Four Eyes

This afternoon Emerson got glasses.
I think she's pretty crazy excited to be finally seeing things!

The last few months we've noticed she's been crossing her eyes to focus on objects.
Hopefully, the glasses will help her not have to do that anymore!

Her scrip is 4.75 in each eye.
(Recording that here since this serves as a "baby book" of sorts for the munchkins!)

Don't you just want to hug her so tight!?

I SOOO wish I had been recording in the optical shop when we put them on her for the first time.  She kept looking around the room at different things very wide eyed.  It makes me sad she's been missing so much all this time!

Happy Trick or Treating Day!

In our community, trick or treating takes place on October 30th, rather than on Halloween night.
Our little kitty, cupcake and Captain Jack Sparrow are ready to go fill their bags with loot!

Juls planned to be a pink Power Ranger, and in true girl fashion changed her mind at the last minute and decided to be a kitty.  I thought Daddy did a very shockingly good job with the makeup for the kids...a talent I never realized he had!!! Not too sure what to make of that, but... =)

Ry's pumpkin request: Captain Jack Sparrow, to match his costume choice.

I somehow missed getting a pic of Jul's pumpkin lit, but you can see it's a butterfly on the ground behind the kids.
Happy Halloween!

Sunday Funday

The peeps (or Daddy, anyways!) were busy today preparing their pumpkins for Halloween.
I'll post pics later of the finished product...I'm too lazy to go outside in the freezing cold, light them and snap a photo!
Ry's request was Captain Jack Sparrow, and Jul's a butterfly.
Em blissfully napped through the entire process, and I sat in front of the sewing machine waiting for lightening to strike, and me to know what I'm doing! LOL. I'm attempting to make the girls some pants I saw for sale that I thought "really, that can't be THAT difficult to make!"

Pumpkin Farm 2012

We took advantage of the great weather this weekend and  crossed the pumpkin farm off our list of fall obligatory activities to do with the kids.  

Uncle Jeff and Aunt Amy suggested a new farm we hadn't ever tried out before. Pumpkinland didn't disappoint!

Baby Em sure has grown since last year's pumpkin farm visit when she was less than a month old!!

There was a corn maze that we all had a fun time trying to find our way out of. Julia kept collecting ears of corn along the way.  We were joking her since I left the granola bars in the car, we could always eat corn if we couldn't find our way out!
We ended the night visiting The Crossing.  When we asked what the kids learned, Ryan said "Don't talk when others are talking." And Julia said, "Don't lick the floor."  Sounds like never a dull moment in the kids ministry area! LOL!

Emerson's First McDonalds Playland Experience

Today was a half-day of school, so my neighbor Laura and I brought the kids to McDonald's playland to run off some energy.  Emerson wants to do what the "big" kids are doing, so I let her go in the play area for a bit.  It was a little crowded when we first arrived, and she had to be "rescued" out of there twice (reminding me really how nasty those tunnels are!), but had a great time!
Andrew, Emerson and Ry hanging out!

School Pics 2012/13

Ry-dog is a big 2nd grader this year!
His favorite love is Legos, followed closely by computer and Wii gaming.
He has taken more of an interest in sports this year, and is asking Daddy to pitch to him  more and more.

Princess Juls is in Kindergarten.
She likes school, but claims it "takes up too much time that I could be watching my shows and playing with my friends."
She is a social bug, and loves all things glamorous and with lots of sparkle!

Baby Em is in her first year of preschool.
She is still on the fence about being away from her momma for 3 hours.  In fact, the director had to talk to me today, and "something has to change" or our girl is going to make family history in getting kicked outta school.
She loves to dance, and is so proud of herself as she works on her walking skills.

Case in point: can you SEE this face?!!?
I'm unsure how much time we have to "not disrupt the class" the way she has been doing before our time is up.

Mom: Rescue me!!

Cookies and Almost Pumpkin Farm Sunday Funday!

Our Julia child loves to bake, decorate and create.  She whipped these candy corn cookies up today.

Then we headed to the pumpkin farm on this 65 degree weather day.
Daddy said it looked like rain, but weather.com only said 40% chance of that so we took our chances...
and literally as we pulled in the parking lot at the pumpkin farm it started sprinkling.

The kids try to convince us that we can just play in the rain, but fortunately, they  agree we should maybe come back another day.  Daddy suggests we go to the coffee shop for cinnamon rolls, but our crazy kids beg for the library instead, so that's where we end up.
Happy Sunday-Funday!