Trick or Treat 2009!

Sorry there are so many pictures to follow - but its Halloween! What do you expect?

Getting ready to carve the jack-o-lantern - not sure why it turned green. No gagging for Drew this year! He did fake gag for our benefit, but maybe he's over the sensitive gag refex?

Daddy doing some carving

Corry decided she'd rather be an OSU cheerleader for Halloween than Tinkerbell, which I was actually glad about since I was afraid she might be too cold in the Tinkerbell one. Daddy was so proud of her choice!

This is Corry doing her "poke" fingers Carlie came over to help pass out candy with Grandpa Bob while we went trick or treating

Getting the princess all ready for the big night

Mr. Thomas/train conductor

Max, what happened to the jack-o-lantern?

Daddy & the kiddos - after Drew saw Max's lion nose & whiskers & the girls rouge & lipstick, he needed face paint too

Mommy & Corry

Mommy & Drew

Drew, Corry & Calyn

Drew, Max, Corry & Calyn

In the wagon getting ready to head out

The girls in the wagon

Drew & Max

Silly boys

Trick or Treat! If you notice Max is in front of the pack - He LOVED trick or treating!

Corry just had to have her picture with this inflatable kitty

Happy Halloween everyone!

Horrid Bedding = Happy 3 year old

I was only going to get Drew the Thomas sheets & then get him decent comforters to go with the bedding, but he fell in love with the Thomas comforters so I figured, you're only 3 once. There will be plenty of time for tasteful bedding. So, while it kills me to have a room that looks like its straight off the Walmart website, we have an extremely happy little 3 year old. That's what's important, right?

First pictures a little dark, but cute of the kids....2nd picture you can see the details of the delightful tackiness.....and Grandma - in the second picture on the far right you can see the bottom step up to the top "loft"

Big Boy Bed!

We're off to Walmart to find the perfect Thomas sheets for the new bunk beds. We'll do our best to tacky-up the new big boy furniture in no time :)

Busy Birthday & Halloween Weekend!

We had a busy busy weekend - Saturday we had gymnastics, the OSU football game, & Calyn's kid birthday party at The Little Gym. Today we had the costume carnival at The Little Gym. I think my kids are completely worn out. We're having melt down after melt down & I'm exhausted. Here are a few pictures we took when we weren't falling apart.

The kids watching a new Halloween Thomas movie that Papa Charlie brought over

Corry getting ready to leave for the costume carnival

Drew getting ready to leave for the costume carnival

Drew, Corry, & their scarecrows

Are we done yet, Mom?

Corry's artwork

Everyday when I pick Corry up from school I go through her backpack and see what artwork she has brought home. Usually its a painting, or something she's decorated. Today when Mom & I pulled this out of the backpack, we weren't quite sure what to make of it. What does this look like to you?
Need a closer view?

Most everyone does not see it for what it really is, but rather something somewhat perverse (I have NO idea where that's coming from!).......anyway, if you guessed that this is a FOSSIL you get the gold star, because that's what Corry told us it is! They've been studying dinosaurs for the last 2 weeks, so they made fossils in class the other day???????????

Deachi, Calyn & Max came over for dinner tonight so we took a few pics

Corry & Aunt Deachi:

Silly girls playing on the computer

Another Corry & Aunt Deachi shot

The boys - of course we couldn't get them to both smile at the same time!

Here's Max's best cheese

And a few pictures from the other day

The current train set up which is about to undergo another renovation since we got some more stations when we went to see Thomas the other day

Drew & his trains

Corry in her new kitty outfit

Drew & Grandma Chebs watching the Cowboys homecoming game - one's a little more into it than the other.

Helpful Big Sister

Corry & Drew came downstairs this morning and Corry was SO proud of herself! She said "Mommy, I got Drew dressed all by myself, but I need some help with the buttons in the back." I was trying to figure out what outfit Drew had that buttoned down the back. When I saw him, I realized what was going on! Grandma Connie had brought Drew back an outfit from Hawaii which he had never worn - I've tried to dress him in it several times, but he only wants to wear knit clothes....if I'd only known I needed to put it on him BACKWARDS & everything would be fine I would have done it much sooner :)

By the time we got to Calyn's house this morning the collar was driving him nuts, so I suggested we turn it around. Corry peeked down the front & said "Hey! This is on backwards, the tag is in the front!"

A Day Out With Thomas, Texas Style

We headed to Tyler, TX & Rusk, TX this weekend to celebrate Bryce's 4th birthday with Thomas. The kids all had lots of fun playing together & enjoyed seeing Thomas. Here are a few pictures from our weekend:

Corry with big smiles in the hotel room

Corry took a picture of Drew & Bryce playing in the curtains at the hotel

Corry & Drew standing on the tracks

Daddy Drew, & Thomas the Tank Engine

Drew blow dried his own hair this morning. Can you tell?

An attempt at getting a picture of the 3 kiddos in front of the Day Out With Thomas sign.

Corry & Drew playing with stamps

Bryce stamping

Corry petting the baby goats

Drew looking out the train window

Corry looking out the train window

Mommy & Drew

Daddy & Corry

Daddy, Corry, Drew, Mommy & Kailey