Black Swallowtail

Carson and Hailey found some caterpillars in the garden and have been feeding them in the house for a couple of weeks. The first one finally emerged from its cocoon today and the kids had fun holding it while it dried its wings.

Halloween Decor

I do not have any Halloween decorations...I mean none. Well, I would really like to start getting a few every year so eventually our house can be all cute and decorated. Well after looking at the stores and seeing all the prices on everything I decided to try and make a few crafts. (Yah I know, I'm not that crafty.) These were super easy to make and I think they turned out really cute. The "candy" design is from the peppermint creative website. I had a girl in the kingwood ward cut out the vinyl. She does a great job and is SUPER cheap! So hooray for our Halloween decorations...all 3 of them! :)

Right now they are all on the mantle, not sure where they'll end up...maybe they will stay there.




The best part about Halloween!

Okay this one turned out my favorite. I love how the O's in boo look like eyes.

Yes the "trick or treat" vinyl and block were from LAST YEARS super saturday. I didn't have time to do it last year and it took me a whole year to paint the block and apply the vinyl. At least it did get done though. I think it looks good with the other two blocks.

Carson's First Day of (4 year old) Preschool!

Carson is soooo excited to be in the four year old class this year at preschool. Of course mommy made him get some photos before we left for school!



Hailey doesn't get to go to preschool, but she sure thought she should stay and play when we dropped Carson off...hold on Hailey, you can next year!

You know how some people...

Okay - you know how some people only post the really perfect good stuff and pictures. Then you think their life is perfect, why can't I be such an amazing mom like that....yah this is NOT one of those posts!

Why not - because this is real life. While I do have an amazing life, hubby, kids, friends, etc. sometimes it just stinks and you get down. So - I vent...that is my output. Todays venting is happening here.

1. I hate Mondays. Bridger has been home all weekend to help me and help the kids get some energy out...then it's bye bye honey.
2. I really wish pregnancy were only 32 weeks instead of 40 weeks long. I'm hungry but I get heartburn when I eat. I can't sleep. My weight gain is steadily increasing more than it should. My prenatals make me sick. I'm already waddling. I have to go to the bathroom about every 30 minutes.
3. I have bad mom syndrome. Yep - patience level is at a negative 800 right now. Hailey is in a diaper right now. That's right...not even a pull-up, a diaper. She did great for how long, then decided to have TWO accidents this morning all over. I got so frustrated and told her she was a baby and stuck her in a diaper. She cried...but I did it anyways. Hello - she is just barely 2 for crying out loud...and kids have accidents. I am so mean. I'm frustrated because I try to do something with my kids (like mommy school, coloring, reading books) but they have so much energy they don't want to sit down and do it....but I can't move around with them because I'm huge and have no energy. SIGH....no wonder they love daddy more than me and have expressed this a lot lately! Yep - they've already watched one hour and 15 minutes of tv today and it's only 1:27 p.m. ...usually I try to limit tv time to 45 min a day. Well - let's just say I'm pretty confident there will be at least another 30 minutes for today. Sigh again...
4. My house is a mess. I don't really care. But I'm pretty sure my hubby is not too happy about it. There is a mountain as tall as Everest of laundry to wash, the entire sink and countertop full of dishes to do, crumbs on the floor, toys all over, and I don't care. I just want to lay down and close my eyes so it all goes away!
5. I was on my way home from Walmart this morning and my cell phone rang. I just glanced at the number quickly and thought...oh it's Bridger calling from his office - UM...NO. It was a work call. I'm in the car driving, my kids screaming in the background, and I don't have my computer in front of me to answer my customers questions about an item on backorder. Yah - I'm pretty confident I won't get that order - I'd go to a different site to order too if I got that!

So now what? Suck it up.... cowboy up... whatever you want to call it. My hubby will be home in about 3 and a half hours. The really bright side - Carson's preschool starts tomorrow! :)

Just because

Just because the grandparents always ask for pictures - we decided to take some silly pictures this morning. Hailey wanted "piggies" in her hair, and Carson likes being in pictures too.

Silly Boy!

Carson is so silly! He was being pretty quiet playing in my room while I was checking email on my laptop. Then I hear a "hi, I'm Bridger" and this is what I find. He loves to dress up in daddy's clothes. My favorite is the voice he uses...he tries to make a deep voice when he says it. Today I finally snapped a picture.

The full ensemble. Houston Astros hat, red polo type shirt (on inside out), orange shorts on backwards, and brown dress shoes. He looks snazzy!



Carson saying, "Hi, I'm Bridger"

Ahhh....I love my kids!

Saturday was a VERY SPECIAL DAY for Miss Hailey! It was her POTTY PARTY DAY! That's right, she got the whole day with mommy, yummy drinks, snacks, potty books, potty movies and loads of fun. Overall she did really well: 15 successes on the potty, 3 good tries, and only 3 accidents. We are hoping she continues to do this well everyday and it doesn't take weeks for the potty training to happen!

Hailey with her Potty Training Chart!


Look at all those stickers for I DID IT!

Hailey got some fairy underwear (tinkerbell and friends) and princess underwear!

I love her tan lines in this photo. You can see her shorts and t-shirt line!

Action shots in the panties!


Classic bum shot!


Books and dolls were a big hit.


I'm such a big girl!

The C-Man sporting his new do! He got to hang out with Daddy ALL DAY LONG!

They went to go see Aliens in the Attic. Carson got a shot by this ad for planet 51. He is so funny!