is NO fun!! So besides that little hiccup, we bought three small pumpkins and a good carving tool, we made out of there spending $3 and all kids a counted for!!
I thought the spray painted hay bale tractor was some fun scenery. Tractors will always remind me of home, even if it was a John Deere (Dad is loyal to the Red Case Tractors)
I had to say sorry to little miss Avery, my friend Melissa M. daughter, once Justin sat down and tried to push her aside. I mean look at him trying to stare her down, his hand even looks like its made into a fist. You can't tell he has two older brothers and trying to make his own mark with the group. Goodness, Gracious Mr. Justin.
Look at all those cute veggies!! I have to say that Melissa had the best smile in the whole group though!! Left to right: Hayden W. Melissa M. Clayton C. Avery M. Hayden C. *****Hayden, Lochan, Anika, Clayton, Celtin.
The kids thought the tepees were fun to hang out in..jpg)
Besides all the free things that we did: Tepee, bunnies, baby chicks, piglets, and pumpkins to see galore, Didier Farms had a lot of activities that required tickets to participate with. This kind of made the place seem like it was trying to nickel and dime people, but the admission and parking were absolutely free and even with telling the boys "No, we are not riding the dinky rides, or the camel (yes they did have an actual camel to ride), or buying the biggest pumpkin in the place", We still had a good time. OH, minus the fact that Clay did get lost for about 10 minutes. Shylo and I with our kids were looking at the camel, and then went on to the piglets. Apparently, Clay was having a lot of fun during our visit with an old camera of mine and while taking photos of the camel, he lost track of where we were at. After looking for us for a bit, a worker found him and took him to the country store and called my name over the intercom. They said he did really good giving his first and last name, my first and last, providing them with my phone number, which is my cell (that's all we go by) that was in my back pocket, but with all the noise around I didn't hear it and I must have not worn tight enough pants because I didn't feel the thing vibrate at all. Both Clay and I came up with the same conclusion for the day: Being lost is NO fun!! So besides that little hiccup, we bought three small pumpkins and a good carving tool, we made out of there spending $3 and all kids a counted for!!Thanks to all my friends who came and we could have fun together!!!
Preschool outing
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-12 my friend Melissa and I have preschool time for our preschool boys Hayden and Ethan. We have had a lot of fun already with a space day, celebrating seasons, nursery rhyme day, and a some bug fun on bug day. Since Clayton didn't have any school this last Tuesday we decided to visit an apple orchard/pumpkin farm and learn all about the letter A and have an science experiment with our apple seeds from some yummy apples.
Five boys total, that always have a blast together. Blake, Ethan, Hayden, Justin, and Clayton. They really loved the MOON JUMP place. You could do some pretty high jumps there.
We had three leaders: Clay, Ethan, and Hayden to direct us through the corn maze, which for a while we did get a little turned around and were in there longer than we had planned, but still fun.
Who doesn't love a huge bin filled with corn to play in!!
It was a really fun preschool outing and each boy had a great time.
Five boys total, that always have a blast together. Blake, Ethan, Hayden, Justin, and Clayton. They really loved the MOON JUMP place. You could do some pretty high jumps there.
We had three leaders: Clay, Ethan, and Hayden to direct us through the corn maze, which for a while we did get a little turned around and were in there longer than we had planned, but still fun.
Who doesn't love a huge bin filled with corn to play in!!
It was a really fun preschool outing and each boy had a great time.9 years
Sept 7th, Nate and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary!!
We were able to spend it in Louisiana, which was great because Nate's parents took the kids for us so we could have an entire afternoon to ourselves. We went downtown New Orleans to walk around for awhile and have a nice lunch that ended up being at the Hard Rock Cafe. There were crews everywhere downtown putting up a huge stage and booths for the big kick off of the new football season and spotlighting the Super Bowl champs the New Orleans Saints. Too bad we didn't have tickets to the big game that week but they were completely sold out. After a great dinner of Salmon for me and a rack of ribs for Nate, we had a bit of time to shop before we got the rare chance to see a movie together. In a REAL theater, with great surround sound and stadium seating to die for. No wonder the place was called AMC PALACE!!
Before we left on our trip Nate found a watch that he really liked and was a steal of a deal, so we had that count for his anniversary gift. And then he suprised me with these two beauties for my gifts!
The best gift of all that Nate and I have gotten being married to each other are these three beauties!!!
Love you Nate!! Looking forward to many more years to come!!!
We were able to spend it in Louisiana, which was great because Nate's parents took the kids for us so we could have an entire afternoon to ourselves. We went downtown New Orleans to walk around for awhile and have a nice lunch that ended up being at the Hard Rock Cafe. There were crews everywhere downtown putting up a huge stage and booths for the big kick off of the new football season and spotlighting the Super Bowl champs the New Orleans Saints. Too bad we didn't have tickets to the big game that week but they were completely sold out. After a great dinner of Salmon for me and a rack of ribs for Nate, we had a bit of time to shop before we got the rare chance to see a movie together. In a REAL theater, with great surround sound and stadium seating to die for. No wonder the place was called AMC PALACE!!Before we left on our trip Nate found a watch that he really liked and was a steal of a deal, so we had that count for his anniversary gift. And then he suprised me with these two beauties for my gifts!
The best gift of all that Nate and I have gotten being married to each other are these three beauties!!!
Louisiana Pets
We found many Louisiana pets all my boys wanted to take home and keep. There was a lot of pleading going on with these cute baby pets, but in the end the boys thought it was best to leave them in Louisiana because it was their home and they might miss it.
Little Baby lizard. He was so fun because he would crawl around everywhere. Clay said it tickled.
Baby turtle. Justin had fun with this little guy. We gave him stay in the blue bucket hotel, equipped with a king size rock, for a few days but then set him free.
Baby toad? frog? I don't quite know. I guess this one can't really be called a baby because technically he would be still swimming with a tail in the water as a little tadpoles as a baby.
I can't forget to talk about the awesome Cable Trolley Cars we took to go to the insectarium. Hayden was in heaven! He couldn't wait to get on this thing and was almost in a trance during the entire ride, watching the tracks, the people getting off and on and thought it was funny that this type of train had to stop on the Red lights just like cars do. Hayden said, "We have to wait our turn, huh Dad? But, if we were on a Train-train then everyone would see those black and white stick things go down and they would have to wait for us to go fast fast by them"!
Justin was quite content sitting with Nathan gazing outside his window at the passing cars.
Little Baby lizard. He was so fun because he would crawl around everywhere. Clay said it tickled.
Baby turtle. Justin had fun with this little guy. We gave him stay in the blue bucket hotel, equipped with a king size rock, for a few days but then set him free.
Baby toad? frog? I don't quite know. I guess this one can't really be called a baby because technically he would be still swimming with a tail in the water as a little tadpoles as a baby.
I can't forget to talk about the awesome Cable Trolley Cars we took to go to the insectarium. Hayden was in heaven! He couldn't wait to get on this thing and was almost in a trance during the entire ride, watching the tracks, the people getting off and on and thought it was funny that this type of train had to stop on the Red lights just like cars do. Hayden said, "We have to wait our turn, huh Dad? But, if we were on a Train-train then everyone would see those black and white stick things go down and they would have to wait for us to go fast fast by them"!
Justin was quite content sitting with Nathan gazing outside his window at the passing cars.Louisiana
I know, I know, we have been back from Louisiana for a bit now and you all are on the edge of your seats trying to figure out just what we did down there. SO my apologies for taking so long!! ;)
Louisiana's weather was just perfect for our visit. 90's with only a couple of days with high humidity, which is just fine when you have a pool you can dive into at anytime. And dive is just what the kids did, all day long. Seriously, my boys turn into water bugs whenever they touch H2O. Justin was loving getting in the hot tub, then jumping into Nate's arms in the pool and then getting out, running to the hot tub again to me and do the process all over again.
We taught the boys to dive head first and we were all impressed how quickly they picked up on it. The pro of the family would be Diana. She has a flawless dive in which I was able to capture in the picture above.
Justin was all about playing games. In the pool. Out of the pool. Throwing a ball to others in the pool. And teasing us by touching the water.... look at us.... get a reaction.... then giggle.
Clay is really good at diving down deep into the pool. There was no spot in the entire pool that he couldn't dive for Gold dollar coins that Steve was throwing.
Hayden is just too much fun to watch. His crazy dives and flips had us all dying of laughter. At one point we had the boys jump off the diving board trying to make the letters of the alphabet. Hilarious!! Clayton's side kinked neck for "P" was to die for and Hayden was quite proud that he needed no improvements on his letter "X"!!
Louisiana's weather was just perfect for our visit. 90's with only a couple of days with high humidity, which is just fine when you have a pool you can dive into at anytime. And dive is just what the kids did, all day long. Seriously, my boys turn into water bugs whenever they touch H2O. Justin was loving getting in the hot tub, then jumping into Nate's arms in the pool and then getting out, running to the hot tub again to me and do the process all over again.
We taught the boys to dive head first and we were all impressed how quickly they picked up on it. The pro of the family would be Diana. She has a flawless dive in which I was able to capture in the picture above.
Justin was all about playing games. In the pool. Out of the pool. Throwing a ball to others in the pool. And teasing us by touching the water.... look at us.... get a reaction.... then giggle.
Clay is really good at diving down deep into the pool. There was no spot in the entire pool that he couldn't dive for Gold dollar coins that Steve was throwing.
Hayden is just too much fun to watch. His crazy dives and flips had us all dying of laughter. At one point we had the boys jump off the diving board trying to make the letters of the alphabet. Hilarious!! Clayton's side kinked neck for "P" was to die for and Hayden was quite proud that he needed no improvements on his letter "X"!!Insectarium
While in Louisiana, Nate's parents took us to the New Orleans Insectarium.
The amount of bugs this place had was crazy. Seriously, what are all the adjectives you could come up with to describe a huge selection of insects? Gooey, gross, creepy, dangerous, unique, colorful, sneaky, useful, scary, etc. I thought the bugs that most of these adjectives applied to were the ones to be weary of.
Not only did they have lots of live bugs in cases to view them in their "natural" habitat, they had tons of dead bugs in display cases. Colorful would be the word to describe all these different kinds of insects and the variety was amazing.
I thought the butterflies were gorgeous with all the colors of the rainbow.
The amount of bugs this place had was crazy. Seriously, what are all the adjectives you could come up with to describe a huge selection of insects? Gooey, gross, creepy, dangerous, unique, colorful, sneaky, useful, scary, etc. I thought the bugs that most of these adjectives applied to were the ones to be weary of. 
Not only did they have lots of live bugs in cases to view them in their "natural" habitat, they had tons of dead bugs in display cases. Colorful would be the word to describe all these different kinds of insects and the variety was amazing.
I thought the butterflies were gorgeous with all the colors of the rainbow.One of the funniest parts of the day was when Steve gave Clay and Hayden sample cookies to try. These cookies looked good, nicely browned and soft and smell delicious, there was just one problem, they had bugs in them. Crickets were used in place of the chocolate chips in this cookie's recipe. Clay was timid at first because he is smart and knew something wasn't too right about everyone being so anxious for him to eat a cookie. Hayden had no problem, popped that thing right in his mouth with no complaint. Clay did eat his as well and after being told it had crickets in it all he could say was "I knew it, I knew you were doing something". We took the boys over to the Tasters spot and pointed out the crickets bodies on the cookies. Hayden looked at them and said "Oh yeah, there is a bug" at which he started to scratch the bug off the cookie in his hand. Once the bugs body was off good enough for Hayden he popped another bug cookie right in his mouth!
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