Just Playin'

Sydney cheesin' for the camera
Carson playing on his workbench in his guard jammies

It's just me and the kiddos tonight, Cam's in Dallas for work, so I did some picture taking. I had to get one of Carson in his guard jammies. We bought them while we were in London. We decided not to get the fuzzy black hat but the jammies were too cute.

Twins or Mini Me?

Wednesday was twin day at school for Red Ribbon Week. Sydney and her friend Madison dressed alike. Yes, Sydney is bigger than Madison, but not like this picture suggests. Cam and I had to laugh because he is always picking at her because of how tall she is and her big feet. They looked adorable!

Ruffles Anyone?

Carson loves to bring me things out of the pantry to eat. I guess he knew I wouldn't go for this one. I turned around from whatever I was doing and this is what I saw. No asking, just eating.

Kaci's Homecoming

We went to De Queen this past weekend to watch my sister Kaci in Homecoming. Sydney went down Thursday night with Uncle Ryan since she was out of school Friday. She got to do all the fun girly stuff on Friday with Kaci and Dawny Bear. She also got to ride with my dad as he drove Kaci in the parade. Sydney sat in the front of the truck, but not without her own crown, and waived at everyone along the way. Dawn got some really cute pics of her during the day that I'm hoping to get soon. As for Kaci, she looked beautiful...definitely the prettiest one there!

I also got to hang out with some good friend and their kiddos. Jamie, Lacey, and I had a great time catching up. We aren't able to get together very often since we're spread out across the state. I miss you guys!

Sydney and Bradi had a great time of course. They are getting way too big!

I managed to get a decent picture of all the kids together.

Sydney, Bradi, Presli, Carson, Parker, and Davis.

Carson tried pulling Parker in the wagon, but it wasn't as easy as it looked.

I think he decided it would be much more fun in the wagon.

Still waiting on someone to pull me!

It was also great to see our family this weekend. Cam got to do some fishing with PaPaw, which he always loves. Nana cooked my favorite dinner, chicken and dumplings. We all got to go out and eat for my dad's birthday. I even got to spend some time with my crazy older brother. Yes, we only live about a mile and a half from each other in LR, but it takes going home to visit to really get to hang out. We shouldn't be so busy!

Playing Outside

We've been playing outside every afternoon here lately and I though I'd try and get some pictures today. The weather has been great and Carson is an outside kid. Syd usually goes in and out, depends on her mood. Sometimes she's pretty tired after school. Carson, on the other hand could live outside. He brings us shoes then goes and knocks on the door. He pitches a mega fit when it's time to come back in. If you check our blog often then you've seen pictures of him pushing his play lawn mower around. Well he's decided it's time to upgrade.

When Cameron finished mowing this afternoon, Carson drug the mower out of the garage and pushed it around the cul-de-sac. I'm hoping you know it's not running, but just in case IT'S NOT! He pushed it in circles for about half an hour tonight.
While Carson was busy "mowing", Sydney was practicing her cheers for me. She's such a good little cheerleader.

Pumpkin Patch

We met Ryan, Ashley, and Davis (AKA: Day Day) at the pumpkin patch in Mayflower this morning and had a great time. I was a little warm, but I guess that's typical AR weather. The kids enjoyed taking a hayride to pick out pumpkins and I'm sure Cameron enjoyed hauling around the HUGE ones Sydney had to have. Enjoy the pictures!

Carson petting a calf or "boo cow" as he calls it.

Carson, Sydney, and Davis

This was as good as it got when all three were involved.

Daddy, Sydney, and Carson heading back to the trailer after picking their pumpkin.

Long Lost Pictures

As I was working on getting the blog up to date I found these pictures and had to post some. These are from the Razorback game in LR a few weeks ago. They boys are so cute together!

Carson and Davis riding to the golf course to tailgate

Carson having some fun with his football
Taking a quick break

Sydney's Sweet Boppy

Last week was Grandparent's Week at Fulbright. Boppy, my dad, drove up (2 and 1/2 hours) to have lunch with Sydney. She's a pretty lucky girl to have such sweet grandparents. I have to mention since I don't think a picture made the blog that Nana came up to eat with her last year. I think Boppy had just as much fun as Sydney. After lunch he read a book to her class, and I heard from Syd's teacher that he was wonderful. She said he was so funny and he had all the kids wanting to crawl up in his lap before he left. He also got to run mini miles with Syd in PE. This helped her get triple miles for the Amazing Race they have going at school. Thanks Dad for being there for her. We love you!

Sorry the picture is a little blurry. My scanner isn't working and I had to take a picture of a picture.

I've been Tagged!

Thanks, Boni for tagging me. I never know what to say on this kind of stuff.

So, the rules are, I have to list 7 random things about myself:

1. I'm OCD about a lot of things, especially when it comes to having my classroom organized. Oh and, when participating in group activities at in-services where writing things on a poster is involved. Right Ash?

2. I used to call my daddy "Doddy" when I was little.

3. They thought I was going to be a boy when I was born, but as you know I'm not. When I was little I used to think that I was going to turn into a boy on a certain birthday. Thankfully, I was wrong. :)

4. I ate pineapples everyday when I was pregnant with Carson.

5. I had a little panic attack on the escalator down to the subway in London and Cameron got a little frustrated with me. One of the main lines was down so of course it was very overcrowded at 5:00 p.m. (rush hour). The people at the bottom of the escalator were piling up and others started jumping over the side of the escalator and I freaked out, a little claustrophobic. Luckily someone stopped the escalator and we got out of there eventually.

6. I love to eat hot dog buns with ketchup...no hot dog!

7. I'm addicted to happy hour! Don't worry, it's just a large vanilla Dr. Pepper from Sonic.

Now, I tag Anna Carol, Sarah, Valerie, Ginny, Ashley, Stephanie, and Erin.

Daddy's 'lil Cowboy Fan

If you don't already know, Cameron is a big Cowboys fan. Carson recently started wearing Cam's Cowboys hat around everywhere. Cameron loves it and it's pretty darn cute.

Look for new pictures of Syd soon!!

Carson's Haircut

This was Carson's wet hair before the haircut he got on Saturday. I love the curls but I'll admit they were getting a little long. His daddy insisted on a trim.
This sucker helped keep him occupied during the cut.
Carson probably thinking, "Why does this lady have something sharp by my head?"
The handsome man and his mommy all trimmed and ready for church.
Still shaggy with a few curls but much better. What do you think?

Europe Pictures, FINALLY

I finally had a little time to sort through the 700 pictures we took on our trip and get some posted. The one above is one of my favorites and there are several others showing some of the sites we saw in the slide shows below. It was really difficult to decide which ones to post so I may add some more later. We had a great time and survived the jet lag. We got to see most of the things we wanted to in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Rodan Museum, the Obelisk, Luxembourg Garden, and many other things. The only thing we missed and wanted to see was Napoleon's tomb, it was closed on Sunday. In London we toured Buckingham Palace, the Royal Mews (stables), the Tower of London (saw the Crown Jewels), Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, and shopped at Harrod's. There were a lot of places in London that wouldn't let you take pictures inside, like Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. We couldn't take pictures of the Crown Jewels either. You can't even stop and look at them, instead you ride by on a conveyor belt. Cameron's favorite was Westminster Abbey but we probably like Paris better overall. We rode lots of planes, trains, and subways and were so glad to be home to our kids, cars, and bed. Oh and, our regular old dollar too. The exchange rate in Paris was about 1.40 and was almost double in London.

On the kids note, Sydney was thrilled to see us but Carson not so much. He was MAD at me and let me know it. He honestly treated me like a grown person would, he ignored me for a whole night. I guess he got his point across and I won't be leaving him any time soon!

Thanks again to everyone that helped with the kids while we were gone. We love you guys!

London

Paris