Halloween Costumes Take One

Today Jacob and Hannah had Halloween parties at school and got to trick or treat. They got to wear their costumes and everything! This is how our morning went: Hannah sees me with her tu tu and she says, "put tu tu on mommy!" She was so excited about playing dress up (she is so prissy). But, when picture time came around, I said, "Say cheese Hannah." She responds with "No cheese mommy" and tries to run away from the camera. When I told Jacob to put his costume on, he threw a major fit! "I don't want to be Thomas mommy." I was thinking, "Great, I am glad we spent $30 on this costume." Then I asked him if he wanted to be an elephant, so he tried on the trunk and ears that my mom sent me from when I was a kid. He thought it was cool for a minute until I ruined it by trying to put his gray sweat pants on him. He didn't want to wear the pants, so he didn't want to be an elephant. So then he says, "I don't want to dress up." Mommy's come back, "All the other kids are going to be dressed up Jacob." Great, so I am teaching my child to give in to peer pressure and go along with the crowd...Mom of the year award right here. To rationalize my comment, I really did not want him to get to school and see everyone else dressed up and be mad that he didn't have a costume. Finally, he decided he wanted to be Thomas. Thank goodness! Here are a few pictures of Thomas the Train and my little ballerina. When I picked the kids up from school they had both had great days. I picked Hannah up first and she said, "Hi mommy...go get Jacob!" She loves her brother. We had a play date with Jacob's friend Reagan after school today and the kids had a blast and ran off all that extra sugar they had at school! Mommy's night ended by helping Ms. Lindsay celebrate her 28th birthday! We had a great girls dinner! Thanks for having a birthday Lindsay. Stay tune later in the weekend for pictures from Halloween and Baylor Homecoming! My sister and mom are probably passing out right now that I have two posts in one day!

Cool Thomas

Being silly

Typical Hannah pic...thumb in mouth

"No cheese mommy"

Walking to her class like a big girl

Big boy ready for school

Happy 28th Birthday Ms. Lindsay!
(Lindsay, Melissa, Jamie, Autumn, Me)

Mommy's Favorite Pictures Lately

We have had a fun past week and a half. Some of our activities have been making one more trip to the pumpkin patch, going to the zoo, and spending some time with daddy when he took off work. Enjoy!

These two are so sweet to each other 95% of the time.
I didn't tell them to hug, they just did!

Sweet Jacob smiling for mommy while Hannah disappeared

I am not sure what she was saying to me here, but it looked important

Look how strong I am mom!

No more sitting still mommy

The one and only decent sibling picture at the Pumpkin Patch this year

Riding the train at the zoo

In the Eagle's Nest

Petting the goats

Slides are fun anywhere

Looking like mommy

Fun with Daddy at the mall

Helicopter ride

Daddy says it is not okay that I like to put on Hannah's
tu tu sometimes, but mommy had to capture the picture.

Memories

Here is our sweet 3 year old boy when he was only 3 months old. I can't believe how fast they grow up!

Jacob's Birthday (a little late)

So Jacob's birthday was obviously in September, but due to Hurricane Ike we had to delay his party. We had it on October 11th and of course I am just now posting the birthday pictures. What else would you expect? I have come to realize that I am just not that good at updating the blog regularly. Jacob had a great time at his birthday party. We rented a moon walk and he had a blast. We can't believe that our precious little boy is 3!

Our Week

It has been a busy week being back home! I was so glad to be able to clean my house! The kids have been quite happy sleeping in their beds and so have mommy and daddy. Our week included going to school, taking our friends Hannah and Ellie to the zoo (with DD's help), and attempting to take cousin pictures at the pumpkin patch while Daddy and Uncle Jeff fixed our fence. Enjoy the pictures.

Hannah before school
not to thrilled about the picture!

Fine, I will just suck my thumb!

Hannah Grace and Ellie ready to see some animals

Jacob trying to put the moves on Hannah Graesser

All 4 kiddos playing with the mister fans!

We took a train ride after a day of fun at the Zoo.

Little Ms. Priss being cooperative for photos today

Jacob has really got the smile for the camera thing down!

Let's not eat the pumpkins Hannah

The attempt at the cousin picture...Oh Well!

Jacob being silly

What are they doing to us Hannah?

Yeah We are Back Home

We finally got power back! Thank you Lindsay and James for calling us last night when they saw lights on our street! We are so glad to be back home to try to get back into a normal routine. After two weeks of being in and out of our house you realize how much we take the everyday things for granted. We are so thankful to have our power back and that our family is safe and sound. Now we can fix our fence and reschedule a birthday party for a very special 3 year old boy! I will update with pictures soon.

Still No Power

14 days and counting!