Halloween

Last year we had a nerd, white Power Ranger, Army Ranger and a cute baby..

This year I had a baby witch, Snake Eyes, Ninja Turtle and a Mad Hatter.. and a Mummy :)

and a camera upgrade..

Lil Mama

Lillian has become quite the "Lil" mama. She loves bags, purses, shoes and all that but now she loves a baby too. Now this baby doll gets carried by the hair.. point is she gets carried.

Lillian has this great bag that has her name on it for her birthday (thank you Aunt Chasie) and she loves it. It totes everything from helicopters, Power Rangers to play baby diapers.

And of all the accessories this girl loves I cannot get her to keep a bow in her hair for more than 30 seconds.

Brayden and the costume parade

Brayden and Asia, he just loves her.

Brayden wore an old lion costume that we put horns on and gave him fake teeth so he could be a "wild thing". The movie having just come out he was all into it, but when I got there he didn't like the teeth and had lost the horns.. such a boy.

Fancy Lilly

Brayden loves Fancy Nancy books and thought Lilly needed to be a bit fancier. Lil was thrilled, she loves jackets, shoes and now leg warmers too.

This is a girl obsessed with accessories to want an eye patch on.

Some cuddle time with Sierra

Parker and Brayden at the Fall Festival

Dexter Elementary Fall Festival

On the way there, they saw the inflatables and went nuts.

Fruit Roll Up eating contest. Parker won but Bray was very close behind him.

Guest star, the armadillo from Texas Roadhouse.

The Pumpkin Roll was our class event, we had a great time.

Go Cart rides stole the show.

a cold cold soccer day

So today was a challenge. Both boys had soccer games at 9am on opposite ends of the field and to top that it was 38 degrees at 8:45 when we left. Buuurrrr. Sierra was going to watch Lilly at the house but I decided I would let her sleep in since she has been such a big help lately.

Both boys have the same coach, Ray and Wendy Shisler, who are super great people and everyone there knows I am flying solo these days so there was loads of support and noone seemed to let on that I was overwhelmed and disheveled at best. Child proof coffee tumbler in hand... and two water bottles, a set of keys and a toddler with both boys trailing behind arguing over who has bigger feet, I decide "I can do this".

So I over explain to Parker and Brayden "if you look up and mom isn't there I just ran to the other game" (mind you these games are like 4 fields away from each other, I am toting Lilly and its now a not so sunny 41 degrees) "if you need help you have Coach or Miss Wendy" then I repeat 3 more times to help compensate for my mommy guilt over things I 1. cannot control 2. am honestly doing my best at. Luckily the only incident was Bray got run over and bounced off his face, so not fun, but I was there to kiss him and he was fine.

All and all it worked. I have a blister from running back and forth and still haven't managed a shower but I did it.

Still at the house "GO LIONS"

Lil also loves my favorite baby proof coffee tumbler

Parker's warm up, he is closest to the camera.

Bray out in front with the ball

On the bench after a fast face bouncing recovery