Breast Cancer Awareness Day

Today, the kids school "pinked out" for Breast Cancer Awareness Day!  It took lots of convincing, but Alec finally agreed to wear a pink shirt since the rest of the boys would have on pink too!  And to make it better, I put a cool motorcycle on the front of his pink shirt!

Always Pretty in Pink!

And the outtake!!  Everyone's not always willing to participate for mom! Alec wanted the dog in the picture, Sister wanted to sit in the chair by herself and Alec and I were too close for comfort!  Then, Alec wanted to push the camera button and sis kept standing in front of the camera and closing the flash.  Needless to say, we finally got a pic, but the majority of the pics looked like this:

A Family Tradition!

The South MS Fair in Laurel has been a tradition for Dustin and I for many years, and we've been so happy to start sharing it with Alec and Kaleigh!  Alec has literally been asking about when we could go to the fair for the past 364 days!  Last year it was cold and sister had to stay home with Mimi and skip all the fun, so this was her first fair trip!  Dustin decided we'd surprise the kids, so Saturday we loaded up and headed North!!  When we pulled up, Alec says, "I told you we were going to the fair!"  Yes, he'd started guessing what his surprise was, the fair and the pumpkin patch were his two guesses!

Poor sis wasn't happy that she spent most of time watching brother and she wasn't happy about it.  No one under 36" can ride ANYTHING...

Brother spent his time doing this!

Passing on Traditions!

Watching Alec ride, AGAIN!

Brother will ride ANYTHING and was wishing he was a litle taller!

No trip is complete without corndogs!

Hoping this thing didn't take of a finger!

This was one hungry goat!  The petting zoo was their favorite part!

Pony rides!

Kaleigh didn't want to get off, she LOVED this!!

Dad and The Princess!

Alec says his favorite ride was the "Up and Down" one!  A mini tower of terror! ;)

I can't even describe how much Kaleigh LOVES animals!

Dad was most looking forward to getting the kids some cotton candy!!  And they loved it!!

Stay tuned, we might even squeeze in a second visit to the fair before it leaves this year!!



Homecoming Week 2012

We get SUPER excited about USM Homecoming week because that means Dress Up week at school!! 

Day 1:  Neon Clothes, Crazy Socks, Crazy hair!!

We had this day down pat!!  Sis didn't exactly want to participate in the picture, so I gave her a brownie and told her to sit!! :)  Worked well, other than her blacked out teeth! ha!  And Alec's not extremely happy because it was his brownie that she took, I promised him another one as soon as I got some smiles!!

Day 2:  Cowboy

Now this one is right up our alley!!  Dad got Alec some new boots to wear and I made Kaleigh a bandana dress!  Kaleigh ended up with two mommy made outfits this week!!

Day 3:  Favorite Character!

Alec wore his batman costume, he puts it on every chance he gets, BUT, he fell off the see-saw at school and ended up bleeding all over Batman!  I told him he'll be the coolest Batman at Halloween with real blood on his costume! ha!!

Of course, The Princess was a natural in a princess costume! 

Day 4: Decades Day!

70s Flower Child and 80s Rock Star!

Day 5: Black and Gold!!

Mom's favorite day!

And I couldn't go without a flashback to last year's Black and Gold Day!!  What a difference  a year makes!

Made by Mom!

Yep, that's right, since Kaleigh was born, I've been feeling the need to dust off the sewing maching and whip up some cute dresses!  Well, so far, lots of pj pants, pillow cases and a nap mat have been made but no dresses.  Needless to say, I decided to give it a go with a little dress.  I must say, it turned out pretty cute as a TUNIC, but not so much as a dress, I better measure the length a little better next time! ha!!  Watch out Lolly Wolly Doodle and Smockadot Kids, here I come!!  Well maybe not to that extreme, but I'm really liking the thought of some super cute dresses for under $5!! 



Lately....

After a week of Kaleigh waking up about midnight screaming, standing up with an armload of blankets and babies in her arms, we decided she must be ready for a big girl bed!  She LOVES it!  Although, lately, she's on a kick of waking up at 5:30 instead of 7, so we're working this one out!  But she loves to climb in and out by herself!

Dad fixed Alec's Dune Racer and it's AWESOME!!  It kept turning off but not it runs great and we've put some miles on it these past few days!  Even in the rain!

Sis LOVES to be outside, she slides and swings like a big girl!

Dad's been doing alot of this....

Fun watching Dad shoot arrows with the neighbors!

Blue eyed babies!

Go Panthers!!!

Yes, I really did just say, "Go Panthers!", Guess it makes a difference when your own big boy gets to be part of the homecoming parade!!!  Alec got to ride with Nana and Paps in Petal's homecoming parade last night!  He was SOOO excited and said it was a MUCH cooler car than moms and dads!! ha!!  He's all into convertibles lately! ha!  Mimi and I took Kaleigh and went early to get a good spot so we could watch!

Alec and Nana!!  Alec saved a special Petal football to throw to us and was THRILLED when I actually caught it!  The look on his face was PRICELESS!

Here comes the PANTHER!

And here comes my baby in the convertible!!

Kaleigh and Mimi were thrilled to catch a DUM DUM! Kaleigh was getting aggrivated with all of the tootie rolls that I wouldn't let her eat!

Kaleigh and I WAITING and WAITING and WAITING for the parade!  We were running out of food and toys FAST!

Her loot from the parade!

OK, I'M BACK TO A WARRIOR FAN AGAIN! HA!  (Or at least until another kiddo gets to ride in the parade)

Pumpkin Pickin'

Last Sunday afternoon, we went to Mitchell Farms in Collins to pick out the perfect pumpkins!  We went with our friends the Parkers and the kids had lots of fun playing there!  Kaleigh got to go twice in one week, her class had just been on a field trip there last week!  Alec will get to go back with his school friends in two more weeks!

WAGON RIDE!

Mandi brought all the kids these cookie and icing pushups from Jody's bakery!!  Yumm!!  This was a LARGE mess!!  We'd forgotten baby wipes, Kaleigh ended up with tons of hay stuck to her stickiness!!  She only had a "small" meltdown when I got tired of the mess and wrestled it away from her!

Tire swings are super fun!!

Still enjoying our Cookie Pops!! 

Alec really enjoyed covering Kaleigh up with corn!!

This is my favorite picture!!  She was being such a good sport!!

I can't believe how blond her hair is, she was born with a head full of black hair!  I wonder what color she'll end up with...  My guess is on brown!!

Kara had to have a turn too!

Kaleigh really liked the chicken wire climbing kitty in the animal barn!

He was on a mission before we even got there to get the BIGGEST pumpkin, and he did!

Kaleigh tried her best to get a BIG one like Alec!

Finally she found some more her size!

Brother being silly!

A fun wagon ride back to the car to end our fun day!!

The wagon ride wasn't nearly as fun for the dads, with 3 kids, 5 pumpkins and 4 flat tires, the wagon was a little hard to push!!