Finishing up Soccer

Finn before the soccer game

Saturday morning we finished up Jase's soccer season.  He really played a great game to close it out; it must have been the pep talk from Mom! ;-)  I was able to record some of the game from the about the 2nd quarter on.  Jase probably scored 3 goals or so in the 1st quarter, but I didn't get them on video.  Proud of him for hustling at the game. {It was pretty windy out there, so you can hear it on the video.}

Aunt Susan came out to watch the game and brought her grandkids, Dylan and Avery with her.  Ally loved playing with Dylan!!

After his game we rode out to Texas City to check out the new outlet mall.  It is not San Marcos by any means, but it still had a decent selection of stores.  During one of our breaks, we put Finn and cousin Avery face to face for some interaction.  Avery (6 months) was all smiles and Finn (3 months) didn't know what to think!

 

 

After running around at the soccer game and the outlet mall, they kids were wore out by the time we got home!!

 

 

Garden Update

Me and the kiddos were out back today, so I decided to check on the garden and see if we had anything new growing. Lo and behold we had 3 eggplants growing, one of which was ready to harvest.

Our orange tree has completely taken off as well. We've had several from it and they are pretty good. They are super easy to peel, like Cuties, but the only thing is that each slice may have a seed or two in it. They are super juicy though and taste sweet!

The picture in the top left hand corner is a plant that just grew up from the ground, we did not plant it at all and now it is like 7 feet tall! Only bummer is that it is growing right where Shawn planted a peach tree, so they are growing on top of each other.

Picture Overload

So I have came to the conclusion that I take a few pictures!!  You only see a sliver of what I actually take.  The kids are growing up so fast, I just want to document every little thing to keep the memories alive. Here are some pictures from this past weekend to present.

At Jase's soccer game this past Saturday! Do you see Jase?

I bought Ally some new boots and she liked them! They looked too cute on her, if I do say so myself!This was after church on Sunday.

Monday afternoon Jase came down stairs with fabric tied all around him and even broke out his baseball pants!! It's hard to see in this picture, but he has tan strips of fabric in between the red ones.  He told me he was creating a pattern like his Lego man. Also, the Lego man has one brown hand, so Jase tied fabric around one of his hands to resemble that. The Lego man is carrying a sling and Jase has on a belt of glow in the dark necklaces and bracelets for his sling!  I love his imagination!



 

The International Children's Choir performed a mini concert at our church last tonight and it was great!! This organization came last year with a different set of kids, so it was really neat to have them back again.  Allyson and Jase enjoyed watching them sing and dance.

 

 

The week before last Shawn pulled the Baby Einstein jumper out of the attic and I finally finished washing the seat cover and cleaning it up.  I brought it inside tonight and Finn absolutely LOVED it!!!  He loved to hear the piano and see the lights on the keyboard light up.  I know he will enjoy playing in this!!

 

Allyson wore her owl PJ's to bed for the first tonight!! She got them last year, either for Christmas or her birthday, but they were a little big so we have been waiting to wear them.  She loved them and of course she thought of Aunt Alisha, since she loves owls!

 



 

Family Night

On Monday evening me and the kids went over to my mom's house to visit for a bit.  My MawMaw, Pappy and Aunt Carole Ann were in town from Louisiana and were leaving the next morning.  The kids love to play at Nanny and PawPaw's house and enjoy being the center of attention . . . imagine that!!

My Pappy just loves the little ones.  You should see his face light up when he sees them, there is not much like it.  He has Alzheimer's and is at a stage where he doesn't really know who you are and most of the time he doesn't know where he is at, but when he sees Finn he just smiles ear to ear and begins to talk to him . . . melts your heart to watch.  Very thankful that my children can brighten his day from time to time.  Cherish every moment.

Sleepy babies

We were not super active today, but both of the kids were wore out after their baths tonight. Jase runs ninety to nothing (literally) all day long, so seeing him crawl up on the couch and fall asleep is not the norm. He is getting so big; he has thickened up over the past month. One morning he was getting dressed and his pants would not button at all!! The previous time he wore them they were taken in at the waist and then the next time they would not even button!!

It has been a while since I have carried them upstairs to bed; we most always put them to bed while they are still awake, but tonight I let them stay up a bit longer. And oh my . . . I could not lose momentum while carrying Jase upstairs, he is heavy!!

Love my babies!

Fall Festival 2012

We have really enjoyed dressing up these past few weeks for parties, and Jase and Allyson were excited about getting in their costumes one more time for the Halloween season. Jase was Jedi Luke Skywalker (with Yoda on his back) and Allyson was Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty.  Oh and I can't forget about Finn . . . he was a Turtle!!  Jase wore this same costume for his first Halloween as well (see below).

We went to church for our Annual Fall Festival.  They had several vehicles participate in the "Trunk or Treat".  They also had face painting, balloons, moonwalks, dunking booth, putt-putt golf, and other activities for the kids.  Each year our little ones enjoy it and we feel very safe up there.

Jase and Allyson loved seeing all their friends from church in their costumes.  After talking about Sam ALL day long and asking what he was going to be and telling me that he was going to look cute in his costume, Allyson finally got to see him.  He is Spiderman below.  She mentions his name quite often and I think she has a bit of a crush on him.  It is sweet.

 

With all the rage lately over Duck Dynasty and the Robertsons, we had two families decorate their trunks like the show!  The picture on the left below is Willie and Korie Robertson and the quote "Jesus will make you Happy Happy Happy" is from the dad, Phil, that always says "happy happy happy!" Hilarious!

 

Finn had taken a poop, so I went to change his diaper around 8:00, about 30 minutes before it was over.  No problem, just lay him down in his stroller and change that bad boy.  Lo and behold, this became a 2-person job real quick!!

The same exact thing happened last Friday at the zoo!!  What is with my son and his explosive poop diapers in public!?!?  About 40 wipes later and a change of clothes and we were good to go!!

The kids had a great evening playing and eating candy.  I am trying my best to stay away from it, because I know once I start, I will not stop!

November Already!

Time is just a flying by! Hard to believe that 5/6 of the year is over. And I have a 5 1/2 year old, a 3 year old and a 3 month old!! I still have a hard time believing that I have 3 kids; just seems surreal some days.

Here's what the kids are up to these days.

Jase. He is doing great (in my opinion) with reading.  He is learning new consonant blends (i.e. sw, st, fl) weekly and new words everyday.  He is also working on adding/subtracting and doing a great job.  Naturally addition is coming a little easier, but he is seems to like both.  Jase is still a legomaniac!! He will watch or read about a Star Wars scene or we will read a story out of the bible and then he will disappear.  About an hour later he will come downstairs with the complete scene made out of Legos. And all the detail he puts into it is amazing. His soccer season is coming to a close and tonight they had their team party.  The kids ate pizza and cupcakes and we played a Parents vs. Kids game.  The kids had fun running around with us on the field.

Allyson.  We are potty training this week.  Everyday seems to be a little better.  Monday she had about 5 successes and 4 accidents. Then Tuesday we got out in the morning so she wore a pull-up then, but put big girl panties on while we were home and did great.  Yesterday was good except when she pooped in her panties. Not. Fun. To. Clean. Up. And today was the best so far.  She ended up pottying 10 times in the potty and had 1 accident early this morning and then 2 accidents while at Jase's soccer practice.  :-(  I was bummed because she has been doing so well.  Tomorrow is a new day and I am proud of her and the success she has had thus far.  Only thing is that she is not really telling me she needs to go; I am just putting her on the potty every 40-60 minutes and she will usually go.  I think it is starting to sink in.  I'm not sure if it is more work on her or me!! ;-)  She loves every show on Disney Junior, but one of her favorites right now is Doc McStuffins where a little girl makes stuffed animals come to life and in the course of a show will have to give an animal a check-up, make a diagnosis and fix what is wrong.  The theme song to the show is pretty catchy and by now we all know it!  Allyson loves to give people check-ups and diagnose them.  One of my favorites is "You have earstuffinosis". 


Today in the playroom


Finn.  He is getting way too big too fast.  He smiles when you talk to him and cooing quite a bit.  He has recently starting taking his pacifier, which I'm glad because he will jam his whole fist down his throat to chew on something!!  When you put him on his back, he can almost roll over; I don't think it will be much longer.  We are still nursing about half of the time and the other time he gets formula (4 oz).  Finn enjoys his swing and will usually fall asleep in it.

So blessed by each of my three children that the Lord has allowed me to love and raise.  I have to remind myself to slow down and take in these moments because life just happens too fast around here!

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.  Psalm 127:3