Abby's birthday

It is hard to believe that Abby is 7 years. But it is true. For her birthday, we had 2 birthday parties. One party was at Michaels with a bunch of her girlfriends from school. Abby had fun making bracelets there with all her friends from school and a few friends from the neighborhood. Then, we had a party at home in the evening for close family and friends who were not the 1st party. So, she had a big day and got lots of great gifts! Thanks everyone who came and celebrated with us and helped to make her birthday so special.

What's new in November?

This month, we got to watcg Abby in her ballet class. It was neat to see how much she has grown since she first started ballet. She seems to be enjoying it much more this year.

She also had her her Booster funrun at school. It was the school's only fundraiser of the year. She was really excited about it and really wanted to earn that fitness fun pack. Thanks everyone who donated so that she could get that fun pack! I don't know why she wanted that so badly. But that was her goal, and she made it, thank goodness!

The Mermaid and the Not So Smilely Shark

This halloween did not turn out so great. The weather was awful and Carter man was not feeling so wel, as you can tell from his picture. So, we only went to two houses and went back home. I took Abby back out to a few more houses after dinner while Steve stayed home with Carter because she still wanted to go trick or treating. But it was still nasty out, so we only went to a few houses. Better luck next year.

The pumpkin patch and pizza party

We had a lot fun in October. We went to pumpkin patch to find just the right pumpkin. The kids had so much fun running around looking at the different pumpkins and picking them up. We finally found the perfect pumpkin for our pirate pumpkin. Arrggghh!!

Later in the month, we had a pizza party. What messy fun that was!! My lil' "Abby Ray" did such a great job making her pizza and was so helpful to her brother.

Daddy goes to Europe!

Daddy left last Wednesday for Europe for school. He won't be back 'till Saturday. I get text messages from his emails from time to time letting me know how he is doing. We sure miss him and can't wait 'till he comes back. Every afternoon when we get home from school, Carter sees his car parked and says, "Daddy's home."

Anyway, nothing else is new here. Things are business as usual. Here are a couple of pics of the kids I took the other night. The one of Carter is of him doing his "Smiley Shark" face. Smiley Shark is a character in one of his favorite books.

Carter turns 3!

Carter-Man turned 3! It is so hard to believe. Here are some cute things about our lil' man:

- He is quite the ladies man!
- Instead of saying "Um, hm". He says, "Um".

- He is a very loving, sweet boy. And he is a Mama's boy all the way.

- He loves sharks, dinosaurs, cars, and all things boyish!

- When you tickle him , he laughs and says, " No tic tics"

- A horse says " Be Haw"

-His favorite blanket is his red mickey mouse blanket. He calls it, "Toodles".
His shark party was yesterday. It was a great success. Carter had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us and helped make our lil' man's birthday so special. For those, who couldn't make it, here are some pictures of the event.

Tellus Museum

A few weekends ago, we took the kids to the Tellus Museum in Cartersville. They had a great a time. It is a great museum. There is a lot to see and do. The kids really enjoyed digging for fosssils and panning for gems. Here are a few of our favorite pics from our trip. This first picture shows the kids standing in front the jaws of a large shark. How Cool!


Panning for gems! Abby loved this, but Carter thought it was kind of messy.













Abby found a shark fossil. You get to keep one of the fossils you dig up.














Digging for fossils:

Our little astronaunts:

Carter in front of a train.

Looking at the tiny krill.

Standing in front of a large amethyst. Abby really liked it.