Sleeping Beauty

Its official... I am truly in love with our tiny tot! I have tried night after night to not go in his room and watch him sleep but I just can't help myself. He looks like an angel when he sleeps, a tiny cherub. He is a boy of comfort demanding to have every Little Giraffe silky pillow in the house (including his sisters pink ones, which they lovingly share) and plush blankets. Throw in a few trains and his singing aquarium and he is perfectly comfy in his little nest. This may be the kid that wants to sleep in his crib until he is 3, he loves it. And Mommy loves watching him sleep in his crib. A week's worth of phone pictures of our sleeping beauty...

Sweet Dreams!

My Girls!

How is it possible than in less than a month these two will be 4?

They are growing up SO Fast!

They amaze us everyday. We sit and look at them all of the time and say they are so grown up, where did our baby girls go? We have our hard days here and there but most days are truly wonderful and they are such a joy to be around. Being a twin is one of the coolest things. Its truly amazing that they are a pair. While SO much alike both in identity and personality they are starting to come into their own and are confident little girls finding their own way, own friends, own style and own interests. In almost four years of being together (outside of Harper's 8 days in the NICU at birth) they have only spent a couple of hours apart. They are the best of friends! And they are almost 4, really?

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was just as exciting as the kids imagined it would be! A sugar filled happy day. It started with the girls school party that was so much fun to host and see all of the girls classmates that they talk about all of the time.

Tyler & Harper's School Halloween party

Harper

Tyler

The cupcakes.

Up next carving the pumpkin...

Nothing like waiting until the last minute!

And finally it was dark enough to go trick or treating!

The girls went with Dad while Court stayed home with Mom to pass out candy. He loved putting pieces of candy in the big kids bags. The girls would have lasted all night but they were cut off close to 7:30. A bucket full of candy and two VERY happy girls!

Trick or Treat!

Weekend Fun!

We were party hoppin' this weekend. Every night and each morning and afternoon were filled with lots of Halloween fun. Thank goodness tomorrow marks a new month and hopefully a little slower pace. It has been great though and the girls are especially into Halloween this year, well how could they not be? Court's favorite thing about Halloween is driving around after bedtime checking out all of the neighborhood decorations... the scarier the better for this little guy. This was the girls favorite thing to do at his age so we have had a few nights where we have waited until it got dark then drove around looking for ghosts & goblins, scary monsters, glowing pumpkins and spooky spiders. A big hit!

King Tut & Cleopatra, Kate & William

Fun night! No kids allowed!

Then these are the only other photos from the weekend...

Christ Church Fall festival.

Girls decorating cookies.

Candy & icing at 10am- yes please!

A little pumpkin decorating!

Just two more events to survive... girls halloween party I am in charge of then a neighborhood party followed by lots of trick or treating!

Wordless Wednesday (via Mobile uploads)

ok, a few words...

muzzled 8 lb chihuahua at his checkup, really?

Halloween Party Circuit

This may be the most candy-filled week of the year... the week before October 31 where our days are packed with fun Halloween festivities. Before the big day we will actually attend 10 Halloween parties with only one of those being adults only! Kids are already starting to ask for candy corn for breakfast and Mom's energy is running low. Good thing we have plenty of sugar on hand to keep me going!

Halloween Playgroup

The original group in the back and all of their younger siblings in the front.

Tyler, the good witch

Harper, the spunky witch

Court & buddy Bridgett

Buddy has been in a sugar coma for 3 days~ too much sugar & no naps

No naps = no smiles!

No fussing but straight up zombie child.

Playgroup 2011

Sophia, Wells, Harper, Taylor, James, Tyler, Carson, Davis, Charlie & Andie

Playgroup 2008- how were they ever this small?

Harper, Court & Tyler

Sporty Courty

CCC Halloween Party

Harper

Court

Tyler

Happy Halloween!

3 down, 7 to go....

Happy Fall!

Happy Fall

y'all!

Pumpkin Pickin'

We did our annual trip to the pumpkin patch this past weekend. We look forward to this family time every year. We picked a beautiful day and everyone had a great time looking at the animals, riding on the tractors and of course picking pumpkins!

On the Riverbend bus!

Court obsessed with driving the tractor!

Feeding the chickens.

Giddy up!

Sweet Tyler

Court spotted a "twuuck" actually a tractor but he was thrilled!

Happy Harper on the hay ride!

Attempt at a family photo...

Court walked the field putting his little finger in each pumpkin.

Tyler picking anything she could find.

Harper & Daddy

Tyler's pumpkin

Harper

Mommy & Court

He sees another truck. This kid is such a boy!

Our little pumpkins in the patch

Yea for ice cream!!!

Court coming in at a strong 2 1/2 feet.

Tyler & Harper

And an outtake...

Court's new move is pushing his sister's out of the way.

He has learned how to stand his ground with them.

Tyler's arm coming through the bottom... and

Harper saying take my picture.

Our life is full of outtakes.

Another fun year!

Here are photos from our past visits...

2010 Riverbend Farms

2009 Riverbend Farms

2008 Riverbend Farms