Pumpkin Festival at Shank Farms!

For two years now we have taken the kids to this quaint little farm outside of town to pick pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. It's one of the few family traditions we have created with our children and D.H (dear husband) and I really enjoy partaking in this trip. We got up bright and early Saturday morning and headed to Shank Farms where the kids picked pumpkins straight from the vine in the pumpkin patch. What started out as just a pick your own pumpkin patch as transformed three years later into an all out festival! It was gorgeous, the pumpkins, the flowers, all the great decor, and the crafters out with all their great items. We had a great time, the kids were a little hesistant to get down and dirty in the pumpkin patch, but with a little coaxing from mom and dad they gladly found pumpkins that suited them both. And of course I took lots of pics! Have I told you that I Love Fall!

Dancin' on the Ceiling!

Cortlyn attended a dance clinic sponsored by the High School Dance squad a couple weekends ago and her prize....performing the routine at halftime of the High School football game last Friday! She was so excited and nervous...she did great! I wish I had pics but they were very specific that parents had to stay in the stands...so I didn't make an attempt to join the other 200 mothers crowded in the front row to get a shot of their little one. I did manage to get a shot of her before in her cute little shirt and bow...I'll have to post it later!

I {HEART} FALL!

I absolutely love this time of year, it almost trumps Christmas...almost! It's just fabulous, the weather is awesome, cool crisp mornings and warm afternoons. Jeans and sweaters become my staple wardrobe...love em! The evenings are just perfect for watching football or just the kids playing outside. The leaves will be changing into gorgeous reds, yellows, and oranges before long littering my yard. Craft fairs will be in full swing and the holidays not far behind; Great food, welcomed family reunions and just joy! I spent most of Sunday getting all my Fall decorations out and redecorating my home...it feels so warm and cozy now. Happy Fall Y'all!

Here are a few pics of the kids picking pumpkins from the pumpkin patch last year....we will be heading back this weekend to do it all over again!

Like Clockwork!

For a month now I have been fighting allergies, nothing seems to help, even my shot this year didn't work! And I really don't want to have to go back to the Allergist for another battery of tests, so I'm just suffering! That's my sob story and I'm sticking to it! Meanwhile I think my 2 year old is using this to his advantage. For the past month, like clockwork, Collier gets up at 2am, climbs out of his bed and into mine. I've tried to be hard core SuperNanny and take him right back to bed, over and over and over...but I've failed! So now here we are a month later and Collier is still sleeping in bed with us! I've gone from uber strict "no kids will sleep in my bed ever!" to "God Almighty, I just need a good nights sleep!" I thought my waking up at 2am nights were over....apparently not!

The Great Halloween Debate!

Why does my D.H. insist on having an opinion where it doesn't belong!? My D.H., God love him (and so do I, most days!) he is pretty easy going, doesn't really have an opinion about much, which sometimes really aggravates me...but the times I want him to be my "Yes Man" he has to have an opinion!
I've been looking at costumes for the kids for the past couple of weeks. I've been focusing on Collier, only because Cortlyn is old enough to tell me what she wants to be this year, but Collier well lets just say he doesn't quite understand the concept of dressing up and asking strange people for candy! I've tried to think of things that he likes as inspiration....Elmo is always a hit, Curious George has become popular lately, Dinosaurs are also on the short list of "cools" in our home. So I tell D.H. about all of these ideas...and my "Yes Man" has become my arch enemy...insisting that Collier wants to be Batman or Spiderman or Aquaman, some form of a superhero! I don't have a problem with any of these costumes per se...but Collier only knows Spiderman...and even that comment is a stretch! I've tried to convince my D.H. that there will be many, MANY more years of "superhero" costumes and that I want to take advantage of the time I have to decide on a costume for him, he just doesn't get it! I want my "I have no opinion" D.H. back...let him know I'm looking for him if you see him!

Bad Blogger!

Wow! We've been incredibly busy...at home and I've been insanely busy at work lately! So therefore I haven't written in a while. Geez where to even start...
Cortlyn's birthday parties went well, she got lots of great presents and had a really great time. She started school on the 20th and she loves it...she got the teacher she hoped and prayed for all summer long, so that really made her happy! She's back in full swing with dance and gymnastics, she thought about trading gymnastics for cheerleading but she decided to stick with the gymnastics "one more year" (so she says)!
I've ventured into new territory as well...PTO mom! I went to my first meeting last week and I was really pleased (the control freak in me was doing flips)! I'm somewhat ashamed to say that Cortlyn is in 3rd grade and this is the first year I've joined....but it's complicated! Those that know me well, understand this more!
Collier is growing like a weed and has decided that he is going to be a football player when he grows up! They hold peewee football practice literally in our backyard and he sit out there with D.H and watches intently! He loves to run and do push ups (like the boys) and yell! It's honestly hysterical! I'm thinking he'll be some type of defensive lineman because he's really into tackling! Collier has also decided that we are going to take the potty training journey and I might add that he is doing really well. We're about 50/50 most days, definitely a long road to haul but at least we are there!
D.H. and I have become the typical hometowners--going to the football games on Friday evenings! It's so weird to look down from the stands at the cheerleaders and think...I was there! I haven't quite perfected the role...but I bought a Neosho Football shirt and I've worn it to both games...if that tells you anything! Again those that know we well...will find this funny!
Fall is on it's way...my favorite time of year! Great weather, Razorback football (GO HOGS!), craft fairs, Thanksgiving and then Christmas! I truly love this time of year and looks like we will be one busy family! I'll try not to stay gone so long...til then...