Pumpkin Express

All 4 of us went to Pumpkin Express with Kaylin's school this morning. We saw a big yucky spider and Kaylin played and bounced with her friend Star from class.

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Jonathan's First Haircut!

On Saturday Jonathan had his first haircut! He was getting curls in the back on his collar and little wings out on the sides. Now, when he wakes up in the morning he has bed head and it's too cute! I'll have to get a picture of that!

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Kaylin, you're so funny!

The following conversation just took place

Jeremy: I'm gonna pick up some beer to take over to my dad's house for the game, is that ok with you? (directed towards me)
Kaylin: No, none for me!
Kelly: BWHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

Speech therapy

Kaylin will be starting speech therapy on Wednesday. She was originally supposed to start on Monday, but we are going through the school district and she is missing 1 shot. So, we have an appointment on Tuesday afternoon to get that done. She is not looking forward to that.

She will go to therapy twice a week for 30 minutes. The school district offers it to children 3 and older who reside in the district. There will be 2 other little girls in there with her who are currently in kindergarten.

State Fair

So, they say the State Fair of Texas is the longest running and biggest state fair in the nation. We went yesterday and had a blast! If you missed Ross the Intern at the State Fair of Texas and the UT vs. OU game on Jay Leno then you should watch this clip on Youtube. It's pretty funny and you'll get to hear Big Tex talk! Kaylin absolutely loved hearing him talk and every time she'd say "that scared me!"

We got there a little before noon and since we entered near The Midway, where the rides and games are, all the carnies bombarded us trying to get Kaylin to play a game. She had told us the day before that she wanted to play the balloon dart game, so that's the one game she got to play. She popped 2 balloons, out of 3 and won a stuffed puppy! She decided she didn't want to ride any rides. Though Jeremy worked really hard at convincing her! Then it was off to get Fletcher's corny dogs. Kaylin wanted a hot dog and ate a whole entire foot long by herself!

We walked around a bit then headed for the animals. Kaylin fed every animal in there, except for the ostrich. Those are some mean birds! Some of the adult men found it amusing to feed them from the palm of their hand. I guess they enjoy having their hands pecked? They had plastic shovels to feed the animals from, so kids would not get their fingers bit. There were also signs all over stating not to feed fingers to the animals. Which cracked me up!

As we were leaving we saw this guy! Pretty good optical illusion with all the stripes. It looked like it was just the top half of his body on the stick. Obviously, he's behind the curtain, but because of the stripes it hid that really well.

Here's a picture of Kaylin and Jeremy as we were walking out and saying goodbye to Big Tex!



As we were walking out down The Midway again Kaylin wanted to play another game of balloon darts to win her puppy a friend. So, she played another game and hit a balloon each time with all 3 darts! She was also "too tired to walk anymore!" which is exactly why we brought the stroller with us. Jeremy didn't think he'd be able to carry her for that long. I guess walking all over for 4 hours is just overkill for little legs.

Menu Plan Monday

The days may get switched around. And this week the whole second half of the week may get pushed back to next week because I am going to The Dinner Station on Tuesday.

Here is what is on our menu:

Monday: WW Linguini with White Wine Clam Sauce and salad

Tuesday: WW Lasagna Stew

Wednesday: Apple Butter Pork Chops (if we aren't full from State Fair food)

Thursday: New Orleans Red Beans with rice & sausage and green beans

Friday: Chicken with a lemon-dill cream sauce, pasta and broccoli

Have a great week everyone!!

Pumpkin Express

Kaylin had a blast at Brendan's birthday party. She bounced in the bounce house, got to ride on a train, slide on a bouncy slide and play on a see-saw at the pumpkin patch. I actually forgot my camera, but my friend Jennifer got some pictures of Kaylin and her kids playing. Plus, we'll be going back on a field trip with Kaylin's school on the 23rd. I'll be sure to snap lots of pictures then.

Jonathan has been trying new foods lately. The other night we had beef tips with mushroom sauce & egg noodles and he yelled at me until I shared my noodles with him. He is gonna be a big eater. He's willing to try things that Kaylin isn't and hasn't ever been willing to try! Here's to hoping he won't be such a picky eater like his big sister!

Have you been Boo gramed?

Last night I picked up some Halloween goodies to make Boo bags to pass out to our neighbors! This morning, Kaylin and I put them together and later today, probably after dinner, I'll have her put them on the neighbors doorstep. Don't know what Boo'd means, or what a Boo bag consists of?

She's excited about it. She was also in the mood to put gifts together, because after that she asked if we could wrap up her friend Brendan's birthday present. So, we wrapped that up for his birthday party tomorrow, at the pumpkin patch. I know Kaylin can't wait, as she's asked me several times what day it is and if Saturday is tomorrow, so we can go to Brendan's party.

Jonathan's 9 month well visit

He is getting to be my big boy! He lost some weight, but the pedi. said that's normal since he's so active now.

Weight - 18 lbs 8oz (25%)
Length - 30 inches (95%)
Head - 19.3 inches/49 cm. (95%)

Our boy is going to be tall with a big head, to hold his big brain!

He also got a TB test and had his iron level checked. Both came back fine!