Sunday, October 16, 2011

Day Out With Thomas


A few weeks ago Mommo and I took the kids up to Golden to ride on Thomas, like we did last year.  We all had a very good time, once again!

Watching the model trains go round the yard...

Kyra got a Rosie tattoo (just like last year)


Liam got a Diesel 10 tattoo...Diesel 10 is devious....A fitting tattoo for my boy! :)


Thomas

No trip to the railroad museum is complete without climbing on some old trains

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sweet boy with his new haircut







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1st day of preschool, riding horses, and playing


Kyra on her 1st day of Pre-School.  She was a little nervous that morning and didn't really want to eat breakfast or anything.  But as soon as we hit the classroom door she was off and didn't turn back to tell me good-bye.  Every morning she wakes up wanting to know if it's a preschool day.  She'd love it if she went more than just Tuesdays and Thursdays!




Playing on the slides and tunnel at the little playground.  He loves to play!


What's wrong with this picture????  I was outside cleaning up doggie-doo and he came out to see what I was doing.  His diaper ended up at the bottom of one pant leg, still fully fastened.  It's a mystery as to how he did it!


Playing at the park.  She loves to hang from any of the bars and swing.


We went to visit some very dear friends.  They have a (very old) horse in their pasture so the kids got to ride.  To say they enjoyed it would be a huge understatement!  Of course, they both needed cowboy hats on while they rode...

Kyra saying, "howdee-doooo?!"

Riding together...there was no way they'd look at me/the camera
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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Randoms and trip to the State Fair


His favorite way to go down the slide....

Kyra painted my toenails...


And her own...

At the State Fair waiting for the pig races to start with Mommo

Still waiting....

Watching the pig races with his PopPop

Roping a calf

Building a corn castle....

Riding on S'mores...Not a shot of her looking at the camera. She was too busy petting S'mores and watching the others poop!

Riding on Foxy....

Thinking about petting the sheep....

She got a cowgirl hat. Pink with a flashing lit crown, just what all the cowgirls wear right?!?!  She kept walking around with it and saying, "howdee do!"
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Friday, September 30, 2011

Really??? Really???

Really??? I will be both happy and annoyed if this works. It will mean all I needed to do to post from my iPad was use their latest update...oh well, good to have the ability to post from either. Pics only from the desktop though...

Kyra's Birthday


The table....



Her own extra large cupcake



a few of the decorations



Our dear friend Erin made personalized Mickey/Minnie ears for all the guests to wear.  Unfortunately, I only have a pic of Auntie Amy in hers... 



She got a scooter....



And L-O-V-E-S it!!!!



He just likes to slide!
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Ignore the testing

I wrote a long post on Sunday, but it wouldn't publish.  I saved it in hopes of being able to publish it at a later date.  That was a negative.  Apparently, I wasn't using the newest version of editor so it wouldn't publish.  Bother!  So, let me attempt to update you again :)

Kyra: Is doing quite well.  She started preschool at the end of August and is absolutely loving it!  She goes two mornings a week for 3 hours and wakes up every morning asking if it's a preschool day.  Also, every night when she goes to bed and we say our prayers she always includes preschool as something she's thankful for (the other night she asked God to help her learn how to do "criss-cross applesauce," it was very cute).  Her vocabulary never ceases to amaze me.  Unfortunately for her, her mouth also gets her into trouble.  But, she's learning to use "nice words with a nice voice" if she doesn't want to spend time in time-out! :)

Liam: Is my little monkey.  In the last month alone he has fallen off the coffee table cubes and bitten through his bottom lip; fallen while climbing into (or maybe out of, hard to tell) and bit his bottom lip very hard; and was climbing on a ladder type shelf and managed to fall and give himself a fat upper lip and a major bloody nose.  Of course, all of these happen while I'm showering or fixing dinner.  I swear I need a video monitor attached to him that I can view at all times!!!!  He's still a sweetie though and has a pretty good vocabulary himself.  Currently, his favorite word is "NO!"  So much fun ;)

Me: I'm working for a local photographer Tues-Fri and doing private tutoring Mon-Weds evenings.  Tuesdays and Wednesdays are really long days, but I love the private tutoring so much I can't see myself giving it up.  We got a new dog about a month or so ago.  Her name is Lucy and she's a black lab mix of some sort.  She's about 5 years old (yea! no going through the puppy stage!), and is very sweet and well-behaved.  Just what we needed!

My folks gave me their old desktop, so it will be much easier to blog from now on.  I had a few issues getting internet access to it (no modem in the room it's in), but now that that's solved, we should be back on a much more regular basis, I've missed my blog! As soon as I figure out how to download pictures, I'll put some up! So, be looking for pics of Kyra's bday, her first day of preschool, kids at the park, Lucy, and our time in Golden, CO riding Thomas!

Testing

testing, 1, 2, 3...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

since it seems to be letting me post tonight....


...I thought I'd put a little collage up of a few of the pics that didn't post back at the end of June...
upper left: getting a shot of Mommo and PopPop with the kiddos, aka herding cats
upper right: Kyra and PopPop on a beaver dam...she was mad the beaver moved and took his furniture with him :)
2nd row, left: my cute boy
2nd row, right: robin eggs we found on a little nature walk
3rd row left: PopPop showing Kyra where the beaver chewed on the stick
3rd row right: riding the 4wheeler, a favorite past time
bottom left: Kyra after coming down the rainbow slide
bottom right: Liam making it down. He now chooses to go on his belly with his feet first
big pic: kiddos playing on the beaver dam

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