Pumpkin patch 2011...

Oh Friday, I was very happy to see you today even though I had to be up at the butt crack of dawn.  I was so proud of us this morning.  We had to be at the school this morning at 8:45, for an Intake evaluation for M.  As we are pulling out of our driveway, I start bragging about how we are going to be early, and I just couldn’t believe it.  As we pull into the school, entering into three different parking lots that said WRONG WAY, we just pretended that we didn’t see them.  I noticed that I forgot the file, with all of M's info.  Aftering saying a few choice words,  I dropped the husband and M off, while the little girl and I drive back home to get the paperwork.  Around 30 minutes later, we were able to join the husband and M for his evaluation.  But of course by this time, we had already missed most of it.  My brain decides to go on vacation at the worse times.  Luckily everyone at the school was very understanding.

We decided after the evaluation that we would take the kiddos to the pumpkin patch, Big Orange Pumpkin Farm.  Last year we took them to the same one we went today, a little tradition of ours, to kick off the fall festivities. M was so excited, the entire way there he was talking about the cows, and making moo sounds.  We picked a great time to go, it wasn’t too crowded.  The kids got to do what they wanted to do, without having to wait in line, or having the bigger kids push them out of the way.

feeding the goats & sheep...

letting the longhorn know what's up...

enjoying her first sip of the good stuff...  drinking mama's dr. pepper when I wasn't looking, little stinker!

 

little man playing in the maze, more like on the maze...  he enjoyed getting to jump and run on the hay bales!

 

a very tired little girl playing in the hay, herself...

playing on the hayride, and A getting her first little crush...  she got upset when we wouldn't let her sit by the little boy, when the tracker started moving.  too bad he lives in McKinney, and is two years older than you!

getting to pick out our pumpkins...  this was A's first time getting to pick her own pumpkin.  we will be painting them sometime this weekend.

A having a little photo shoot...  what a little cutie!

i don't know how i got my butt into that barrel but i did...  the little man had fun getting to ride around the farm in the barrel train.

After a really busy day we are calling it a night...  Cheers to the weekend!

Goodnight sweet angels!

xoxo, Shanna

Mama's bubble...

We are six weeks away from my baby boy being THREE…  Every day I’m overwhelmed with emotions about the fact he is going to be another year older, and what that might bring.  I’m not sad, but yet I am, but not in a bad way.  Just in a way that I’m not ready for this, I feel like so much has happened, of which I have missed, or haven’t been able to hold on to long enough.  Things happen so fast, in a blink he is moving on to something else, something new and more interesting.  Just this past month, we have gone through potty training, putting together larger puzzles, counting, working on our ABC’s, etc…  Which with all of this, he has done great.  It all seems to be a breeze, potty training, putting puzzles together, counting to 12, whatever it might be, he gets it and moves on to the next thing.  

Today I went to the Teacher’s Depot to get some books so that I could start teaching the little man to write, and to continue working on our ABC’s.  And while I was in this store I got excited and caught up in the moment, with all the stuff that I could be doing, and for a brief moment, I was like I could home school.  I was looking at everything, and was actually thinking about how I would tell my husband I wanted to do this, and for him to take me serious.  But then reality set in... I went and got some ice cream, and remembered that I don't have any patients, as I was getting upset at the person in front of us for taking forever, and I wanted my ice cream.  I might not be able to home school, but I will give my babies everything I do have, to make sure they do succeed in life.

When you become a parent, or even while you’re pregnant you start stressing about the fact you are going to be responsible for someone else, a baby.  Now that I have proven that I can keep a baby a live (2 if you're counting how many I have), now I’m stressing about how to get them through life!?!  How to make sure they don’t fail.  I know they aren’t going to be perfect at everything, but yet you want them to.  You don’t want them to have to go through disappointment.  Know what I mean?  So why not live in a bubble with your mama, that way we don’t have to face the world and all the ugliness that is out there, at times.

  Yesterday my husband told me how my son threw something at another little boy.  I was like WHAT!?!  We haven’t raised him to be like that…  Of course we haven't, what parent raises their child to throw, hit, bite or kick…? 

Sweet babies just know, you can do anything you want to, as long you put your mind to it.  If you really want it, and want to work for it, it can be yours.  And your mama will do whatever it takes to help get you where you want to be. 

Goodnight sweet angels!

xoxo, Shanna

Witching hour...

This is what my little angel looks like at 5:30…

This is what my little diva angel looks like at 6:00…

Witching hour at its finest.  Every night at the same time my baby girl has a major meltdown.  Last night it was so bad, the little lady and I had our first mother daughter argument (not really, but really), toddler style.  So when it came time to get her ready for bed, she decided she didn’t want me to get her ready or put her to bed, and went to her daddy, for him to put her to bed.  REALLY, she is a piece of work! 

But little one, I sure do love you! 

Goodnight sweet angels! 

xoxo, Shanna