Daily Life - Nov.

 

It's been such a BUSY fall! I can't believe we are almost ready for Thanksgiving and then it will be the busiest holiday of the year. How did we get here so soon?

 

Nothing much to really blog about other than being busy in the everyday life.

 

You know those mom things that all need done. Preschool, church, Mother's Club events, grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, bathing, and playing with the boys mostly.  

 

 

We were ready to go vote on this day. We were very brave and took the boys with us and then waited in line for 1 hour!! Can you say worst situation ever. 2 toddler boys and a 1 hour wait with older people who want it quiet :) But they were good. They mostly entertained the people around us by talking their legs off. Then a few little girls came in with their ipad and the boys were good as gold.

 

We were both thankful to vote!

 

 

We have another busy week. This boy will have a long break from preschool for his fall break so I'm going to have to find some new ideas for entertainment now that it's getting even colder here in WV.

 

I want to find an empty refrigerator box for them to build a fort in. I have found many ideas on Pinterest but don't really know where I will find an empty one.

 

Any ideas??

 

House full of boys

Kevin has been hunting a lot since season started. His friend Pup from work has hunted with him a few times and they hunted for squirrel last weekend. Pup ended up staying with Kevin for 2 days hunting in different places and they had a blast.

 

The boys and I had a Halloween to go to this day and when we got home around 1 we had this on our back porch. Horray :)

 

 

 

To say that Karson loved this would be a complete understatement. HE WAS BESIDE HIMSELF!

He talks about it everyday and even told his preschool teachers. Lovely :)

 

 

It has been all about hunting here. Especially because Karson was a hunter for Halloween and has his own camo attire. Kipton had to have some too....you know how that goes :)

 

 

 

The boys LOVE Pup! I think he is one of their favorite people. For 2 complete days that Kevin and him were off work they wrestled the boys, worked outside with them, hunted, ate, slept, ate, worked, hunted, ate, slept, and yeah ate!! With 4 boys in the house I could barely keep up with their eating.

 

 

They had a blast with the boys! Karson can't wait until Pup comes back for a "sleepover". I know it sounds so weird but guys don't care where they have to stay if it means they get to go hunting early in the morning and in the evenings. He slept on the couch and had 2 little boys giving him early wake up calls :) I guess this was just a taste of what life will be like with my 2 boys and their friends over. 

 

They are already planning their next hunting trip for this Tuesday and Wednesday! Lord helps us!

Halloween Finale

To end the longest Halloween week ever...we ended it the best way. Serving to others with our church. We participated in Trunk or Treat with our group of friends from small group. We didn't do it at our church, we actually went to a very low income housing and did it for those kids. It was wonderful! Brought tears to my eyes multiple times.

 

 

One of the proudest moments as parents we have had is our boys not wanting any of our candy we were handing out but willingly giving it to others. They sat for 1 whole hour giving out candy to kids. Never ate a piece until we were done. Karson of course was making huge conversation with each child about what their costume was and how he liked it. He is very good about giving people compliments.

 

 

This was the best family picture I got. It is so blurry but anyway we were all hunters and Kipton was our little deer. It was pretty cute! He is so precious and such a loving child.

 

 

Tonight we had our reschedule trick or treat but I didn't take any pictures. I totally forgot my camera while trying to get the boys ready and out by myself. Kevin had to work so my dad went with us. It was fun and the boys had a blast "actual" trick or treating. Kipton kept saying

"Hey guys wait up for me" because Karson was walking so fast.

 

The boys love different costumes and telling them they like them. They really liked looking for scary guys and Karson even hugged an older guy that had a scary mask on.

 

After 30 minutes of trick or treating Karson said he had to pee and was done. He was happy with his little bit of candy and was ready to go. We headed back to Nana's & Pappaws and ate some candy and before too long it was time to head home and get baths, stories, and bedtime.

 

I am so happy Halloween is over :) Now to enjoy this candy. HAHA!

 

 

 

Halloween Eve

Yep...your eyes are not deceiving that is SNOW!

It is October and it snowed almost 4 inches here in West Virginia. The cold front came in from Hurricane Sandy and pushed wind and snow our way. When the boys woke up they couldn't stop looking out the window. Thankfully Kevin was off work and we could get out that morning for a little sledding and fun!

 

 

 

 

 

They loved being pulled by the 4-wheeler. Something that I did when we were growing up and it is so fun to watch the boys have fun with it too!!

 

 

We came back in for some hot chocolate! The boys love it, but use up alot of marshmallows. Probably not the healthiest snack but it is so good on snow days.

 

 

We stayed home on this day because of the snow and we really didn't have any plans anyway. After our sledding and lunch we all took naps. Well besides me...I did laundry :) But the boys and Kevin took naps and woke up in time for dinner.

 

We had spaghetti and then decided to carve some pumpkins with Kevin's help.

 

 

 

Of course just a simple knife wouldn't be ok...you have to break out the power tools with Kevin. The boys loved drilling holes in the pumpkin. They could have cared less about the goop inside or making a funny face. It was all about the power tools.

 

 

Kevin wanted to create this great pumpkin creation and it turned out to be really bad. So he cut a hole and put it on his head! HA Seriously? The boys and I were dying laughing.

 

 

We had a fun Halloween Eve at home with the snow and pumpkin carving.

 

On the 31st we had a preschool morning and here is Karson before we headed out.

 

 

He is still very picky about his clothes but agreed to wear this last Halloween shirt for mommy. I had him another fun glow in the dark skelton shirt that he down right refused to wear so we agreed he would wear this ghost shirt. I tell you....boys are high maintence about their clothes.

 

He said "Mom can't I just wear a baseball shirt or something?" lol it was kind of funny but I told him just 1 more time with a Halloween shirt.

 

Here is another Halloween shirt that I made for them and had their name monogrammed. I wanted to add it so that I remembered. I am a total junky for seasonal clothes for the boys. I LOVE them!

 

 

 

Tonight is our actual trick or treat night. It got changed to Nov 1 because of the snow storm. We would have been trick or treating in the snow if they kept the original date of Oct 30.

 

The boys are excited to "knock on peoples door". Kevin has to work this evening so we are taking Papaw Brad along with us. I feel like Halloween has been going on for weeks!

 I am ready for it to be over :)

 

Halloween Parties Continued...

Our friend Brandy and Lola hosted the Mother's Club Halloween Party. It was the best time with over 20 kids and lots of mommas. She had everything you could think of to do with Halloween. Lots of good food, Halloween music, spooky decorations, crafts for the kids, games, and prizes.

 

 

The mommas were asked to dress like their children's costumes so a Hunter Girl was super easy because I already had the camo. The boys loved it too!

 

 

Here is Brandi the host at the cupcake decorating table. It was so nice and the kids loved it but I am pretty sure Karson was sneaking too many worms and sprinkles throughout the party and not enough actual food for lunch :)

 

 

Ready for the Pinata....loads of candy. The moms were laughing that Halloween has seemed to go on forever and forever. It has seriously been like Halloween for the past week and it is still going on because Trick or Treat has been changed because of the big storm Sandy.

 

 

 

I didn't get many pictures of Kipton. He was off playing with his friends and not interested in taking pictures! Brandi did such a great job hosting the Halloween Party. It was all so fun!

 

 

Karson says this is his best friend Luke! He LOVED his costume :)

Preschool Halloween Party

Last Friday was Karson's 1st ever "school" party! They had from 9:00 - 10:45 of their regular day and then the parents were invited back to dress their child into their costume and enjoy a Halloween Party complete with a little program from the kids.

 

 

Our Big 3 year old boy wanted to be a Deer Hunter just like daddy is. So that's what he was :)

I was a little bummed that he didn't want a cute little costume but those days are over for our "big boy" I have to say he's a pretty cute hunter complete with his bow, arrows, deer call, and binoculars all ready for his party.

 

 

Here are a few pictures from his morning at school. Showing off his costume for friend Cooper the Captain Hook

 

 

Marching into the program

 

 

Marching to the music in with his friends. Such a proud moment as his momma :)

 

 

I was very nervous and excited for the program. When we had Karson at VBS over the summer the end of the week program didn't go so great. It is hard to sit still as a 3 year old BUT.....he did perfect! I was SO proud and he so proud to show me just how much he'd learned so far at preschool and all of his friends. They sang about 5 songs and came up one by one to the teacher in the middle and said their name and what their costume was.

 

To say that I was proud of a great program and of my big boy would be an understatement. I couldn't stop smiling at him and giving him thumbs up! (yes...insert crazy mom here)

 

 

Here is Karson and his great friend Jonas as Spiderman

 

 

Jonas's mom and I were laughing at how neither of them really wanted to smile. I guess that's not cool to smile in their COOL BOY costumes :)

 

 

Karson and teacher Miss Rachel. He adores her and talks about her often!

 

 

Karson with his "Molly" girl that we have been hearing about all school year. She was a flamingo and her costume was gorgeous. He was super excited to let me meet Molly. I hope he is always happy to introduce me to his girl "friends". Praying hard already for a gentle, godly, character now and through those teenage years.

 

 

After the program and party at preschool Karson asked if we could visit the park nearby and so we did. We had a great time just the two of us. Kipton stayed home with daddy because he wasn't feeling well and we decided it would be good for Karson to have just mommy's attention for his special morning. After the park we picked up some lunch and visited the Pumpkin House in Kenova, WV.

 

We had a great morning together and really enjoyed his first "school" party.

 

Here's to MANY MANY more!

Kipton - 28 months

It has been a while since I did updates on what the boys are up to at their ages. I want to share about Kipton today so that I will remember him at 28 months.

 

*You are a ball of energy and a total "BOY"

 

* You love anything outdoors and country. Chainsaws and Bulldozers/Tractors are your favorite things right now. You can stay in the bulldozer isle at Walmart for nearly an hour and never say a word. You LOVE Pappaw Brad and his bulldozers and daddy with his chainsaws cutting trees. You are a very hard worker already. You show the same signs of hard worker like Karson did at your age. You like to be helping mommy but especially daddy outside. You love the log splitter and cutting/splitting the wood. You have been helping daddy load and sell some wood here lately and come back so excited to tell me all about it.

 

* You love playing in the same box and swinging at our house. You also love visiting parks and exploring around. Anything outdoors is your thing!

 

 

*You just started watching TV well. Before you wouldn't sit still longer than 5 minutes. I couldn't ever find a show that really captured your attention. You now like Yo Gabba Gabba, Mikey Mouse, and Special Agent Oso. You will sit through the entire episode and it is just amazing how fast that happened. You will ask me for "A TV" when you want to watch something.

 

*You are currently sick with a croupy cough and this has been your first cold/sickness of this year besides just teething symptoms. You are not happy but taking it well.

 

*You still take your Paci. I go back and forth on this, because Karson had his taken away by his 2nd birthday and you are still happy with yours. I think the main reason I haven't pushed it is because I know you are my last baby. You are still wearing diapers in size 5. You are so ready for potty training, but honestly there has been no time. We are going to do that this coming month.

 

*You also have a blanket that you like to sleep with.

 

* You LOVE books and being read too. You do have your favorites like your tractor book and anything with farm animals. You also love the story "No, David!"

 

 

*You aren't great with eating your vegetables. Mainly you like meat and fruit. I buy those squeezy baby foods for you to just supplement the vegetables and you really like them. You do like dairy and you really love junk food but I keep it away from you mostly.

 

*You are at the independent stage of toddler hood. You want to get into your car seat by yourself and into the stroller by yourself. This is mainly just patience on my part to understand that he feels he can do everything "BY MYSELF" as he says.

 

 

*Of course 2 year olds are a hard age, but Kipton seems to be leaning towards the 3 year old stage. Understanding the reasoning behind things and really listening to mommy.

 

*Kipton you are a JOY with a gentle heart and very loving!

 

I love you so much!

 

 

 

Show us your Life: Halloween Costumes

I thought I would take a trip down memory lane on how the boys have dressed for Halloween over the years. I can't believe this will be Karson's 4th Halloween!

Linking up with Kelly's Korner

 

Karson the Monster - 2009 7 months

*1st Halloween*

 

Kipton's 1st Halloween as a Football

Karson's 2nd Halloween as Mickey Mouse

2010

 

 

Mickey and Mommy passing out candy :)

 

 

2011 Halloween

Karson - Giraffe - 2

Kipton - Leopard - 1

 

 

This year 2012

 

Sneak Peak :)

 

 

Get ready..the deer and hunter are on the prowl

So excited for a fun Halloween this year!