Friday, November 6, 2009

Halloween Party, Games and Portraits!

This year for Halloween I got ambitious and decided to make three costumes. I didn't think it could be done- cause last year I ended up sewing Ashley's on Halloween. I got an early start and it was fun. John jr. was a dinosaur mostly cause it growls more than he cries. I let Ashley pick out her costume- so she decided on a blue tinkerbell. I added some purple cause she was a blue princess last year, Can you guess what her favorite color is? Hannah was Princess Minnie. She absolutely loves minnie mouse and I saw a costume online and said oh.. I can make that and it turned out really cute. It was a lot of work, but its always fun to see the end result. I even learned how to do an invisible zipper. Youtube videos are a lifesaver. It's good for more than just music and stupid videos. I had so many pictures that I liked from Halloween I had a hard time deciding which ones to post, so I thought I'd try and do a slide show instead.



We've been trying to get John to sit up on his own for weeks and he always would fall to one side or the other. No kidding, I sat him up to take his picture and he sat there all by himself and has done so since. Yeah! He was a cute dinosaur.



John's family decide to have their own Halloween party this year. It was so much fun with all of the cousins. They had a cottonball walk, bowling, fishing, donut eating contest, cake walk, coin toss, pumpkin pinata, prizes and candy. It was a bit crazy with all of the toddlers but it was fun to watch them play each game. The donut eating contest was quite funny. Most of the donuts fell off after a few bites and the kids didn't know what to do, they just ended up eating them.



After all of the games were over, Hannah decided she was tired and was going to take a nap on the stairs. Of course when I run to get the camera she perks up. It looked posed, but these are some of my favorite photos of the day.




It's become a tradition for Grandpa Bradshaw to take portraits of the kids in their costmes each year. They always turn out really cute. The picture with all three kids are hilarious. The box just wasn't wide enough for all three of them and John somehow forgot to sit up. Oh.. well it still made some great pictures to laugh at.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

"One Liners"

As our kids have learned to talk and express themselves, they have developed some great one liners and even I have contributed.

Ashley: randomly in the car will say lets go home and gets some "ice cream sandwhiches" or "cheese" or "frenchfries". Each time it is something different.

Hannah: "I'm not crazy" When we tell Hannah to do something like don't throw a fit, she'll say, I not fit and then add never. Everyphrase ends in never.

Hannah's crying and fussing tends to go on and on and can drive one crazy. Hannah has now picked up one of my phrases- "I don't want to hear it" So when she cries now and she's not hurt, I say Hannah "hush" and her reply is always "I don't wanna hear it"

Another new one for Hannah is "What's your problem Daddy or mommy what's your problem" A little background on this one. Hannah is the flashlight queen. She loves them, a little too much. She'll bite the buttons off of any mag lite. And then continue to deconstruct the flashlight to the nuts and bolts including the bulbs. So earlier this week, she wanted John's mag lite and he was playing with her and teasing her with the flashlight. Well aparently she had enough and has coined the phrase, "what's your problem daddy".

This morning I have coined a phrase that made John laugh a little too much. We are potty training, Ashley and pee and poop are our lives. Sometimes I find a present right next to the toilet. Thank goodness our bathroom isn't carpeted. This morning while getting breakfast ready, I have coined a new phrase, "I stepped in something and I know it not water." Yes Ashley left me a puddle of pee in the kitchen. Why? is beyond me, she knows where to go to the bathroom. I guess that's why they call it potty training and not potty trained. Cause at what age are they actually potty trainied?