Fall Festivities

Let me start off this post by remembering where were were this time last year... Our last Truck Or Treat at Bay Hills...our last few days in California! I cannot believe it has been a year. I miss our California friends SO much and we miss Bay Hills. We are thankful for our time in California and all that God has done in our lives since we have left!

We have had a VERY busy week this week. Does anyone else feel like there were tons of pre-Halloween festivities this year or is it just me? We ALREADY have enough candy and treats... who needs to go trick or treating? And we may not if it keeps raining!

Last Sunday our neighborhood had a Trunk or Treat which was okay but Karoline was pretty scared of most of the costumes. We didn't stay long...








BUT at school they had a WONDERFUL Freaky Friday Carnival on Thursday (no school on Friday). It was precious and lots of fun activities for the kids. Anderson's class came for the first part of the carnival and Karoline's class after. We had a blast. Here are some pictures of Princess Karoline & Superman.



Practicing flying...

Giving his teacher, Megan, a big hug...



Danielle & I

Karoline did the cake walk a lot! She really liked getting all the cookies & brownies :)


As if that were not enough pictures, here's the slide show...

Big Boy Toddler Bed Update & More...

Anderson is doing GREAT in his toddler bed with NO guard rail at all! He fell of the bed the first night and was fine, cried for a sec because it scared him, but got back in and has been great. He even stays in his bed when he wakes up until we come get him! THIS SHOCKS ME! Even with his new train & table he stays in the bed. He's been such a good boy... so far :)

Karoline on the other had has been fighting nap time. I'm fine with that because she was getting to the point of being too crabby when she took a nap. Problem is that she ends up DESTROYING her room! So we are trying to lay some ground rules about our new "rest time"... Rules like pick 5 books & 5 stuffed animals/ dolls & only get out of the bed to go potty... NOT to change her clothes 10 times!! So nap time/ rest time has been a struggle this week.

In other Karoline news... she has gone 3 nights keeping her Pull Up dry! So two more nights and she can try not wearing the pull up to bed & she gets to pick out a My Little Pony at Target...

Wow... my kids are growing up!

80's Night Fundraiser for The Growing Tree

Friday night I attended a fundraiser for our preschool... without TJ. Danielle & I let Trey and TJ off the hook and babysit the kids. We had a fun time though... it was fun to dress up & listen to all the fun 80's music. I think we raised a lot of money for the school.

Mrs. Swazey (Karoline's assistant teacher), Suzanne, & Danielle

Check out that PHONE... in a BAG!!

Tons of items up for auction for the preschool...

Karoline's class project...

Anderson's class project...

Danielle & Nikki (Danielle teaches 4's & Nikki is her assistant)

Alice & Michael Jackson (Megan), Anderson's teachers...

Cupcakes In Class & Big Boy Bed

Friday TJ and I took cupcakes to Anderson's preschool class. He goes M,W,F's. It was fun but I will say I probably made a big mistake with the chocolate icing! I probably have a few parents that will hate me for that... haha! Anderson LOVES his class. He LOVES school. He LOVES his teachers! And his teachers LOVE him! They get mad at me when I sub on a Tues or Thur and leave him home with my mom. We are very blessed that the kids are in such a great preschool.

Sitting in "Circle Time" getting his "magic soap" (aka hand sanitizer)





I have to add this picture of Karoline I took before school Friday... She was SO cute!


Today TJ took down the crib railing & made Anderson's crib a toddler bed. I have big plans for his big boy room, but they will have to be on hold until I can save $135.00 to get him a full size mattress for TJ's old iron bed. But this works since he is such a little guy.

Anyway, we had no idea how he would do but he did great. He slept 3 hrs and did not fall off. I honestly was not worried about nap time. It's the morning's I am worried about. He is our early riser. We won't find out until Monday how this will go b/c he is at my parents tonight. All that to say I am proud of my BIG BOY!


I could not find the trains... then I found them. All lined up in a secret spot!

Anderson was sick this morning (which required many loads of laundry to be done!) so Karoline went to my parents. Anderson was such a good helper with the laundry!

My Baby Is TWO!!

October 22, 2007

October 22, 2009

Little Man, Ander Buddy, My Monkey... He's TWO! It is so hard to believe that my BABY is TWO! And since Anderson is 24 months here is my list of 24 things about him...

1) Anderson organizes his stuffed animals & blankets each morning on one side of the bed and then does the same thing on the other... and repeats until we go get him.

2) Favorite breakfast food is cereal bar or oatmeal

3) He LOVES going to school and seeing his teachers "Awice" & Megan. Loves them so much when we drive by the school and don't stop he yells for Alice & Megan!

4) He's a picky eater- still loves avocado, tofu, crackers, and broccoli best and has started trying other things

5) Because of the above he only weighs 25.5 lbs. (Karoline was 24.5 @ 1 yr old!)

6) He is tall and skinny like his daddy

7) Yo Gabba Gabby is his FAVORITE show! Wonder Pets & Deigo are a close second.

8) He has LOTS of energy! LOTS!!

9) Jumping in the ball pit is one of his favorite in-door activities

10) Playing in his Little Tikes car & side walk chalk are his favorite outdoor activities

11) He knows all his shapes

12) He knows all his colors (well red, blue, yellow, green, white, pink, orange, and black)

13) He knows his ABC's & can recognize a few letters (He really likes to point out the A on my Auburn shirt & the B on my robe)

14) Anderson loves his family! He ALWAYS loves greeting everyone when they arrive home! He's so happy to see everyone.

15) Anderson is already a HUGE Auburn fan. He loves to point out the AU or Aubie on anything and everything Auburn! It's in his blood!

16) He still wears a size 12-18 months in clothes (see #5 again!)

17) He LOVES singing "We Shine" (Fee) and "Sing, Sing, Sing" (Chris Tomlin) at the top of his lungs in the car... it's PRECIOUS!

18)Speaking of #17 he loves sitting in TJ's lap watching worship bands on the computer... I think he will follow in his daddy's footsteps. HE LOVES MUSIC!

19) LOVES bath time!

20) Really wants to be able to brush his teeth by himself!

21) Curious George is his favorite series of books... because he's a monkey himself!

22) He still loves to rock every night and sing praise songs before bed. My favorite part of my day with him & sometimes Karoline sqeezes in the rocker with us.

23) He nuzzles my nose every night before I put him in his crib.

24) He is a FANTASTIC sleeper. Praise the LORD!

To celebrate his birthday we had a fun party on Tuesday with our sweet friends. We went to our favorite mexican restaurant and then had cake & ice cream at our house. It was wild but lots of fun!

Here are LOTS of birthday pictures!



My sweet friends...Danielle, Me, Becca, Mom, Amanda, & Liz






THE Birthday...
Today I took him to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast and let him play. After we had to go to his two year check up. While he was napping TJ put together his train table (from Gammy & Gandaddy) & his train (from us). He also had a blast playing with his new Little People Farm & Puzzles from GiGi & PopPop. It was a great birthday. We celebrate again by taking cupcakes to his class tomorrow.









Slideshow of all the pictures...