Nothing Has Changed

When Miss Priss was a baby, she would sleep anywhere. As a toddler, she would fall asleep in the strangest positions. Well, apparently, nothing has changed.The other night Diva has a special fireside with John Bytheway as the speaker. The fireside was Friday night and about an hour and a half away. I checked Diva out from school early to help her get beautiful and dressed up and fed before having to meet the others to carpool to the fireside. So, it was a long day. Diva's fireside ended late and we picked her up at about 9:45. When we got home, Miss Priss walked through the laundry room and crashed on the floor at the first sight of carpet. She literally just fell to the floor and slept. We let her be for just a little bit, snapped some pictures and then I carried her off to bed. She a sweet little one. Nothing has changed.

Fun Day at the "Pumpkin Patch"

I've asked in the past - why do we do this? And, we smile?! I think secretly everyone knows I like them.

Obligatory picture before we went in. You know, you may never find your way out!

Our choice in maps. We took the SUPER EASY one so the kids could answer correctly. Again, secretly I was afraid of the maze, I'm not so good with directions when all I have to rely on is the sun or moon.

Picture of the girls IN the maze. Doesn't Miss Priss look thrilled? They were troopers and stayed together quite well. We did get "lost" a few times. We made it though.

Drama Queen trying her hand at the corn cannon. I didn't whip out the camera until she was the only one left to shoot. If you hit the target you got a small bag of kettle corn. Little Mama hit the target and boy was that kettle corn yummy. We wanted to get more but you had to stand in a terribly long line, place your order and then wait 30-45 minutes for more kettle corn. The poor young men and women running that booth simply couldn't keep up with all the demand. It was probably the BEST kettle corn I've had since the street markets in California.

Miss Priss's fall portrait. Yes, it was humid and hot and windy. Miss Priss was trying to smile and this was the best she could do. Right after this picture she started complaining her lips were hurting. Poor thing her lips were chapped.

Drama Queen sittin' pretty with a fall pumpkin.

All my gorgeous girls!

Drama Queen Fall Portrait

All my beautiful girls again.

Cowgirl's Fall Portrait - I love the smile on this girls face! Her whole body is smiling! Can you see it too?

The girls loved the "Cow-ch."

Diva's Fall Portrait

So, one of the biggest things we were looking forward to was the pumpkin patch. Little Mama had called in advance and spoken to someone at the farm about the pumpkin patch. She assured me that the kids would love it and get to wander around a select their choice of pumpkin. When we arrived at the field, there was little selection. We did not get a single pumpkin. We got back on the hay wagon to ride back to the main maze and saw something wonderful. More pumpkins! You see - this is apparently how pumpkins "grow" in our part of the country.

The pumpkins "grow" in these special containers. Do you see how bare the field was? Some wonderful farm hands help to distribute the "fresh grown" pumpkins for you enjoyment.

Gentle boys! These are "fresh grown."

The girls all followed the tractor around like deer follow a feed truck on the hunting ranches. It was pretty funny!

Drama Queen had found an itty bitty baby pumpkin.

Miss Priss selected her small pumpkin and was found with the chapstick out a lot. Good thing I'm a smart mama and keep one in my pocket all the time.

Drama Queen with her selection.

Diva and I saw lots of people carrying around two pumpkins at a time just like this. Didn't they know they looked ri-donk-u-lous? We think this picture is funny!

Cowgirl and her prized pumpkin.

Drama Queen on the hayride.

This is one of the pictures I took on Saturday that I really liked.

We had a blast and will probably return next year too. However, we are still searching for a REAL pumpkin patch.

Fall Morning Routine

It's warm out right now but when it was nice and cool out, we would have cocoa before the bus would come. I can't wait for more cocoa mornings to come. I love fall!

Cowgirl sittin' on the stool enjoying her cup.

Miss Priss gettin' a cocoa mustache!

Diva - I got her to stop just long enough to snap a picture. You get this girl talking over a cup of cocoa and she just doesn't stop. She goes on and on and on. Guess that's a sign she's really 12 and gettin' to be too grown up.

Miss Priss has had perfect attendance so she got to wear a hat of her choice to school. She picked this one out all on her own. (I have no idea why there isn't a picture of Drama Queen from this Friday morning but apparently she dodged the camera - she had cocoa too)

Creative Kid

Drama Queen is my most creative and imaginative kid. She plays with the math manipulatives we have all the time - not for math anymore but for building. She combined the dominoes and math manipulatives and created this fancy schmancy house complete with beds. The little dolls are from McDonalds Happy Meals - we don't go often and only one was from our happy meal - her little girlfriend at school is always giving her the toys because they go so often she has duplicates(poor kid).

Way to go kiddo!

Waxing Cars

The Sister Missionaries were having a competition for best car. They taught my girls how to wax a car. Sweet!

Gettin' Ready for Braces

The orthodontist reccommended some extractions for Drama Queen before we start with braces. She wasn't thrilled and neither was I but she was super brave. ☺

Before Smile Getting comfy and still nervous.Novocaine administered and waiting for it to "work." She actually fell asleep and the dentist had to wake her up. She really wasn't happy about the shots, she saw the needle. She did great!
☺ Super Cute After Smile ☺

Thoughts for Thursday

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• I have a fear two uniformed men are approaching my door and I am home alone.


• Are their certain days that all children everywhere are just rotten? (yesterday was one if you need an example)


• Does your heart flip every which way when the phone rings at an odd hour?


• I feel accomplished this week most of my Christmas presents are purchased and wrapped. No midnight wrapping party this year!


• I'm in search of the perfect outfit - however I do believe I stopped dressing in "outfits" by the age of 10


• I'm looking forward to mowing my yard - with my straw hat on - I'm cute


• I think sometimes there should be a medal for being a mean mom - I'd wear it!