Harvest Day

Lauren had such a fun day at her Mother's Day Out (aka school) on Thursday. Every year, they have a Harvest Day. A petting zoo comes so all of the kids can learn about the animals and they play fun games in the gym. The petting zoo is the same zoo that we hire to come to the house every year. We just love them. It was such a beautiful morning that I wanted to take Lauren outside to snap some pictures in her cute pumpkin dress. 

 She was NOT having the picture love this morning. It was one of those mornings that you just want to get out the door in one piece. Connor has been battling an ear infection for over 2 weeks. He was screaming his head off. Lauren was so mad at every little thing. She fell going outside, she was mad her shoes were coming off, etc. I asked her 800 times to please just smile for me. I threatened to take away her treat in her lunch box. Oh yes I did. I had to think of something for my drama queen.

 I finally got her to laugh. If I say "Lauren, don't you dare laugh", she normally will.

 I got some silly faces in the midst of trying to get 1 good one.

 On to her favorite part, the petting zoo. We love the sweet family that owns this zoo. They are so wonderful to educate the kids about the animals. Lauren loves it. Her favorite animal has always been the chicken. She's so crazy. I will not hold that thing. You can not pay me money to. Im scared that thing will balk at me and start flapping it's feathers.

 Since this is my scrapbook to print for the kids, I have to tell this crazy story. Lauren is a little crazy about the chickens. As in, don't mess with the chicken if she's holding it. She wants all of those chickens to herself. There are about 10 kids in her class and there were around 4 chickens. All of those kids loved the chickens. Look at Lauren giving the evil eye to that little girl. She was afraid she was going to take the chicken from her.

 And here is goes. This is when is all goes downhill. Lauren was told to share the chickens. Oh sweet Lauren. She was not feeling the sharing love.

 Giving that chicken one last love.

 Yup, this is how the event ended. Her sweet friend holding out her arms for her turn. Lauren mad as a hornet. And cue the tears. Tears all the way back to the school building. All over some chickens.

 

See? Lauren has always loved chickens. From left to right: Lauren at Harvest Day 2012, 3rd birthday party 2011, 2nd birthday party 2010. I guess we need to hire the zoo again. 

 My little animal loving girl.  You are the best!

Little Wild Man (I forgot your 8 months post)

Sweet little boy, you turned 8 months old on August 2. You are already 9 months old, about to turn 10 months old October 2. Your momma is so far behind so it's time to play catch up.

Connor's 8 months pictures were WILD. That's the best way to describe them. He is all over the place and in to everything. That cute little airplane sticker lasts all of .8 seconds on his shirt. His main goal is to rip it off as fast as he can. 

 Little dude hates to sit still. He is not a cuddler, not a rocker, and doesn't like to be held for long. He tried to jump out of his rocker so fast. It's quite the sight seeing me try to take his pictures solo. I need to take note and get these pictures taken when Todd is home.

 The best Big Sister ever came to the rescue and posed for me. She dressed Mr. Hippo in a nice little Christmas ensemble. It's never too late to celebrate Jesus.

 We thought we'd tag team and try to get Connor to be happy for a picture. He's just not having it anymore. He was quite irate that I had the slightest idea that he would want to sit still.

  Off he goes exploring. His room is so great for playing on the floor. I kept his nursery pretty simple with decor. He can't get into too much trouble in there.

 Another day of exploring. Those darn safety plugs for outlets are so useless. They come off so easily. I need to get smart and invent something that is truly child proof.

 Another afternoon of trying to climb under the wine rack. If he's not climbing on that table in the picture above, he goes for the wine rack. Anywhere there is a ledge, you can find Connor.

 Look at that big boy standing up all by himself. Stop growing up Buddy!

 That handsome little blue eyed boy. His hair looks so red in this picture. Must be the lighting. It's a light brown color in real life.

 Connor is so busy that sometimes I just have to put him in the highchair for confinement. He doesn't pitch too big of a fit if you give him some crackers.

This sweet little love bug just melts our heart. He's the sweetest baby boy. Everywhere we go, people comment on how sweet he is. We had a super busy day today. We had to take Lauren to school for her Harvest festival and then go shopping for some fall clothes. I took him to the mall to shop in Gymboree. You know how that store is crazy busy and so tiny? I have to maneuver his stroller all in that tiny space and he just never made a sound. I then shopped for some shoes at Dillards (no luck there) and he just smiled at everyone who talked to him. We picked Lauren up from school and headed to a park to play with friends for over an hour. Connor just played on a mat and then tried to eat dirt. I love that my sweet babies just go with the flow.

Date to the Dentist

My sweet little girl and I had a fun little date outing this past Friday. We both had dentist appointments. What fun, huh? Actually, I'm one of those weird people that love the dentist. I have really great dental hygiene. I might have missed my calling in being a dentist. I love having clean teeth. I actually love that feeling where they scrape behind your teeth to get all of the nasty tarter off. Too much info? Nah. :) 

This was Lauren's first real dental experience. She went when she was 1 to make sure her teeth were coming in properly. Biggest waste of money ever. They literally peeked in her mouth and said she was good to go. $80 dollars later....ugh. This time, she actually had her teeth cleaned.

Little L informed me before her appointment to make sure I told the hygienist that she does not "like that loud thing. Ya know, that loud thing that cleans your teeth." Her instructions were told and so "that loud thing" did not clean her teeth. Sweet Michelle, our hygienist, just brushed her teeth with a regular ole' tooth brush.

Playing on Mommy's phone to distract her from that "loud thing" even being near her.

 Sweet little love getting her teeth all clean.

 Seriously ya'll, she was a champ at getting X-rays. Girlfriend did better than her momma. There is a little groove on that mouth thing where your teeth have to sit. Lauren got it quickly. Her momma? It took me a few seconds to understand my instructions. 

 She had no fear of going to the dentist. At all. She was so pumped to get a goody bag, stickers, and pick something from the treasure chest. She went with Todd to get his teeth cleaned a couple of weeks ago. I wanted her to go with him so she could see how everything worked. Sweet girl.

 Post dentist appointment date to Moes. She got her favorite, queso dip. That tiny little thing practically drank that cheese dip from the cup. She gave me strict orders to go order her another one to go for dinner. Bossy much? She's so cute. She definitely has her favorite foods down pat.

I'm so glad my sweet Lauren had a great trip to the dentist and got to go on a lunch date with me. She's so fun! We sure do love our dentist office here. They are a young husband/wife team in their early 30s. They just had a baby girl 11 months ago and are so fun.