Maximum Destruction!

So, I was going to title this one "Two Kids For Sale" but I thought someone might take me serious so I did a little rethinking on that one. Basically, I have found that my children find immense pleasure in ransacking my house. It usually starts out pretty innocently with the two of them playing together very nicely...

...and then they break into WWF mode. Of course I have to jump in and say, "You two better be careful and calm down before someone gets hurt." Then, of course, I get the blank look from both of them and the continue on with their business.

This here is Little Miss Silly Pants herself.

And then there is her big brother, the Little Drummer Boy!

WARNING! Before I go any further, I have to remind you that my son feels the need to cruise around the house in his underwear ALL OF THE TIME! So, he is going to be the sorry one when he is 18 and all of the pictures at his graduation party are of him in his Transformer underoos! He He :)
One particular evening my little Punk decided to build a pillow pit and jump from the arm of the recliner into it. Niiiiice! Good thing his Dad was busy on the computer and didn't see him doing this or me letting him so that I could get some good pictures! Double He He :)

Cowabunga Dude!

And look who thinks her big brother is the BOMB! (Don't get any ideas there Little Miss Thang!)

Airborne!

Bombs-Away!

Hey, I want to try that. It looks like fun!

Ahhh...nice soft landing!

Okay, the jig is up, I didn't really let Tootie take the plunge. Just some tricky photography. And speak of the she-devil...here is the little darling herself. Not too impressed with her new hat as you can tell.

But she finally got used to the idea when I kept shoving it back on her head to try to get a picture. So once she figured she had lost the battle she decided to get revenge and empty out the pantry. Thanks Little Dolly!

And who is that I see...my I think it is Butt Crack Betty...nope, just Audrey Mae!

And what was she looking up at...why her naughty big brother. Not exactly sure why he was standing on the counter, but we won't tell his Dad about that one either!

And what is that? Underwear on his head! DON'T ASK!

And what is that I see...more cupboard cleaning? Thank you, Sissy.

And just help yourself to a Pop-tart or two while your at it, you little oinker!

Okay, one more montage before I sign off...

Hey, Granty. Ya wanna race?

Yeah, catch me if you can!

Ahhhhh, no fair! It's attack of the tighty-whities!

Yuck! I wish he would get the hint and put some clothes on!

Oh, Sissy...you know I love you even though you can't accept me for who I really am...

...Dat-da-da-da! Naked boy!

The End.

Last year (2007) Halloween day was the day that I came home from the hospital with our little punkin', Audrey. She was so tiny and I wasn't due until after Halloween so she didn't get to dress up last year. That made this year really special for her. Can you guess what Audrey was for Halloween???

If you guessed a bunny, you were WRONG! She was a little lamb, or as Grant would say, "She's Mary had a little lamb!"
And do you know what Grant decided to be? He chose the Bumblebee Transformers costume.

Here are the two little goblins out Trick-or-Treating at our neighbors house. Aren't they adorable!?! Audrey got to ride in the stroller to a couple of houses and Grant got to ride on the 4-wheeler with his Daddy-O. I guess we will just have to get another 4-wheeler so that Audrey doesn't feel left out next year. Or a better thought...how about one of those Polaris Rangers. Yeah, now we're talkin'!

Audrey goes to bed pretty early and I wanted to get home to give out candy so we let the boys head off on their own for a little more Trick-or-Treating. I think Duke actually came home with a few 12 oz treats of his own!

While the boys were out cruisin' around, Tootie and I had a little lamby concert at our house. She got this little microphone music machine from Aunty Kala, Uncle Russ and the kids and she LOVES it!

Uh oh! Is that someone at the door? Better go give out some candy, Mommy!

We were giving out small bags of popcorn, cereal straws, glow bracelets and a handful of candy to every kid that came to the door and we heard more than once that our house was the best one they had been to! Woohoo!

So, Audrey and I played for a while longer until she started to get tired. This is pretty much how it went. First find the nukie and the blankie...

Then find a nice comfy spot on the carpet...

Get all snuggled up...

And nighty-night!

Okay, so I didn't really let her fall asleep on the floor in front of the bathroom. She was just nuzzling into her blanket in this picture. Shortly thereafter I got her into her jimmer jammers and put her to bed. Then in walked this little devil, presumably all hyped up on sugar!


And now doesn't he look tough riding around on his sisters little pink 4-wheeler!

Because I am a slacker Mom, my little feller had his supper of "cold pizza" at about 8 o'clock when they got back from their rounds. And of course, this is also when the 2nd round of trick-or-treaters started showing up. Grant had a blast giving out treats to all of the kids.

I even gave him these goofy glasses to put on when he answered the door. Everyone got a total kick out of him. How could you not love this face?

All in all it was a great Halloween. Hope yours went well also!

Look Who's 1 Year Old!

I can hardly believe that my little baby girl is now 1 year old!!! Her Birthday was on Wed, Oct 29th, but I am slow at getting my posts done so I am a few days behind schedule. We had a small party for Audrey on Wed evening. Most of Duke's family was able to make it (I am notorious for organizing these things at the last minute so they weren't given much notice...Sorry!) and my Aunt and her 3 kiddos were also able to make it. We celebrated Audrey's b-day with my parents when we were in Grand Rapids in mid October. Anywhoo, I'll get to the pictures since there are a lot of them. Again, sorry! But my little dollie only turns 1 once :)

Here is the little Toot getting ready to party! Grandma Sue assumed position and entertained her while I was putting the finishing touches on dinner.

And then when Auntie Brenda, Uncle Jody, Bailey and Carter arrived, they came bearing Halloween goodie bags for the kids. Thank you! It entertained them for quite some time.

Here is Carter showing off his broken arm. Poor kid...it makes doing homework pretty difficult.

And here is Grant modeling his Snoopy Halloween mask. And look at Audrey perfectly happy gnawing on a candy bar still in the wrapper. Good thing she doesn't know what is inside yet!

She sure looks like she is up to something in this picture. Wonder what she stole from the kids?

This is a picture of Auntie Brenda trying to get my son to eat. He was too busy playing to be even remotely interested in eating dinner so Brenda turned it into a race. He scarfed down his yogurt and almost choked trying to gobble down a piece of dry bread. Yummm...what a strange choice of foods. That's my little Granty!

Emily Carter and Audrey.

In the middle of all of the excitement, Audrey decided to take a break and do some coloring so she climbed up in her chair for a little artsy time. Too bad I wouldn't take the cover off of the marker for her!

And then came gift opening...She got books and money.

Then had to sit on the book to lay stake to it.

And a check. Not that she knows what a check is, but she will soon enough. And look at everyone trying to get their hands on her moula! Run, little girl...run while you still can!

Ooohhh...a dolly and her very own Hot Wheels...funny story about that. When we opened them, Grant decided he was going to pick out the ones he liked best and was going to "trade" Audrey. He went over to his 4 baskets of little cars and picked out the 10 oldest, most beat up, ugliest cars and those were the ones he was going to give to Audrey...NIIIICE!

Okay, back to the presents... Clothes, clothes, we LOVE CLOTHES!

Here is the O'l Bow-on-the-head trick!

And her new ride on pony...not ride on box!

Here is Duke's favorite picture. He says at least I can now see what I look like when I am ragging on him all of the time!

Gettin' a little lovin' from my sweet baby girl.

Then it was time to get into the high chair and get ready for yummy, yummy cake. But what is this I see...another present! Yippee!

Hey, get your hands off! That is mine!

Ohh, yeah. Thanks Evan. I LOVE to make sweet, sweet music!

And here is the Birthday cake. Just the right size for Little Tootie.

Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you (come on, sing!)

Happy Birthday, Dear Audrey. Happy Birthday to you!
Here she is "singing" her little heart out.

Look at her sitting there enjoying her time in the spotlight when out of nowhere...

...appears her super annoying big brother. The look on her face says it all!

MMmmm, loves me some cream cheese frosting!

And some cold white milk. Yep, that is right. I drink MILK now, not formula. What do you think about them apples?

Hallelujah! How come my mother never let me have frosting before?

It got to be a long night for our little Birthday Girl, especially since she is usually in bed by 7:30 pm every night. Here she is getting a little snuggle from her Daddy. Nighty, night sweet angel baby.

After Miss Priss went to bed, the bigger kids decided to play a little towing game with the 4-wheeler, the walker car and the waist tie to my robe. Needless to say, it was quite humorous to watch them try to tie the two together since neither of them knows how to tie a knot yet!

And I do not know how the two of them fit on that poor, tiny little 4-wheeler, and it still worked! It runs on 6 D batteries and those are the original batteries from about 2 years ago. Talk about energizer bunny!

Tootle-oo!