We are in the process of upgrading Isaac's room. He really enjoys his truck sheets Mimi! And thanks to Granddad for the day of painting! There will be more to come after Christmas but at least we finally got started!

The Wedding...

O.K so this post is a little late, but better late than never...right?? Isaac and Emma were in the Clonginger-Cruce wedding last Sat. Isaac was very excited to wear his tuxedo until it was time to actually put it on. So...we bribed him. I think it was o.k. in this situation though...it was for someone else. We got to the church, put on the tux, and ate fruit snacks while waiting for pictures. I can't wait to see the ones that Amy took, but these will have to do in the mean time....

School

What was I thinking? Just when I thought I had it all figured out...I was doomed to fail Phonetics. I go to take my test today and find out the Dr. Tullos (whom I really like) has not yet graded my previous two tests. All of a sudden, I feel better. I would think it would be hard to fail a person when you never let them know how they are doing.

O.K. Better Late than Never...
These are pictures from Thanksgiving on the farm. Waylan and Isaac made fast friends. I wish I had counted how many times they ran up the hill and rolled down into the leaves. They also marched and sang down by the lake at the bonfire. The big hit of the weekend was the four-wheeler ride. I only got made fun of a few times for my nervousness about the whole process. Apparently, uncle Jerry enjoyed it almost as much as the kids! And, as always, Cody was a great sport playing with the little
guys. He let them tackle him over and over. Isaac is still telling me about playing with his cousins. He really enjoyed having everyone (almost-we missed Mel) together in one place. I think I included all of the little guys except for Levi. For those of you interested...I uploaded a very cute picture of him looking at the big kids through the back window three times. After deleting it for the third time...I gave up! Anyway, just thought a few people might like to see the pics of the kids!

Heifer Project Live Nativity

Tonight we piled in the car and headed to Perryville, AR to the Heifer farm. As we drove in, soldiers greated us to "take a cencus" (and give us a program). We drove through and saw Mary on a donkey walking next to Joseph. In the next sceen, there was an angel appearing to the shepherds while they watched their sheep. Then the shepherds were walking (this one was exciting). At the end there was a barn with a manger surrounded by Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds as well as a few sheep and a llama. Isaac enjoyed it, but kept looking for a cow. When the drive-through was over, we stopped and Isaac pet a llama (who was not wearing red pajama's) and two sheep. He stamped some wrapping paper with various animal stamps and made a Christmas ornament with a cow on it. All in all, it was a short but fun evening. Isaac talked about it half way home and then fell asleep.

You put what in your nose?

So last night at dinner, Casey and I were talking and Isaac says, "I got food in my nose!" We both looked up there and tried in vain to get him to blow his nose. We asked him if he put corn up there and he said, "yes." Then we looked some more and tried again to get him to blow. After a few minutes of trying to figure out what to do...we concluded that there was not really anything we could do. This morning, Casey stayed home with Isaac because he is sick. About half way thru the morning, Isaac sneezes. He comes into the room with snot all over his arm and says, "I got bless you all over me. And corn?" All is well that ends well.

What a day! Isaac got to dress up like Thomas the Train for his Halloween party at school today. He had so much fun! He thought that it was his party, as did all of the other children. They were all walking around saying, "My party is today." "No, my party is today." It was cute! There were two Thomas' in Isaac's class. There was also an Elmo and two Spidermen. ALL of the girls were some form of a princess. They ate rice crispy treats that looked like spiders and cookies that were shaped like bats.

What two year old wouldn't like that?













He also had gymnastics today, or as he calls gimnastics. The teacher stopped Casey in the hall a few weeks ago and told him that Isaac didn't participate much. He just sits in the chair and watches until he pulls out the little trampoline and then he takes turns with that. Casey told him that he comes home and shows us stuff that he learns. Well..today, his crazy mom just went with him! I did almost everything the kids did. I did not perform the backbend like in this picture!!! He was so excited to come home and show his Daddy all
of his new tricks! Maybe next week, he will try
a few things without me there!

"Thanks Carla for the new book! I really like the hat and the whistle! Mommy just makes me wear the bandana. I think it is too hot." He said something like that anyway!!
We have a video of him blowing the whistle and saying thank you...but I couldn't get it to work today. I will try again though, it is very funny! Anyway...we have enjoyed reading the book and Isaac is very proud to know how to blow the whistle! Thanks for thinking of us Carla!

A Day At The Pumpkin Patch
Wow what a day! Isaac got up and went and had his pictures taken in his overalls down by some water. He was barefoot and it was a little chilly. Then, he changed his clothes and we met Emma, Garrett and Mrs. Marti for a trip to the pumpkin patch. The two big kids loaded up in the wagon and Garrett got to ride in the stroller. Look how (cough cough) still they sat for the pictures!


Isaac had an excellent time looking for the perfect pumpkin, or at least one he could pick up. He and Emma both ran from pumpkin to pumpkin trying to pick them up and picking some up just to throw them down when they saw another that looked good. We kept reminding them that they would bust but that didn't seem to deter them much.





Everyone seemed to enjoy the day, although, Garrett did sound the dinner bell around noon. We had just gotten on the hayride when he decided he was hungry. He made it thru the hayride and back to the car just in time to fall asleep taking a bottle!
Good memories with good friends today. I am sure that a new tradition has started and I am curious to see how the motley crew grows and changes in this same picture next year!

What a weekend at the farm. Isaac was in hog heaven.
He had the full attention of everyone as usuall. He rode the
lawn mower (with the mower off of course) and the four
wheeler (only slowly and with a helment). He also worked very
hard as you can tell from the photo below. He learned not
to pick up a cactus, he watched Granddad ride the tractor,
and he pretty much moved constantly. I am so thankful for all of the different experiences that our families can provide
for him. I know he learns something different from each and
every one.

Circus Day is finally here!!!!
Isaac even go to see the
"elfalent" before the show!


We bought the
ridiculously expensive
program just to bring
you this picture!


This sure is cool...but
is there a break for a
nap anytime soon???

O.K. These two are nuts. They were playing with the blankets and could hardly lay still long enough to PRETEND to be asleep, as you can tell by the grins on their faces. You should have seen Isaac when I picked him up from school with Emma and Garrett in tow!

Emma came over the other day and played with Isaac. The little monkeys were all over the house so I took them outside and let them play in the sprinkler. They had a great time, but would not stand still together long enough for me to take a picture! What a couple of silly kids! Emma and Garrett are coming over again tomm. to play. I am sure that t will be another crazy day!

Isaac started school on Monday. What a day! I only cried about half way to school. As you can tell by the picture, he was ready to go! We had to remind him to come back and give Mommy and Daddy hugs! His teachers said that he did great. He did cry for us at naptime, but was sound asleep when I picked him up...he did raise his head up enough to make sure that I got his backpack. He agreed that he would like to go back on Wednesday so I guess that means it's a go!