Turkey Cookies

My friend Kristin invited us over for a play date and some cookie making yesterday. Needless to say Savannah was up before the crack of dawn ready to go to Anna Kate's house and play! After we got there the girls played together for quite awhile before we starting making our turkey cookies. Miss Kristin had two different types of cookies and the girls loved making turkeys . . . and eating them too! Here are a few pictures from our morning.

The princesses heading to the ball!

Savannah's with her turkey cookies

Squealing

Today is the day that Preston chose to perfect his squealing. I have been a little worried that he hasn't done it yet because apparently that is something that happens before 5 months. I haven't quite figured out if he does it to hear himself, out of joy, or because he's frustrated, but never the less he is doing it A LOT!

We have enjoyed the beautiful weather over the weekend and today. Yesterday we made raking the leaves a family affair and spent lots of time outside. Today Savannah had a friend over and they too did lots of squealing . . . only I know they were having a blast! I should have taken pictures of them blowing bubbles, riding the Barbie jeep (which Savannah crashed into the mailbox), and playing on the playset. Savannah was FILTHY when she came in!

Tomorrow is a WEE school day (woo hoo) and Family night at WEE school. Savannah and her class will be performing "God Loves You and Me" on stage for all of the parents. It should be interesting, not to mention funny!

Savannah's Funnies

I wish I kept better track of the hilarious things Savannah says . . . it's amazing how her little mind works these days and all of the things she can remember! Here are a couple of things that made me smile:

The first happened Friday night while we were saying our prayers. Now we're still working with Savannah on how to pray, but tonight her prayer was exactly what I was thinking, " Dear Jesus, please help the telephone to stop ringing." I love it!

Tonight we had family movie night and Savannah got to watch her first movie EVER!! We watched Tinkerbell and when the movie was over she says, "Mommy, when I grow up I want to be a Tinkerbell."

So, although my house is again a disaster, I rocked Preston to sleep tonight thinking how blessed I am to have such an incredible and healthy family.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Well Preston finally learned to roll from his stomach to his back!! He's been rolling back to stomach for several weeks now, but much to our dismay, he couldn't figure out how to roll back onto his back. I thought he had figured it out last night when I found him on his back a ways away from where I put him down . . . but it was confirmed this morning when he took a huge roll right off of Savannah's bed. That's right, he rolled off of her bed, hit the nightstand and ended face up on the floor. I have been a mess all morning, but thankfully we saw the doctor and she said he was just fine. Whew! It all happened so fast and I know it's my fault for putting him on the bed, but it didn't help that I had a helpless 3 year old who couldn't put her panties on by herself either!

Happy Halloween 2009

I have to say that we were cutting it close this year, literally! We actually had trick or treaters before Dave even finished carving the pumpkin! He was determined to carve it and didn't want to do just a regular face . . . so when Savannah woke up from her nap this afternoon this is what she chose and Dave whipped it up! AMAZING!!!! Can anyone guess who it is?

Here are my two cuties, Snow White and her dwarf, Happy.

Just as we finished dinner and Dave changed out of his carving clothes, Savannah put on her red sparkle shoes and of course then it started to rain. However, I have to say that we weren't letting the weather rain on our parade. Dave grabbed the umbrella and off they went. We had our 4 sets of trick or treaters and I think that's all for the night. I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween.

What We've Been up To

This week has flown by . . . well except for the afternoons which draaaagggg on forever. Preston seems to be recovering well from his ear infection, but is still refusing to take any kind of decent nap during the day. His lack of daytime sleeping has also effected his sleep at night and he has been up several times over the past few nights. Thankfully, I have a wonderful husband who has been a lifesaver. Several nights he's gotten up to settle Preston without me even knowing! Wednesday night this week BOTH kids were up at 1am crying so it took both of us up and in action. Whew! Who could be frustrated with a face like this though?

On Wednesday my friend Donna hosted a huge Halloween party for the kids (and mommies+Ben). They had a blast! My pictures didn't come our very well so I stole these from my friend Chelle's blog. Can't you just see the sheer joy in their little faces?!

Savannah with her "best friend" Sara on the Barbie jeep. They rode and rode this thing and managed to get stuck in Mr. Roy's landscaping several times.

These four kiddos are such good friends. L to R is Sara, Anna Kate, Savannah, and Jack.

It's days like this that I have to remember what a blessing it is to be able to stay home with Savannah and Preston. What a huge freedom to be able to pack up midday and go to a Halloween party! I love the fact that we have such a close group of friends and children so close in age.

Lazy 5 Ranch

After church today (our entire family's first trip together) we quickly hurried home, changed clothes and headed to Mooresville to meet Pawpaw, Deborah, Denny, Kristin, and the cousins as Savannah calls them. I had heard great things about the Lazy 5 ranch and we definitely had a blast. If only it had been a little warmer . . . I definitely get the loser mom of the year award as we showed up without any jackets or even a blanket for Preston. Thankfully Deborah let us borrow a towel and then her jacket for Preston to keep him warm. It's been quite a long time since I laughed as hard as I did today. Here are a few pictures from our afternoon.

Uncle Denny holding Savannah up to feed the giraffe.

If only I had the picture of Dave pulling down part of the tree and falling on top of Deborah to go with this one. At least Savannah finally got the leaves from the tree to feed the giraffe. :)

Here is Dillon and Maddie feeding the ostrich.

This was one of the many animals we fed from the wagon. I have never seen such huge animals that were so calm with people. They would come running up to the wagon and then start eating right from your hands! The only guidelines were that you had to feed the birds from the bucket and not feed the zebras (they bite)! The funniest parts were when teh animnals would reach in the wagon under your leg, grab the bucket of food, and just start eating! It was hilarious to watch.

Crazy cousins

Notice the face . . . I think she was just cold and tired because she really LOVED seeing the camels!

It was such a fun day. Thanks Dad and Deborah for treating us to a fun afternoon!