School pictures

We got Braden's school pictures last week, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well he did. I wasn't sure what he was going to do since I couldn't be there to jump around to make him smile. Obviously the photgraphers must have known what they were doing. :)

1st Field Trip!

Braden's pre-school class took a field trip to a local pumpkin farm on Tuesday. He was very excited to ride a true school bus for the 1st time as well as pick out a pumpkin. I was really surprised at all the activities they had planned for the kids. 1st we got to go on a hay ride. Then all the kids got to pick out 1 pumpkin, 1 gourd, and 1 corn. Then we headed back on the hayride to where the barn was. The kids watched a presentation about gourds and pumpkins and got to pet a chicken. After that it was free play time. They had ponies, goats, and chickens for the kids to look at, a giant stack of hay, hay mazes, a hay tent to jump in, and wooden train which seemed to always be packed with kids.

Today at preschool they have their Halloween party and all the kids come dressed up. Afterwards they have a Halloween parade where parents can come and take pictures. :) I am just so glad I signed Braden up for Friendship Station! What fun!

I have more pictures, but this is just taking way too long...

Fall fun?? Or maybe not...

The past 2 weekends we've been doing a few 'fall' activities that we thought would be fun for the kids..for the most part we were right..However we could not have predicted Braden getting his 2nd cold since September ( thanks preschool!) last saturday and Aubrey coming down with symptoms on Wednesday....So last weekend Braden jumped in the leaves with a drippy nose and was not all that cooperative with pictures and this weekend poor Aubrey was so stuffed up with snot that she woke up VERY prematurely from her naps because she couldn't breathe..We had planned on going to the pumpkin patch since today was literally the ONLY day we could do it. Between Jason traveling and end of the year mowing, he hasn't been home that often and there is NO WAY I would attempt a task such as picking out pumpkins by myself. So, Aubrey, not all that excited, just seemed like she was in a daze the entire time. Braden liked it, but didn't like that we wouldn't let him go in all those bouncy houses they had..

I know this paragraph is 1 giant run-on sentence, but at this point I don't really care about grammer..sorry :)

JUMP!

I'm not sure, but I think we forgot something....

Video

Ok, Jason had to make it a windows media file, so the quality isn't as good..but you get the idea

It's about time!

Aubrey is FINALLY walking!! We thought she was going to be our early walker, but instead she's even later than Braden was..oh well..
Yesterday she was obsessed with walking all around the house all day with her shoes on and holding onto mom's hand. Today, while I was grocery shopping (of course), Jason tells me that he has gotten her to start walking. Luckily he took some video and she also took some steps once I got home.
I have no idea how to download the video onto our computer, so hopefully Jason can figure it out later. For now, a few pictures..Enjoy!

So many names, so many faces..

Aubrey is a hilarious child..many may not realize it since she is more quiet and shy around those she doesn't know, but trust me, she makes us laugh..
Aubrey's names include silly nicknames, like aub-ba-daubs, daubie-doo, roo..etc..then there are things like silly girl and goofball..but the one's that are maybe not so common with a little girl are things like 'the destroyer' and 'the mess-maker'..
Aubrey destroys anything within her path. You might think I would have been used to this having a boy first...wrong. Braden did some of this, but she is to the extreme. Anything that she shouldn't be touching like electrical cords or toilet water, she does. Anything she shouldn't be eatting, like paperclips or styrofoam, goes right into her mouth. You really can't takeyour eyes off of her, she is our stinker of the family.
Here are some examples of her true destroyer/mess-making nature..

Oh the faces that come from her..I wish I always had my camera on me and could catch them all... her personality truely shines through those facial expressions.

   

                         

Our little roo..

Potty Training, Preschool, & Pictures

Thanks to some encouragement ( Jenny and Brenda :)),I have finally given in and started a blog..I figure it's a good way for a lot of people to stay up to date with all of things that are going on in our lives.

First, if you don't know..Braden is fully potty trained! I used this 3 day method that one of my neighbors emailed to me and it totally works! Just in time for preschool...
Braden started preschool last week and LOVES it!!! We went for the orientation to meet his teacher and see which classroom he was in ( they have 3 classrooms) before the school week started. Of course with the start of school the start of the germs quickly followed..Braden started showing the cold symptoms on Saturday and as my neighbor says , Aubrey and I were innocent bystanders, and have also caught his cold.. So, he had to miss school on Tuesday. Oh well..
I tried to take some pictures during orientation as well as during his 1st day, neither of which he felt like posing and smiling, but I did the best I could.

I was also happy to receive the kids 1 and 3 year pictures today. For those that ordered, you will be receiving them in the mail soon!

I hope to keep up with this blog,so check back occasionally to see what we've been up to!