Kate getting use to the whole trick or treat thing

A little shout out to McCain

Kate costume #2, still not too happy.

Kate Costume #1...she's not too happy with it



I am such a BAD mom. I hate Halloween. Luckily John takes the girls trick or treating. It takes all I have not to shut out the lights, close the shutters, and close the doors. I am 'that' house this year. No candy, just pretzels. Hopefully the word will get out and people won't come:)

This wouldn't be funny except that...

Kate did not get put down for a nap in this outfit. She got into her dirty clothes hamper during nap time and completely changed. It is on correctly and it matches!!! Go figure. Maybe she's a future Project Runway contestant:)

Tea Party

Hannah was with her older cousin McKenna last night. McKenna taught Hannah all about tea parties. Here is Hannah's 1st tea party!

The Reason

was that I got up and had to do work, no I was on the phone, no I left the phone in my hotel room, etc. I didn't forget if that's what you are worried about he tells me, I had it written in 2 different places. That's nice, he needs to write it down to remember, Oh well:) On a cuter note, though Kate doesn't say a word she is just about the cutest thing that ever walked the face of the earth. She has such a personality and has no clue that her form of communications doesn't mesh with anyone well, in the whole entire world. She babbles all day long and has the cutest face as she waits for you to answer. We have been listening to The Little Mermaid on CD and I ask her what does Mermaid say ( I think I got this from Kelsey and the twins, but it's cute) Here is her response. Though it isn't the best, she doesn't perform well with a camera. She stares at it, so this is about as good as it's going to get with the camera on! Thanks for looking

What could possibly be the excuse???

Today marks the day that the big bright yellow sticker AMA on my pregnancy chart goes into effect. ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE. I am officially 35. The sticker has been on my chart since my 1st appointment, but now it's really true!

To top it off, everyone in my family is gone, they had all given me gifts already, and John is out of town.

To top that off, John hasn't called to wish me a happy birthday. For those of you who know him well, he will most definately have an excuse because most things are never his fault. I am just wondering...

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE HIS EXCUSE?????

Pumpkin Patch

In the wagon getting ready to go pick their pumpkins


We took our annual trip to the Cal Poly Pomona pumpkin patch today. It's so damn hot what's the deal? The kids had a good time, though mommy and daddy rushed them through! We were a little later than usual because John was out of town and I swear, all the good pumpkins were gone!

It is the most amazing pumpkin patch. First, it is amazingly cheap. For those of you who have visited a pumpkin patch recently, they are ridiculously OVERPRICED! This is a fundraiser for their Agricultrual School and it is affordable. There are pumpkins as far as the eye can see, though not today.

Kate was not so much a fan of the pumpkins. She was more interested in my kettle corn and the fresh squeezed orange juice Johnny had bought. Hannah loved it though. John taught her how to find a good pumpkin, one that was not rotting. You could see her eye each pumpkin, turning it around feeling for soft spots. Hopefully she has John's green thumb!!!

Disney's Halloween Adventure

Hannah with Mickey and Minnie.

Hannah and I at Disney's Halloween

Hannah, Rylie, and Lexi getting ready to go on Toy Story Adventure

All the girls with Mickey and Minnie

Getting excited for the night

Last night I took Hannah (Thanks mom for keeping my precious gift from God for the WHOLE day) to meet up with friends and go to Disney's Spooktacular Halloween event. Carrie organized the whole thing to celebrate Rylie and Reese's birthday. We met at the Paradise Pier Hotel about 3:30. The kids loved being in the hotel room because the view was of California Adventure and they could see all the people and the parade going on. We ordered them room service and then headed to California Adventure. They had so much fun. They were dancing and running around. They got pictures with all the characters, went trick or treating, and even managed to get on some rides. Needless to say, I was exhausted, only to walk out of the park and see the line for the tram about 20 people deep. I wanted to cry. I said my goodbyes and with my 45 pound daughter asleep in her jammies in the stroller, I lugged my fat preggo body another mile or so to my car. I am so glad I went. I hope Hannah is old enough to have memories of her and her friends, because the looks on their faces the whole night was awesome:)

The True Ross Family

My sister's were giving me a hard time saying that the slideshow showed the kids happy and not acting up. So here are some pictures of a true day in the life with Hannah and Kate. Hope I'm not boring anyone too much!

Court

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Smile box

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Not quite good-bye to the rag-a-muffin

Before the deed (above)

Hannah and I took Kate to get her 1st hair cut. John was not too happy, so I couldn't cut too much off. I wanted to chop it all because she never leaves ANYTHING in. She leaves the house very cute, I swear, but arrives with her hair out and no shoes or socks on. My dad freaks out every time he sees her. He offers $$ to get her a haircut every week. So I did it. It's not much, but it actually helps. She woke up this morning and it wasn't nappy or knotty(I have no idea how to spell that word). I was able to comb through it and it was fantastic!

To all the stalkers who were upset about the Feedjit live feed. I took it off, but you have to read my sister's friend's post about it. themonroes.blogspot.com It is absolutely hilarious. It's kind of nice to know people are reading:)

Columbus' ship...the Minnow

So Hannah learned about Columbus today. There is a cute song that I will post later. Anyways. She is showing John her artwork today that has Columbus 3 ships the Minna, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. She can't say it and she keeps saying the Nina Pinto, and Maria and after saying that few times and jumbling it every time, John replies..."No Hannah, it's the Minnow". Seriously. It was a lot funnier than it sounds in writing. I don't know if he just wasn't listening or if he truly thought the Minnow was part of Columbus' crew. I think he's been watching too much Gilligan:)

Priceless

Kind of cheesy, but I have to blog this...

Visit to Kaiser for Kate's speech therapy - $20.00
Drive thru happy meal at McDonalds to get the Wizard of Oz toy for 2 kids - $7.60
Trip to Gymboree - $200.00 (not that much but sometimes it feels like it)

2 kids doing their hair with clothespins - PRICELESS

Go Buckeyes

It's not the same without their cute cheerleading costumes, but here are Hannah and Kate watching the last minute of the Ohio State game. We had already changed and bathed, but they had to watch the end.

Dad had a lot of cuss words going on, so he is delegated to the garage to watch the game!!!

WTH??

Honestly, can I not go anywhere where you use carts and get one that actually goes straight without using all my energy. There is got to be Murphy's law on that...When you are 6 months pregnant and pushing 200 pounds, you will ALWAYS get a shopping cart that you have to exert all your energy on just to keep it straight and not tip it over!!! I'm tired, fat, and have no energy to shop - much less to fight with a damn piece of metal.