Holy Birthday Present Batman!!

Carter received some nice birthday money and I went out and bought him a Batman Cave that I knew he would love. It reminded me of being a kid when my brother used to have Castle Grey Skull from He-Man. The boys were both whining this morning when we had to leave to go to the sitters and they weren't done playing yet. It's so fun to watch them use their imaginations.

The Birthday Bash

Carter turned the big 4 on Saturday. All morning he kept saying over and over, (while jumping up and down and clapping his hands) I am so excited for my party mama, it's gonna be so great).

It was a batman themed party with Batman topped cupcakes and a "pin the bat on Batman" game. Graham won again this year. I think he must have x-ray vision or something. There were lots of fun and exciting gifts as well. Nik's mom and dad got Carter a laser gun game with a target that you wear on your chest and shoot at each other. The kids were really chasing each other around the house with that game. It was pretty cool.

Carter keeps asking how many days until trick or treat. He can't wait to get some candy. Carter is going to be Batman of course, Jordan is going to be Buzz Lightyear, and Savannah is going to be Peyton Manning. I am not dressing up this year. I don't know if Nik is or not.

Leave me a comment and tell me what your kids are going to be and if you are dressing up as well.

How Fast they Grow

It's hard to believe that it has been 4 years since I had my little Carter. He is getting so tall. Tomorrow is his official birthday and we are going to have a little batman party for him. He can't stop talking about it.

It seems like just yesterday he was this little.....

Boys Photo Shoot

So earlier this week, my friend Amanda sent me pictures of her kids that her husband took on Sunday. Needless to say, this got me in the mood again to take pictures of my kids. Sometimes it is just so hard to get a toddler to cooperate. I have been wanting to do a photo shoot of my boys in the park since I did Savannah's earlier this summer. We have been so busy over the last couple months though that if I would have done it, I would have taken them by myself without help, which I decided I was gonna have to do, since Nik was tied up.


So last night, we went to Lakeside Park. And again, Jordan wanted nothing to do with the pictures. It was quite the struggle. All my bribes weren't helping!! I did end up with some pretty good shots though after all my hard work. Carter was so much more willing this time.

HOT CARMEL APPLE CIDER DRINK

Here's the recipe.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Video Time

Video #1 - Jordan is pretending to be Woody from the movie Toy Story and saying the famous line: There's a snake in my boots.

Video #2 - Carter singing an oldie but a goodie from Audio Adrenaline. This song was big back in my youth group days.

Carter singing Big Big House.

Halloween Flashback

Little Carter James at almost 1 year old. Our cute little bumble bee. :)

Fun and Crazy Weekend

Saturday morning, Nik and Savannah left for Kendallville to work at the Apple Festival in Nik's grandparents carmel apple booth. I was going to take the boys and walk around, but the more I thought about it, walking around with two toddlers in those crowds would probably be pretty stressful. I could imagine Carter wanting to go one way and Jordan the other, and losing one of them very easily. It would have been really hard work by myself, and taking a wagon or stroller is even harder through those crowds. So anyways, we ended up staying home and I took them to Chuckie Cheese instead.

Later that evening I got ready to go out for Danielle's bachelorette party that I arranged. We met at TGIFridays, which was very good. Steve Staley's wife, Jade, (Danielle's soon-to-be sister-in-law) brought Danielle a purple boa. Danielle wined about it at first and said everyone would be staring at her, but we forced her to wear it. She looked so cute. :) And the waitress also tied three balloons to her chair while we were eating too.

After supper we went to Crazy Pinz for some bowling. For some reason I did terrible, which I usually have a pretty good game. Danielle was on fire though. I had no idea she was such a good bowler. It was a great night.

Danielle's sexy pose. LOL

Jade (8 months prego), Danielle, Me, Megan, Sarah, Rachel, Kelle

Sunday I hosted a jewelry party for my mom, who is now a certified jewelry demonstrator, or whatever you want to call it. I invited several people but only 2 were able to make it. Oh well though, we had a good time anyways, despite all the interruptions from my loud children! ;)

Thanksgiving Preview

Ok ok, you can make fun of me later, but I have never made a pumpkin pie. Come to think of it, I have never made any kind of pie ever. I thought to myself the other day that I need to step things up and try/learn new things.


I found this cute recipe (including the hand turkey on top) for a pumpkin pie on the familyfun website. It was so fun and my boys just loved it! Nik told me it was the best pumpkin pie he has ever had. Even if he was fibbing, it still made me feel good. :)