October- hands down always one of my favorite months of the year! So many fun things going on, beautiful weather, and lots of birthdays in our family to celebrate.
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| Couch snuggles |
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| Beautiful day at the park while we celebrated the NICU9 turning two. We missed our favorite triplets though! :( |
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| Walk to school day! I wasn't able to take James and he was so sad to miss. I sent out a text to some fellow school moms and had so many people respond offering to help get him there. So thankful for our community and the sweet people who live here! |
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| This came from her preschool teacher, not sure what they were doing but I thought it was pretty funny |
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| No glasses for her yet but at least she will look cute when the time comes |
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| Every time we walked down the stairs he wanted to come check out the pumpkins |
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| Blue ice cream is the best ice cream |
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| Ryan took the big boys for a round of golf and then we all met for dinner and a little walk on the water front |
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| Creating birthday cards. In case you were wondering paint and four kids don't go well together! |
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| Grandparents' Day |
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| My mom and I took A and K for their first Mexican restaurant experience (which it is downright sinful that I have let them get to age 2 before this happened!) They were hilarious with their chips and salsa! |
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| Lunch at school with James |
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| His lunch time conflicts with preschool pick up so it's hard for me to get there often |
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| How awesome is Granny Baker playing basketball??? |
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| We are limiting our pacifier use to just nighttime but this day Andrew was truly traumatized so I caved. Poor kid had a hard time eating though! |
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| These two love babies lately! They couldn't get enough of Noah at the park |
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| I took Harrison on an errand and he requested to ride in Andrew's seat. You just never know what he is going to feel like doing! |
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| Family selfie before church |
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| Oh these long curls... |
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| As a joke I gave him a man bun. He totally rocked it! |
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| Our little monkey |
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| So proud of himself |
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| Harrison requested to marble paint which ended up with a disaster on my floor. |
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| Pudding painting at preschool! |
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| Testing out our costume |
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| Open preschool gym |
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| They loved it but I was overwhelmed. I think it is more of a one on one or two adult place. |
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| Harrison and his best bud Benjamin |
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| H rarely takes a nap but every now and then the car ride will get him |
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| Andrew's pretend mad face |
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| Just when you think you know your child's gifts and talents they surprise you |
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| A and K were mesmerized by the fish tank at the pediatrician's office. |
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| These two got a glowing report from their Doctor! It's amazing how far they have come in only two years! |
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| Speaking of talent, apparently this is one of their specialties |
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| "Give each other a hug" |
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| We headed out for a bike ride and I realized James had on pajamas and Harrison had his shirt on backwards. |
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| Favorite family activity: riding our bikes down the street to jump on a neighbor's trampoline. |
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| James won the "Paws for Applause" award at school! |
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| Ready for the school fall festival |
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| We were in line to do the very first cake walk: |
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| And Harrison won!!! I seriously teared up, this is the kid who never wins anything and he was so proud of himself! |
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| Face paint time! Harry Potter scar |
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| It was a cold day and we were literally the only people who got in line for an icy. This kid loves them! |
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| I don't think this is going to work much longer not to mention it is hard pulling 100+ pounds of kid |
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| Practicing for Halloween |
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| Fall festival part 2. Golf cart trrick or treating- I don't know if we have ever had a year where we had so much candy before Halloween even started |
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| Another cake walk and this time everyone won. James was thrilled, it irked him tremendously that Harrison had won at the other and he didn't :) |
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| Hayride! |
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| Andrew and Kate got invited to their very first party that was just for them, not to tag along with other people in the family |
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| It was a super cute birthday party for a friend in their class and they had it at the fire station |
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| I was trying to get Kate's picture and Andrew went and stood right in the front |
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| This guy had a blast! His sister was the difficult one this day |
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| We had a little fight during the pinata time |
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| His face blowing bubbles cracks me up! |
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| Kate missed the group photo because I had already stuck her in the car since she was having a meltdown |
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| Preschool prayer pumpkin |
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| One day at preschool pick up they told me Kate was acting really sick. I called and our doctor squeezed us in during her lunch break. We walked in the door and Kate came alive! She was dancing and talking more than I have ever heard her. To the point where I looked at the receptionist and said, "why is this child in speech?"" Needless to say she was completely fine and well! It's funny to take A or K out alone because they are always so confused about why the other car seat is empty and why they are missing their twin and ask about them non stop. |
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| Harrison had snack week and insisted that his treat (they are allowed to bring one special snack for the week) be rice krispy pumpkins. I slaved over these things and when I picked him up from school he said, "mom no one even liked them and I didn't either.' |
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| Our pumpkin design was simple but he did get one tooth this year lol. |
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| Harrison also worked on his Yoda pumpkin |
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| Meanwhile my math lover sorted the seeds into groups of ten so he could count them |
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| Final product! Every time Kate saw it she said "Harrison yoyo pumpkin" |
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| At night these two have started pulling their chairs over to listen to stories. Kate tried to sit in Andrew's seat one time- major power struggle broke out over that! |
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| Ready for speech on Halloween |
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| Sweet brothers! I remember James and Harrison wearing these together, it was the October the babies were in the hospital. Time is flying! |
