Go Elite!

Carter started soccer again last week, his team didn't dominate like the team did last year but they played well. He was very excited to play and his coach is great, his friend, Karston is playing with him this year and to say that he didn't have the same experience would be an understatement - he did not want to play but I was very proud of Carter for encouraging him and Karston left with a big smile at the end of the game. The little siblings - Lincoln and Kayla entertained themselves with a little Angry Birds during practice.

To say that we were over summer this year would be the understatement of the year! Loving, loving & loving fall this year and appreciating it more than ever. The only sad part of fall is the realization that my beloved plants don't have much time left, I took some pictures to remember them!

An Ant Update

So our Aunt Lindsey sent Carter some Ants for his birthday - yep, our very own ant farm. I won't lie, I was freaked out but I ordered the ants in the mail anyway and today they are alive and well & the pet project of Sean! I'm pretty impressed by their progress (and the fact that I feel secure enough to allow them to live in my kitchen!)

I'm in love with these little feet! Linc has had the sleepy, snugglies lately and been hard to get out of bed - he tends to curl up like this or attempt to hide under the covers - both are rather cute and a welcome morning sight!

I hate to be a hater, but right now I am in HATE with Maytag! Our 2nd washer has gone out in 3 years (this one was only 20 months old! - seriously I have eye shadow that has performed better). It is all that I can do to not give them a negative SHOUT out! We are in love with our new glass top LG - who knew watching the washing could be such excitement - and most importantly it has a 5 year warranty!

Arts & Crafts!

I blame it on Pinterest.com - too much fun stuff to look at and get ideas! These are 3 recent projects - more in my head (and on my pinboard!). I'm loving the monogram over our bed (and hung all of it myself with only 4 nail holes to patch - that is good for me), need to work on my rosette making skills & am shocked that for a $1 piece of paper and a frame that was in a cupboard and I have a fun, new message board in the kitchen (and a dry erase marker stolen from Carter, if I'm being honest but he had 2 blacks anyway!).

Next up some t-shirts for the boys and an endeavour with my sewing machine - wish me luck, our last meeting was a little less than pleasant!

Our Terrific Kid!

Carter was given a Terrific Kid award this morning for demonstrating respect. We are so proud of him!

Other iPhone finds...

This was Linc in his new carseat - looks like he's holding on to the oh XXXX handles! Which is certainly not necessary when I drive!

This is Carter on stage at Antler Alert getting his birthday pencil & them singing the birthday song - Happy, happy, happy, happy birthday (there is a dance!)

This was the day that Carter had to stay home with Strep - yes very sick he was as he and Linc jacked up the truck to work on it - it looked a little trashy but entertained them for a few hours - notice Linc underneath doing some work (their lift was a chair & the picnic table)

Linc and I had an easy going trip to the Zoo a few weeks ago - he made me take his picture on each of the frogs!

Carter and I snuck in an ice cream date recently - that boy loves him some vanilla ice cream!

You just never know what you might find on my camera reel on my phone! They don't get taken off very often but here are a few recents pics.

Yee-haw!

We met the Strope's at the Edmond Children's Museum awhile back & Linc and Molly had a great time dressing up as little cowboys! Found these pictures on my phone - they aren't great but you can see they were having fun - even little bank robber, Luke had a good time! I love seeing Lincoln play with Molly - he just adores her and is super animated when playing with her.

Boys & Bikes

We finally decided it was time to take the training wheels off the big bike - Carter's been riding Linc's without the training wheels since about June & Linc's been riding the big bike with the trainers - we switcheroo-od them this week and everyone is back on their own bikes & lovin' cycling! We took them to "daddy's work" today and they rode enough for Carter to get some blisters on his thumbs. Biking will undoubtedly be a big part of our fall! Carter rode up & down the street, over the curbs, in the grass tonight - he loves it & we are so glad to have him on the bike after many years of fighting it against the scooter which he loves but to be an all-American kind of Midwestern kid one should bike too, in my opinion!

Labor day weekend

Mimi and Papa came for labor day weekend - they came in a new fashion (yet again) by way of Dallas in their new Cruiser. They have big plans for a road trip next year and some camping adventures (and their plans keep getting bigger as Lincoln adds to them - "know what else we need"). The boys' thought the Cruiser was pretty awesome and are looking forward to their first overnight in it - especially after watching the movie RV - they think there may be some adventures to be had!

We also went to Shogun which was Carter's birthday choice - scallops, shrimp & fire - can't go wrong with that combo! We also have added a lobster tail shell to our random learning collection (it now includes the deer jaw with teeth, a feather & a lobster tail shell).

We made a trip to the Zoo to enjoy the insanely beautiful weather - with the other half of OKC that had the same idea - oh well the fresh air was perfect for all of us & gave us a great reason to check out a new market in OKC with the best sweet corn - seriously sad that it came from California - really it made me a bit sad.

I'm still getting over the labor day cold I got - hoping tomorrow will be THE day to wake up normal!!

Our Birthday Boy!

I've got lots of catching up to do and missed some VIP events! Most importantly Carter's 6th birthday. He had a big day with Krispy Kreme, lunch with mom & dad at school and a new beloved radio controlled monster truck (daddy did the shopping for his birthday and did WELL!).