Grey Hairs & Ice Cream

My youngest has been giving Mama & Daddy a ton of grey hairs lately:

TA-DA! Look at me Mama!

Unloading the dishwasher and I turn around and see this:

I help you Mama!

Our sweet, funny girl loves ice cream... Since her last well-baby visit we have been trying to help her put on some weight and we got the ok from the Dr. to give her lots of high calorie foods: avocado, cheese, eggs, butter and ice cream! In the beginning of the video J captured her saying "I-Keem" .

Funny story: Our family took a drive after dinner one evening to check out some cool houses in our neighborhood all decked out with lights and Halloween decorations. We happened to pass our neighborhood Rita's Frozen Custard stand to see if it was still open even though it was fall. The last time we had been was in August, and we drove by slow, and saw the sign, "See you next year!". Bummer. We turned back onto the road, and Madison was apparently watching closely and said clear as day, "Hey! I-Keem!" and as we kept going she said it again, "HEY! I won I-keem!!" (I want ice cream) One of her first full sentences, and yes, it was about ice cream. LOL.

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we finally made it to the pumpkin patch! Between birthday parties and busy work schedules, we were so happy to have an easy-going weekend to hang out and enjoy our sweet girls and the season. Here are a few pictures I snapped with Jarrett's phone...

 

Next weekend:  A little cold weather, and that means it is time for our annual family walk-along-the-canal to enjoy the fall foliage with Bent Spoon Hot Chocolates!!

All about Lulu

Lindsay Diane, 3.5 yrs

 Our sweet first born will be FOUR in a few short months... what a beautiful, loving and smart little lady she is! I have been meaning to write this posting for awhile now, but it shocks me how fast time passes. I saw a quote online about being a Mama, "Days are long, but years fly by"... how true!! 

Over Labor Day weekend we took advantage of all the fantastic sales and picked up a full size mattress for Lindsay's final conversion of her crib to toddler bed and now to a full size head board.  

We put all the bedding on her bed and told her to come inside, "Surprise!!" (Don't you love the black church shoes? She was 'tap dancing'...LOL)

"I LOVE my new bed!!"

One day in Homegoods Lindsay saw the ballerina quilt and said, "Mama! Look those ballerinas have blonde hair like me! I love ballet too!" We were lucky enough to find all the matching coordinates so I made the executive decision (or Lindsay actually) to just go ahead and get it!

Lindsay slept great, and told us, "Now I have room for all my friends!!" We limited her slumber party stuffed animals to 3-4.

I made some blackout panels in lavender polka dots, and her room was finished! I have some frames I want to put a couple ballet pictures in, but I am waiting for the perfect photos.  Madison loves to climb in bed with Sissy and read stories together. Lindsay already let me know when her cousins come to visit, she wants them to sleep with her...I doubt there will be much sleeping going on!!

Lulu has been into anything ballet lately, and been loving her little ballet class at the YWCA on Monday afternoons. They are putting on a mini Nutcracker in December, and I am looking forward to watching her perform...LOL. Hopefully this time she won't be the last kid on stage needing to be pulled off..

Inside her dance class... SHHH! I was sneaking a pic.. no parents allowed!

Little Miss Sasafrass!

I have been watching 3 kids for a few hours on Tuesdays, and Lindsay and Madison have loved having a play date every week at their house!  Their Mamas are leaders in our chapter of Community Bible Study, and I watch the kiddos while they can meet and plan on Tuesdays. They are fantastic, sweet little ones and we love having them come hang out every week. It gets a little crazy, but it is so much fun! Lindsay is a great hostess, and shares her toys and mediates among the kids.

Hello Leaves! Pretty hard to rake leaves with 5 kids running through your pile... but it sure is fun to jump in!



Popcorn snack time with kiddos... Peyton (5 yr), Jack (4 yr.) Madison (20 mo.) Lulu (4.5 yrs.) Tegan (3 yrs.)

Lindsay is inquisitive, and always has questions about the world around her. She has been doing great in our "preschool practice" during the week, and has been learning so much! We have been working on using scissors, writing her name and letter sounds. We went to a friends birthday party on Saturday and she was so proud to write her friend's name on the card, then sign her name at the bottom!! I hope she will be a lifelong lover of learning!

Concentrating hard doing "Preschool Practice"

Love you my Lindsay Loo! xo