Almost Thanksgiving!

There are so many things I am thankful for. Of course, I'm mostly thankful for my husband Art and for our children. They have blessed my life and made me who I am today. I am happy because of them! I am thankful to be a SAHM and have the ability to be room mom in Colby's classroom, as I did today... they had a Thanksgiving Feast. Wore Owen on my back and he 'slept like a baby' the whole time. I'm thankful for babywearing! I am very thankful for this gorgeous weather. Barb and I went for a walk again today. It's almost Thanksgiving and we're outside with spring coats on! I am thankful for Hershey Kisses (as I pop one in my mough) and thankful for baby kisses too, even the wet and slobbery ones.

Picture update!!!!

Here are our pictures from Halloween. Sorry to be doing this so late, but I've been having a problem uploading pictures. So...here they are!
We had a great Halloween. We went to a party the night before at the school. That was a lot of fun!! And then on Halloween night we went to the Ayer's for a GROSS dinner (worms and blood and guts) and then out trick or treating. Will went with his friend Elijah, and Samantha went around our own neighborhood, but with a bunch of her friends. Art and I brought Colby and Owen around, with our neighbor Jason. As usual, Colby got tired very quickly. And Owen was sleeping in the babyhawk. So we just went home.
It rained a lot, so Sam and her friends came home early and hung out in the basement. That was fun for them! And Art went to a neighbors and played poker.

The next day, we brought Colin to the corn maze. Will wasn't feeling well so we couldn't stay too long. But it was a beautiful day and we did a lot there.

Happy November!

Monday

I am loving this fall weather!! Even though we wake up with frost on the ground, by the middle of the day it is gorgeous outside. Just looking out my back windows makes me smile. The colors are so bright!
Of course, that means there are leaves to play in! Will and Colby still love to jump in them. Owen, not so much. He likes to pick leaves up and look at them, but I don't think he likes the feel of them all over his body.
We have been going for lots of walks. The fresh air almost always puts Owen to sleep! If only I could get the bigger kids to walk....
Here are some new pictures of Will and Lilie.
And Owen in a cute monkey outfit a friend of mine sent him :)
And Owen eating lasagna. He loved it, ate everything in his bowl, and on his tray. He even sucked on his bowl to get everything out. But then he got sleepy and started rubbing his eyes, which isn't a good idea when you're full of sauce, so he had a nice bath after that.
On Saturday it rained and rained, so we used that day to clean and organize. We had Daddy's pizza for dinner, and watched 2 movies- SpaceBuddies (a hit with the kids, but not so much with the grown ups) and Earth, which seemed really cool except that I slept through most of it. Oh well.
There's still a lot to clean and organize but we did well.
Sam has a sore throat and a cough, but other than that we are not sick... yet. Let's keep our fingers crossed, it seems like *everyone* is sick. And we are not getting flu vaccines.
Happy Monday!

Beautiful weather!!!

Yesterday was another gorgeous day. We spent a lot of time inside because Will was home sick. But in the afternoon I decided it was too nice to stay in any longer. I'm glad we got out because it was perfect playing weather.
Owen loves the neighbor's goKart... and he's big enough to sit on it now!! Adrianna of course wanted in on the action, so we put her on too. I love the picture of him looking at her like 'I didn't realize you were back there!'

Samantha and I were able to go to clogging last night!! I missed 'my' class, but I was able to go into another room and learn a dance while Sam was in the beginner class. And another girl was there, with 2 little kids, trying to learn the same dance. She said 'join our group! It would be nice to have another MOM around and not just teens'. Hee hee. I just may join them.

There was a couple there who are missionaries to Bolgaria. Apparently they teach the kids clogging. They had a laptop with them of pics taken there and they were so sad. The kids were adorable- but the living conditions were just horrible. I think being a missionary would be neat, but I'd want to rescue all of those kids.

Makes me even happier to have the four I have!

Apple Picking/ Pumpkin Picking!

On Saturday we decided, spur of the moment, to go apple and pumpkin picking! It was a beautiful fall day and we had nothing else to do. So we bundled up the baby and headed out. We didn't decided where to go beforehand, so we ended up at Golden Harvest on route 9. We were excited!
We were a bit skeptical when we went to buy our bags. Bags were $10 a iece and they said 'no refunds'. When we asked why, they said they had had an ice storm back in June and some of the apples didn't look so nice. We decided to take our chances and get a bag of apples.
Well, they weren't kidding when they said they didn't look so nice! Look at the picture I posted of one. Most of the apples has dents and holes in them. We had to really dig underneath to get some nice apples.
Sadly, the older kids really were't into it too much. Oh, they picked some apples... but they were sad that they coudln't climb the trees. And they enjoyed chucking the apples on the ground at eachother. Sam spent a lot of the time taking her own pictures!
Owen loved it though! It was like a candy store to him. Unfortunately, he liked picking any apple he could find and biting it- including the fallen, rotten ones.
We filled our bag as much as we could. Really, I'm as thrifty as I can be, and it was very hard to pay $10 for one bag of apples. But it's the life experience that is worth it, right?
I remember picking apples when I was younger, and eating those yummy fresh apples. My mom always made apple pies. I can't make them, but I do make some killer apple muffins!! :)
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We also got pumpkins. Had to take the obligatory pictures of Owen with the pumpkins, but they didn't come out so well. The pumpkins were already pretty picked over.

That evening, we played a game of Risk as a family. No one 'won' because we didn't have time to finish. But Dad had N. American, Mom had Africa, and Will had Australia by then.

Hudson Hat!!!

October 16, 2009
Happy 12th birthday to my nephew Colin!!!!

Yesterday was a beautiful fall day. I thought it was a little chilly, but the kids did not. In fact, Will went to school wearing pants but came home wearing his gym shorts because he was 'too hot'.
It was a great mail day! Owen's new HUDSON HAT came!! My DDC friend Michelle knitted the hat for him. It's a scrappy hat, and I love it!! I think he looks so adorable. Of course, he doesn't want to wear it, he'd rather pull it off.
I knew I just had to get some pictures of the kids on such a nice day, so off to the backyard we went for some camera time. The bigger kids were not too thrilled, but they were able to be bribed :) Ha ha. I love the pictures I got, even though I only got about 6 in total. As soon as the kids hear the click, they jump up ready to be done. Very aggravating!!! And of course it's hard to get 4 kids to look and smile at the same time.
I'll have to look back at when I took similar pictures last year. I remember Owen was in his little pumpkin hat!!! And about a month old. Awwwww.....

Teddy-wearing!!!

Yesterday Owen was practicing the art of Babywearing!! I won this child-size mai tei on line, and Owen took it out, so I put it on him with a teddy bear. It was very cute. Owen didn't really know what to make of the bear on his back. We liked it though because the bear has a jingle bell in it, so we always knew where Owen was! of course, if there's any question, he's usually in the bathroom brushing his teeth.
Yesterday was all Braelyn's fall run at school, and since neither Amy nor Jay could go, I did. I took this adorable picture of her there. And even though she tripped over someone's shoe and fell down, she made up for it and came in somewhere in the front of the pack!!