Brian Listens at School

Today Brian came home from school, with this piece of information...Barack Obama is the 44th president. Yes, that is correct. Eddie and I didn't really know what else to say. And the headlines are reading "Change has come to America," Barack Obama is the first African-American leader of the United States of America. We will just have to wait and see what this "change" will bring. However, we are preparing for this change by making sure that we follow the counsel of prophets: 72 emergency kit, food storage, get and stay out of debt, etc. We will continue to stay the course and endure to the end.

First Smile

Danielle has begun to smile in the last couple of days. Only daddy can really get her to do it, and he was able to capture a cute smile on his cell phone camera today. Now daddy has voluntered to go and take portraits so we can get a good smile:)

P.S. It kinda looks like she had two bottom teeth, but it must be a glare, because she doesn't have any teeth yet!

Halloween

Brian and Emily Trick or Treating in Style

Brian and Emily were so excited to go Trick or Treating. I don't know if they wanted to knock on doors or eat candy? Brian was a Storm Trooper, and Emily was a Cinderella (what else would she be) and Danielle was a Pumpkin. We just walked around our little neighborhood, Brian got to take his Grave Digger, and he escorted his sister when she got tired of walking. We have a candy tradition, when they get home they get to each as much candy as they want and then the candy fairy comes and takes it away. Really this method is easier than fighting about it for weeks afterward.

A Storm Trooper, a Pumpkin, and a Princess

Eddie does a great job carving pumkins each year.

Ta Da

It was just a confidence issue! Brian was just hanging on to those training wheels as a safety net. Now there is no looking back. He even told the neighbors "We took off my training wheels, and I am never going to need those again."

Siblings

I love that my kids have each other. Even though Emily and Brian have a love/hate relationship, they are so cute together. I remember how much fun my brother and I had playing together. Emily and Brian both love Danielle so much, (it will be a miracle if she survives being an infant). The want to hold her, play with her, and take care of her. It is actually a big help sometimes.

My girls in their matching PJ's

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Brian went on his first field trip with his Pre-K4 class. They rode the school bus (I don't know who was more anxious about that, me or him?) to the Pumpkin Patch in Mayflower. They played, had lunch and icees, and had a hay ride to the patch to pick out their pumpkin to take home. I gave him the option to ride back home with me, he choose the school bus, I guess I was more anxious.

The wheel of the tractor that pulled the wagon for the hay ride.

Crawling through the hay tunnel

Moving On Up

Many of you know that Little Rock is not where I am originally from. I was drug out here kicking and screaming (well at least crying) 6 years ago by my loving husband and Arkansas native. I agreed to come only because there was a Target in town. However, I did not realize that Little Rock was a "little" short on retail an dining options. So for the past few years I have survived by getting my fix when we travel back to Denver to visit family a couple times a year. One of my favorite casual dining restaurant is Chipotle. Well we still don't have a Chipotle, so I will have to get by on a close runner up, until we get a Chipotle.

Announcing the grand opening in Little Rock, AR on October 1, 2008...

I have already been there twice.