A Fancy Dinner

Kambryn came to me around 4:30 Thursday afternoon and said "I have a great idea", now of course the is a phrase she uses often and I never know what might follow but on this occassion it was really sweet. She told me that she wanted to have a "Fancy Dinner" which to her means that we eat in the formal dining room. So I thought for a moment and realized that there was no good reason not to eat in the formal dining room and I even took it a little further and got out my crystal and china for us to use. So I finished preparing dinner and I allowed Kambryn to set the table with the crystal glasses and her great-grandma Nanny Betty's china and we were just about set. She of course needed to bring her baby to eat with us so we moved the baby highchair in from the playroom and had a wondreful time. I put on Christmas music and turned on all the Christmas lights in the house and the kids both loved it. I just love that my little girl thinks outside of the box and loves to change things up. She did approach me the next night and say that she wanted another fancy dinner but I told her we might need to wait a little before we do it again, maybe we can make it a weekly tradition.

Santa through the years....

Santa has been a pleasant experience for us up until this year. Kambryn has always been that kid that was never afraid of strangers and always wanted to talk to just about anyone. Kolten on the other hand is totally the opposite. Kyle and I even have trouble getting him to let go of one of us long enough for other family members to see him. I always joke that he is just another limb for me since it seems he is always on my hip. He doesn't like it when people talk to him while we are out and don't try to approach him if he is playing in a room because he will make a mad dash for his mommy or daddy to be rescued. So when we began talking about taking our picture with Santa this year I knew I would end up with Kolten crying in the shot.

she comes by it honestly....

When we started Kambryn in preschool this year I knew that one day she would come home with the "needed to be reminded" box checked for something. We lasted an entire month with nothing but glowing marks from Miss Cindy until today.....we had that little box checked, ugh. Kambryn really is a well behaved kid at school (she saves all of her acting out for mommy & daddy at home) so I figured it couldn't be to bad. Apparently she had a hard time keeping that little motor mouth of hers quiet during "naptime" today. As most of you know the 3 year old class in preschool doesn't have to sleep during naptime but they do have to lay quietly and "rest" for the allotted time. Well what can I say about my spunky outspoken little girl, I really don't know where she gets the need to talk all the time :) Miss Cindy said that she just could not stop talking to her friend Brynn and was told 3 times that she needed to not talk before she was able to close that little mouth of hers. I guess this is a milestone that all kids eventually get under their belt, I am just glad that it is one of those moments that I can laugh about. Kyle and I did have a little talk with her tonight about making sure to have her listening ears on and follow directions, time will tell if she had her listening ears on when we had our conversation :)

Happy Fall!

For those of you who know me well you know that I love when I can put the kids in matching or coordinating pj's. Halloween is the beginning of my fun each year. It is a little difficult finding cute pj's that look good on both a boy and a girl. I actually have a more difficult time with the Christmas pj's but that is another post. This year the kids got pretty simple pj's but the jack o lantern face does glow in the dark, Kambryn LOVES this little perk. Here are a few picture of the kids in their pj's, as usual it is hard to get a good shot of them together and of course Kolten is always on the move so he is usually running as I am snapping a shot. Happy Fall everyone!

It has been a while, huh.....

Our laptop battery went out on us about a month ago and it has taken me this long to finally get one ordered and get it on the laptop. I am so excited to have my laptop back! We have had a busy few months. We finised out the summer with lots of swimming and playing outside in the horrible heat, Kolten was officially diagnosed with a milk allergy, Kambryn started preschool and Kolten started walking. These are just a few of the many milestones since July but I am condensing for the sake of time. Here are a few pictures and video of Kolten walking.

when you talk to a 3 year old, you never know what they will say...

Wednesday evening Kyle and Kambryn went to pick up a pizza for dinner. Kyle said on the way Kambryn starting talking about our mini vacation next week.....
Kyle: "Are you ready to go to Norman next week and see Bob Stoops"
Kambryn: "Yes, where does Bob live?"
Kyle: "In Norman"
Kambryn: "Oh, is there a high school there?"
Kyle: "Uhhh, yes"
Kambryn: "Does Bob Stoops have a car"
Kyle: "yes"
Kambryn: "Does he wear panties or big boy underwear"
Kyle: "Ummm, I guess big boy underwear, why"
Kambryn: "Oh, just because"

Sometimes the our daughter's thoughts are so scattered and random, but always good for a laugh :)

Take me out to the ball game....

This past Sunday Kyle and I took Kambryn, Allie and two of my sisters, Holly & Haley to a Frisco Roughriders game. This was the first baseball game that Kambryn and Allie had ever been to and we wondered if they would like it. Oh course the loved it! What is not to love....a big, new adventure to explore there park, eating hot dogs and chips and of course having Dippin Dots for the first time. Oh to be a child again and live in such a wonderful bubble of fun. Allie didn't smile much because she was very hot and Kambryn just wanted to dance everytime the music would come on. Here are a few pictures.