Happy Halloween!

Introducing, Georgia Anne the Rock Star....

Jack the Great White Shark....

and last, but not least, Daniel the Train Conductor.

Alabama National Fair

It's that time of year again.....time for the Alabama National Fair! We went this past weekend and the kids had a blast!! Daniel really liked the two rides he was big enough to ride. Georgie's favorite was the swings, and Jack the race cars. Jack is still to small to ride a lot of the rides, and cried when Georgie got to ride and he didn't. I don't have any pictures of all the food we ate, but it was good (and very unhealthy). We got so tickled at Daniel, our little eater. He really liked the fair food. He ate and ate and ate. He had his first taste of funnel cake, which I think was his favorite, and fresh squeezed lemonade. We had a great time, even if we had to take out a second mortgage on our home to go...HA!

I had to end with this picture. Oh, the love! As if you couldn't tell from their expressions, I asked them to sit next to one another and put their arms around each other.

Decorated for Halloween

I thought I'd share a few pictures of our front porch all decorated for Halloween. I love this time of the year and was in the spirit to create a few new Halloween decorations this year. I painted the "Butler" sign with three little spiders that are suppose to be the kids. I also painted witch feet on two pumpkins (I saw this super cute idea in BH&G). I am a sucker for real pumpkins, and ones that are different. There is a great little produce stand here in Tallassee that had so many great ones this year. I also have the supplies to make really cute pumpkin pillows for the bench, but I'm not so sure that project will get completed this year. So just pretend they are there...ha!

Happy Fall!!

Daniel goes to School

Sweet, little DD started school this week. He looks like such a big boy with his backpack (it was sad saying bye-bye to the diaper bag). I have laughed because since school started back, I couldn't take Daniel in with me when I dropped Jack off in the mornings. Why, you wonder? Daniel pulled his first real temper tantrum the first week of school because he did not want to leave with me when I dropped Jack off. He would lay in the floor, cry and kick his feet because he knew he was missing out on all the fun. Funny, that I had one who cried because he didn't want to stay (Jack), and one who cried because he wanted to stay. Ironic, huh?

Daniel's first week went really well. We are still trying to work out not having a morning nap, but we'll get the hang of it in a few weeks (hopefully). Also, Jack didn't cry any of the mornings since Daniel started. I laugh and say he isn't jealous now because he knows Daniel is at school and not going home with me. To say I have enjoyed my few hours of "freedom" is putting it mildly! I love these boys, but I was in serious need of some quiet time!!

Ready for their first day of school together (I think Jack was more excited than Daniel)

See what I mean??

Daniel and his teacher, Mrs. Keisha

Daniel, Marlee and Bronner

A Visit from the Firetruck

Last week the Tallassee Fire Department brought one of their firetrucks to Jack's school. Jack was so excited about this and asked about it for weeks. He has talked about them getting to blow the horn the most.

Thank you Ashley for sharing these sweet pictures with me! You're the best!

Toe's Baby Shower

My sister, Tori's (aka Toe Toe) baby shower was a few weeks ago at her friend Lauren's beautiful home in Birmingham. Tori's friends had done an amazing job and everyone had such a nice time. I think it is an understatement to say that I am beside myself that Toe will have a baby in just a few short weeks! I can not wait to get my hands on little baby Banks Johnston!! He will be one lucky little boy to have two wonderful parents.

On a side note, I didn't take pictures with my camera. Tori asked me to take pics with her camera, so I had to steal these pics from her blog and her friend Mary Catherine. You can see more pictures from the shower here on Tori's blog.

Toe in front of the super cute diaper wreath Cali made

Me with a diaper cake I made for Banks

Tori opening the letters I painted for Bank's room

Georgie did a wonderful job of "showing" off the gifts to everyone after Tori opened them. She would hold them and walk around the room so everyone would see. The funniest was when she took the breast pads around for everyone to take a look at, clueless of what she had!

K-K Makes it Big!

Kami made her acting debut last month in the Wetumpka Depot Players' production of The Wedding from Hell. Kami played the bride, who comes from a red-neck family. Brad and Ashely Moon, friends of Kami's, were also in the play. It's funny because Brad played the groom, and Ashley played his mother! The family they portrayed were a wealthy, snobbish family. It was the funniest play and all three did an amazing job.

Did I forget to mention Kami played a pregnant bride??

Here's the scene where she reveals she's not really pregnant!






Brad, Ashley and Kami after the performance

Crusin' Model-A Style

My Dad has a restored Ford Model-A that my boys LOVE! Every morning after we drop Georgie off at school, Jack asks to go to Papa's house so he can ride in the Model-A, which he sometimes refers to as "the big jeep." We usually go for a ride about once a week, and I wish I knew how to get video uploaded on the blog, because it is the funniest thing seeing these two in that car. Daniel sits in the back and makes "car noises" with his mouth the entire time we ride. Jack loves to blow the horn. I love riding in this car too because it is such a refreshing feeling to see EVERYBODY smile at you or wave when you pass them! That is like the good-ole-days, I guess?? Papa is having the seats recovered at the moment, so they boys are having Model-A withdrawals! They are ready for their next ride, Papa!

One Year Portraits

I have all three of the kid's one year portraits done and hanging in the hallway now! I know you are wondering, three kids.....four pictures?? The one on the top left is Michael when he was one. I had all of my children's oil paintings done to match his. It's fun to me to compare how they all looked at the same age. (Georgie is on the top right, Jack is bottom left and Daniel is bottom right)

Snaggle Tooth

After weeks, really months, of having a loose tooth, Georgie finally lost her first tooth this morning! When we went to the dentist in July they told us her bottom two permanent teeth were already coming in....and she had not lost her baby teeth yet. I was shocked. I didn't know this could happen. The good news was that they both were loose, one more than the other. She has been wiggling this one tooth since then. It literally had been hanging on by a thread for over a week. She would NOT let us pull it or even touch it, since her friend Kiley told her it would hurt (by the way, thanks Kiley). This morning as soon as she sat down at the kitchen table for breakfast, it finally gave way and fell out on its own. She was so excited. Her school pictures were yesterday. I had hoped she'd loose it before her pictures because you know how cute first grade pictures are when teeth are missing! We are ready for a visit from the tooth fairy tonight. On that subject, after checking with a few friends I was a little surprised how much the tooth fairy leaves these days!

A few days ago before it fell out

Jack was especially interested in all this tooth talk. He has told everybody he has come in contact with today, that "my teef are getting really big," whatever that means???