Dave

This morning after dropping Collin off at preschool the younger 2 and I headed to the park with my older sister to do some walking and feed the ducks. Little did we know that our entertainment for the morning would come in the form of a furry little brown creature.
Ronan and I were down by the water giving bread to the ducks and I turned around to find this:

Part of me thought I should tell him to stay away from the squirrel, but the other part of me was curious as to how this was going to play out. I know, bad mommy, but you're curious too, aren't you?

This is how it played out:

 Dylan chased the squirrel for a while.

 And then they spent 10-15 minutes feeding the squirrel bread.

Ronan decided that his name should be Dave.

Isn't Dave cute?

*I was going to share a video with you, but my computer is having issues. For some reason it keeps shutting itself down. Repeatedly. It's very annoying.*

I adore

I adore these munchkins.

I am amazed every day at just ho much I love them. Who knew one person could be filled with so much love?

Rock Band

Over Thanksgiving Break the boys wanted to play Lego Rock Band with daddy.

So Dan dug out the drums and guitars and micorphone.

 I think we have some talent on our hands.

 The took turns playing each instrument and rocking out.

 Ronan wants a guitar for Christmas. He's going to pee his pants when he sees what Mamaw Berry got for him.

 Dylan got in on the action. He'll make a great drummer some day. 



I wanted to take a video of them playing, but I can't figure out how to on my new camera. You would think turning it to video would do the trick. Time to dig out the instructions.

Botanica with Friends

Last weekend we went to Botanica with some friends to visit the new Children's Garden. It is amazing! There are so many cool things for the kids to explore that I'm pretty sure it could have kept them entertained all day.
There are stepping stones to cross.

Water pumps with water toys.

 Musical instraments. This is one where you pour rocks into the hole and they hit little tines on the way down making fun tones.

 A cave with water and paint brushes.

 Dylan of course took a spill intot he river that runs through the cave.

 Bridges to play on.

 Bugs to sit on.

There are tons of other things to play on as well, and even dress up clothes! Hopefully in the spring we will make it back for another visit.

 And of course at the end we had to visit the butterfly house.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is probably my favorite holiday to decorate for. (I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that my birthday is only a few days before). Someday I hope to have a beautiful mantel to decorate, but for now, I'll do what I can with what I've got.

My bats and garland were inspired by this post.  I love how they turned out!
(I had more photos, like of our Mr. Potato Head pumpkin, and the huge spider web, but I can't get blogger to load them. Maybe later)
We also had our anual kids Halloween party this past weekend. The kids were all adorable in their costumes. I look forward to this party every year.

 Isn't he the cutest puppy ever?

Collin wasn't happy about taking pictures.

Happy Halloween!

Aunt Sue's Sugar Cookies

Last week the boys and I made a batch of my Aunt Sue's Famous Sugar Cookies. For as long as I can remember she has made these cookies for basically every family get together, and they are amazing! When I got married for a wedding gift she gave me a cookie sheet, cookie cutters, a rolling pin and her cookie recipe. I've made them before, but this last time they turned out extra delicious. I don't know if it was because I mixed the dough differently, or if it was my extra sweet helpers.

Dylan and Ronan helped me mix the dough while Collin was at school and after lunch that day the 2 older boys helped me roll the dough and cut out the fun shapes. Once they were all baked and cooled we gathered around the table to frost them with our homemade glaze (another Aunt Sue classic).

We had a lot of fun frosting the cookies...

but the best part was getting to eat them!

I hope to make this a regular tradition with my boys around the holidays.

ham

I got a new camera over the weekend (insert giddy excitment here) and have been having fun taking pictures, mostly of my boys. In return, they have enjoyed cheesing for the camera and being little hams.

 Collin even set this photo shoot up for him and his brothers. I had the back drop set up to take some photos for my shop and he decided that him and his brothers needed to pose with all of their blankets and best friends.

 Cheese!

 Gotta love the lunch on his face!

 How in the world has my baby gotten so big?

Aren't they just adorable? I hope to have some time to really play with my photo editing and hopefully take some good photos. I have a friend coming over with her little girls to model for my shop this week. It will be a good learning experience. Any tips from the photographers out there?