He May Not Like Taking Pictures...

But He LOVES SAND!!!!!!

"I'm KING of the SAND!"

Merry Christmas From The Goff's

This is REAL life! Not always picture perfect :)

It's that wonderful time of year when we take a Christmas card picture (well usually not this early but Shutterfly had 25 cards FREE & FREE shipping so I had to take advantage!). As you can tell it was a LOVELY photo session!

The three pictures above describe what 95% of the shoot was like... but the other 5% were actually really cute. BUT we got NO picture of the kids looking at the camera together... just NOT possible I guess with a 2 year old & a 3 year old! Hope you got a good laugh! I can laugh now but I was not laughing in the moment :)

But with all the fussing, fits, hearing "NO" 100 million times, having to say "NO" 100 more million times, all the frustration went way when I rocked Anderson before bed and listened to him sing praise songs to the best of his ability! He sang "Sing, Sing, Sing" (Steve Fee song) perfectly & he melted my heart! All was forgotten!

Trick Or Treat, Smell My Feet...

Karoline said this over and over again last night... between houses. She froze and said nothing at each door!

Last night was our first time to take the kids trick or treating... AND it was TJ's first time EVER too! Karoline was SO excited... which quickly turned to fear except for the "nice" people - AKA old people sitting in their drive ways giving away candy with no Halloween decor :)

Anderson has been a little sick running a fever all weekend so he just strolled door to door but he was quite cute saying trick or treat to the best of his ability! Here are the pictures of our Tinkerbell & Superman below...


She would NOT let go of our hands!












Have I told yall my parents have escaped to the mountains for a week... I MISS THEM SO MUCH! Here is a picture they sent us...

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!