Thanksgiving and the arrival of Buddy the Elf!

Here are some pics of our littlest Turkey this year!

 

 

And here are all of our turkeys! Love them all!!!

 

We had a nice time invading Auntie Rosanne's house! We always have fun there!

 

When we got home, we put up our Christmas tree, and guess who showed up while we were decorating? Buddy the elf! I think Riley still finds him a little creepy, but she is kind of excited/kind of creeped out!

He made his first appearance by arriving in her boots!

 



 

 

The next morning, he was found putting the star on our tree!

 

 

 

We'll be sure to post pictures of all of Buddy's shenanigans as Christmas comes around!

Funny kids!

I found these pictures on Chris's phone the other day. They are from the summer, so a little bit older, but they made me laugh!

 

 

This just might be the cutest, sad face I've ever seen!

 

And then this girl....

 

Chris was fixing my treadmill, Taylor was "playing." She then attacked him while he was working on it and he turned around to see this...

 

 

 

So be careful if you visit....you might just find this little knight sneaking up on you!!



Embracing my inner redneck!

We are embracing our inner redneckness.....

 

 

Yep, we bought an ATV!

 

These crazy girls were VERY excited!

 

Even mommy got in on the action!

 



And the next morning, this is how this girl got a ride to the bus stop! She thought she was pretty cool!

And yes, that is her backpack sitting on the gun rack!!

 

 

 





Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair!

The girls were so excited to receive these Rapunzel hats from a friend of ours! They did not stop wearing them for the first 3 days they got them!

 

 

I tried so hard to get a "normal" picture of them to send to our friend to show how much they liked them! But, then I realized, this is as "normal" as it's going to get!

And of course, because he has 3 older sisters.....poor Michael got in on the action too! Poor boy!

 





All she wants for Christmas is her 2 front teeth!

Riley lost another tooth! She is so persistent that one! Once she gets something in

 her head, there is no stopping her! Hmmmm, does she get that from me or Chris???

 

 

Her two front teeth have been wiggly for awhile, but one of them started to get really wiggly on at the beginning of the week. On Wednesday evening  I thought for sure it was going to fall out, but she wouldn't let me pull it. She wanted it to fall out at school because "you get a sticker if your tooth falls out at school."

 

So, Thursday afternoon I was waiting for her to get home to show me the big gap in her front teeth now. But, the tooth didn't fall out! I was hoping it would make it through the night to get to school the next day, and it did! So, Friday afternoon she had an assembly at school in the afternoon. And, I was amazed to see her tooth still hanging in! Since it was a holiday weekend, she wouldn't have school on Monday, so I thought "oh, too bad it didn't happen at school."

 

Well, wouldn't you know she kept the tooth in her mouth ALL weekend, even the Monday she didn't have school. Tuesday afternoon at school, it fell out! And, she was beyond excited to receive not only a sticker, but also this tooth necklace to hold her tooth in! Way to hang in there, Riley! :)

 

 

And the tooth fairy left her a shiny new dollar with Fairy dust, which she took to school to show her friends, and then told me that evening that the fairy dust tasted like sprinkles!

 



I also was so excited to accompany Riley on a field trip to the post office this week. It was so fun, but that also meant leaving Michael at home.....with daddy.......uh-oh!! So, I decided this shirt seemed appropriate for his hanging out time with Dad. I was explaining this to him as I was getting him dressed. He found it funny!

 



Then he said, "wait.....did you just say your leaving me with dad? Alone?"

 



"Noooooooooooooooooo!"

 

 



 

 



4 months old!

This little guy is already 4 months old! He's soooo big! He is in 9 month size clothing and he's been rolling over for a few weeks now. He can almost sit up too!

 

 

This shirt was from his Aunt Debbie and cousins Zack and Joseph! Celebrating his Polish heritage!

 

 

 

Love this little guy!!



Halloween

Here's our motley crew for Halloween....Dora, Captain America, a kitty cat and a beautiful princess, oh wait, that's just me!! :)

 

Why is it so hard to get these kids to take a normal picture???

 



 

Geez!! Well at least Captain America was looking pretty normal for the camera!

 

My buddy came home with her kindergarten pictures this week. Made me smile and want to cry at the same time! Time is flying, she's getting so big! And this picture just makes her look so grown up to me. :(

 

 

 

It's getting chilly, so we've been spending more time at the indoor pool. Riley is doing so well...swimming underwater nowadays! A year ago she would get upset if water splashed her in the face, now she's going under, swimming underwater and having a ball!

 

Oh look, a cute normal picture.....

 

And then this.....

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Festival

We threw a fall festival at our house this past weekend. We had hay rides and a bon fire! There were a lot of kids running around and our kids had a blast!

 

 

The girls were defiantly enjoying the hay ride!

 

 

 

And a special friend, actually Chris's bosses wife, made this little Rastafarian hat for Michael! He seemed to love it! Daddy, not so much!

 

 

It's getting cold here, snow flurries were spotted yesterday, UGH!!! Hope everyone is enjoying their fall!



Waiting for big sister.

We've had some unseasonably nice weather this month, which I'm sure is quickly coming to an end so please notice how nice and sunny it still is! But, I just thought this was cute....

 

 

This was us heading to the end of the driveway to wait for the bus!

 

Hope everyone is enjoying nice weather where they are, for those of us up here I know we're enjoying the last few days of this!



Sophisticated rednecks!

This is how our family has a tea party! Sophistication at it's finest!

 

 

And this could be part of a Jeff Foxworthy skit....You might be a redneck if....

 

....if your daughter is told to draw a verb, a place, her favorite place.....and she draws....WALMART!!

Gotta love it!!

Halloween is coming!

This little girl already has her Halloween costume all picked out....here's our little Dora!

 

 

And Michael is even sporting a festive shirt...

 

The girls have been loving these little witch hat cookies! We went through two boxes of fudge stripe cookies this weekend alone, yikes!!

I'll be sure to post more festivities!

Giggly baby!

 

I love watching the girls with their little brother! He laughs at anything they do, which just makes the girls act sillier, which makes him laugh more, and on and on it goes! I love it!

 

 

The girls painted and decorated some pumpkins, and they wanted to make Mummies....so we wrapped rolls of toilet paper around their pumpkins, which they thought was lots of fun!

Just because she's cute, and so is her hat, I had to post this. She just got this Rainbow Dash (from my little pony) hat and she loves it!

 



 

And one more pic of the little man....he's not doing anything particular in this picture, besides just laying there being the cutest baby boy EVER!! :)