Halloween.

Halloween hasn't been a big thing in Australia, but SOME people are warming to the idea. It is fun to dress up and laugh and get candy. TO us it isn't about the Dead, the witches and evil spirits. It is about the memories of carving pumpkins, of who gives the biggest and best candy, and watching our little kids enjoy their costumes. So we had 3 parties to go to this year, and I will NEVER do that again. My day was crazy to say the least and my kids were neglected and I only got a couple of pictures. Next year I will be better.

Some of my favorite things.

My little family.

Handsome fun Dads.

Island Vacations

A Good Sense of Humor

Visitors

Big Brothers

Creativity.

Little People feet.

Piggy Tails

SuperRyder.

This little sweetheart.

Hmmm

It's been so long I can't remember how to do this......

Elle is 1!

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Some of our favorite things......

- BIG hugs!
- Floppy ears perfect for nibbling on
- Toothy smiles
- Lots of giggles
- Watching you play with your brother and seeing how much you love him.
- What a happy, content, fun little girl you are.
What a great addition to our family you have been. It has been a fun filled year thanks to you Elle. We love you so much!
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ELLE 8 months

So I noticed I have been majorly slack in my blogging and since this is my only form of scrapbooking then I need to get on the ball. Our little Elle is nearly 9 months old and I can't really believe that the time has gone so quickly.

So here is what you have been up too.....
4 months you were sitting up without any help
5 1/2 months crawling, you have never used both knees, your left knee is on the floor, your right foot is you push off foot..you can accelerate at top speed like this.
6 months pulling up on everything, and while pulling up on everything finding EVERY cord to chew on.
7 1/2 months Dada, Mama, bababa
8 months lots of gibberish and lots of smiles. You love food and make sounds with each bite you take. We can see your true colors coming through, you are very determined a bit stubborn a little dramatic at times, but over all a happy content little cutie~! This month you discovered the toilet and all the fun things you could throw into them. You are learning to stand on your own, and I can see you are not going to stop at that! I love seeing your cute toothy smile peeking over at me from your crib, nothing can beat it.

Growing UP

 

Six months has just FLOWN by. My baby is no longer the littlest one everywhere we go, and I am wondering where all that time went. People are constantly asking us how Elle is doing and we really have nothing but good things to say. Elle is such a happy, content baby. She lights up the room and gives the best smiles to whoever talks to her. From day 1 she has been a great sleeper and a great eater....what more could I ask for. Elle started sitting up at 4 months, army crawling at 5 months, and now at 6 months has mastered the crawl, today she even pulled herself up and was standing by the chair....we keep telling her to slow down but she is a go-getter. We love you little Elle!

Ryder doesn't talk very often on skype so I feel that I need to share some of the things he says, and I want to write it down before I forget.
The other day Ryder was laying down for a nap when Dad got home from work, so of course he had to get up to say hi, and next thing I know he is running in asking if he can go to the beach. I told him probably not until after his nap....well I saw the melt-down coming, Kyle quickly interjected and said he WAS going since it was his only day to do it....so I gave in. Ryder ran out of the room totally elated and next thing we hear is "Pheww that was a cwose one" Ryd had the brow wipe and all. What a funny kid, I don't even know where he would have picked that up.

Today we had a few good liners....while grocery shopping he was talking about how he was a boy and then in his not so quiet voice he says "ELLE not have a Willy!?" (I know we are lame and don't use proper names for our parts, but who cares!)
Later on in the day he lifts up his arms and says "Mom, I not have any hair" I turned to see that he was pointing at his armpits, then to end the evening off he shook my stomach and said "Mom your stomach is a little bit jiggly" (Thanks, like I didn't know that already).

I was not having the best day today, feeling overwhelmed by all I needed to get done and my kids not co-operating with me. But when I think about it I probably won't remember how my house was messy and my laundry wasn't done, but I will want to remember all the fun things I do with my kids. Sometimes it is so easy to get frustrated with them, but I would take all the crumbled up bread on the carpet and sloppy joes under the table, toys spread out everywhere,kids constantly asking to play games, and have snacks and crying babies who just want their mom to snuggle her ANYDAY!

Happy Birthday Ryder!

October 21 2009. Ryder turns 3!




Just a few good memories.....

1.Before anyone can leave the house,you have to make sure they give everyone a HUG, a FIVE, and a KISS....

2.You love love to snuggle your mom and dad.

3.I am rarely called by mommy anymore...we have gone straight to Lins, or Linsey.

4.Every day you tell mom and dad we are your best friend....Even at the Library the other day in the middle of story time from across the room you caught my eye and leaned back and said "Your my best friend mom". My heart melted with that and your darling smile!

5.You are a smart little boy you love to count, read, color, and build things.

6.Sometimes your words get a little mumble-jumbled and I can't stand to correct it...our favorite is "I got for-tell you something, or mom you got for-tie my shoe".....

7.Everyone knows you LOVE the Little Einsteins movies...you are slightly obsessed, so whenever you hear classical music it is always little Einsteins...not Bach or Mozart.

8.You love to sing around the house and all of your answers tend to be in musical form, "NO, NO, NO, NOOOO" often carries the tune of one of Bach's symphony's.

9.You have a really tender-heart and don't often like to be disciplined.....but you do like to push our buttons as far as you can.

10.You are a great big brother, sometimes you can be a bit pesty, but you are good at helping mom with Elle, sharing your toys, and making her laugh.

11.Dancing is another of your passions, you turn the music FULL blast and jump, roll and march around with your endless amounts of energy.

12.I asked you the other day what you wanted to be when you grow up and you said a GREEN SUPER HERO who plays baseball and saves people.

13.Almost everyday since you turned 3 you tell us that you got bigger, when we ask you how you tell us that you ate your Veg-e-tables.

This was our conversation in the car the other day.....
Ryder: Mom I got bigger!
Mom:You did? We don't want you to get bigger.
Ryder: But I have to.
Mom: What are you going to do when you get bigger?
Ryder: Drive our car really fast.
Mom: Oh, Great!
Ryder: It is great...

Ryder we really don't want you to get bigger, we want you to stay our little boy forever! But it is so fun to watch you grown and change and these have been the best 3 years of our lives, we love you SOOOO much, and we can't wait for all the other birthdays to come!
Love, Mom and Dad