The new Mr. Potato Head

So on a day that I was out (probably going to the library, I go there a lot on my own so that Claire wont try to take ever book or CD off the shelf) and Brandon was home with the kids. Claire was watching a show (a movie) and was playing with her toys.
Brandon went up stairs to get a drink.



Where was Landon you ask??? He was downstairs chilling, (staring at the lights a I am sure) little did he know that in the minutes daddy was upstairs he would become the newest Mr. Potato head thanks to his big sister trying to play with him.

Brandon came down to this:




I laughed it was so cute!

a few of her favorite things

This little lady is such a joy and her personality is growing and she is getting really funny. She has some very cute favorites in her life and when she talks about them sometimes it makes me laugh how much she loves them.


So here is a list of a few of her favorite things:

CARS (the Disney movie):

She loves MCQUEEN and talks about him and points him out all the time
BUT even more than McQueen she LOVES, LOVES MATER and knows him even when he is dressed as a different Mater character, she walks around the house saying, "Where's Mater?"




TOY STORY 3, but more specifically BUZZ, when we went camping this year she got to pick out her very own camping chair and she choose Buzz. She walks around saying "match Buzz" (watch Buzz) and she has the cutest smile ever and you just can't say no! (okay sometimes I just have to)

Story about McQueen, Mater and Buzz, when all the Christmas Catalogs started coming in, she would take them and look through each one and she found every Buzz, McQueen and Mater in each catalog, and she was fast, she would find some before Brandon and I almost ever page. We sat with her for about 20 minutes as she looked through the Toys R Us ad.

Another favorite is:

SUCKERS:
When ever she asks for a treat about 75% of the time she wants a "shoer" and about 50% of the time I think she is asking for her shoes, but then I remember she had asked for a treat. I have to tell her no about the suckers a lot, but she will gladly go for something else.

SHOES:
She loves shoes and will go to bed in them. Sometimes they are still on in the morning, or times she has taken them off and put them in her basket, other times she has brought all of her shoes to bed with her.

TUB TIME:
She has spent an hour in the tub at a time, playing and talking and recently I have seen her having her fish friends giving each other loves.

HER BROTHER:



She loves this little guy, and having started out ignoring him and anyone holding him, we have grown to daily kisses and hugs, wanting him to go down the slide because it's "fun, slide, come on", asking if he is hungry, telling him, if he is bother her with his crying, "you will sit on chair". Whenever he is awake she comes up to him and puts her hand on his face and says "Hi Baby, Hi" and she finds him so funny, if she is holding him and he starts to move and his hands get her, she starts to giggle! We are glad she loves him so much!

And I can not forget PUPPIES:


If we go anywhere with a puppy she has to pet them and say hello. Sometimes it may not be a great idea, not all puppies are nice, so hopefully she wont ever get bit by one. But she loves that they run with her and play with her.

Hope you have enjoyed a few of her favorite things!! We sure enjoy them with her!

Landon's Blessing

Sunday was our little guys special day, he was so great the whole day, we are so lucky to have such a mellow little guy!!
Blessing out fit and blanket. (blanket made by Grandma Vonnie, thanks mom)

Oh man Mom, I am so tired, please stop taking my photos

such thought this was so cute!

the gorgeous blanket!!!

big sister, I made her dress, wanted her to feel special as well!

it was great of our family to come, we really appreciate your love and support!

Halloween 2010

sister and her family back from the land down under + halloween party resumed = fun for all

we headed over to our halloween party, adults only except for the little guy that still needs some watching, (at the same time my mom had all the 14 or so grandkids at her house for a party, is she crazy, a little, but I hear they all had fun) and we had a good time.

Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny and his carrot

we played some games, this one was good, funny bones anyone




and after having the best costume trophy two years in a row I happily passed it on to Scarlett and Rhett (sorry no picture, they rented they costumes from Hale Centre Theatre).

Trick-or-treating was a hit. Claire was a pumpkin princess, even though she wanted to be McQueen from Cars (the costume was for a 6 year old) she was cute. We headed out to get some treats, Daddy came with us for a little bit and then headed home with Landon to pass out treats to those coming to our house. It was cold and a little rainy, but Claire really doesn't mind the rain, it was the cold hands that after an hour I told her we needed to come home, because she couldn't hold her bucket anymore.
she would only look at me when she was holding the gun from my costume the night before.

lovin' her little bunny brother. Claire was this same bunny for her first (halloween.)