This is how I roll!

This is how I roll!

2 years ...

Two years ago today we found out our lives would never be the same...

...we never knew just how good it could get!

A Day at the Farm

On Sunday, we had a family outing to Dewberry Farms in Brookshire Texas. It was a beautiful Fall day and we had a great time. Dewberry Farms was full of activities for kids. In 3 or 4 years Colton will get to really enjoy all of it, but this trip he was able to play on the playground (for little ones) where he rode on a tire horse and got pushed around on a tractor bike. He and I took a ride on the corn train then we all found our way around the corn maze. Colton tried to get off the path and go through the corn a few times but he did really well leading us through the maze. He would stop every time we got to any corn husks on the ground because he wasn't sure if he should go over them or stop. Daddy wanted him to get muddy but mommy helped him avoid that! :) We walked through the barn where Colton got to pet a bunny and a horse and loved watching the baby pigs. We didn't make it out to pick a pumpkin because we had too much fun with everything else (and the line was really long for the hay ride). We have plans to visit a pumpkin patch at a local church next week so we weren't too sad about that. And the sign of a really busy and fun day...Colton was asleep before we got out of the parking lot!

I think Dewberry Farms will be a Fall tradition for years to come!

Finger Painting

Since it was a rainy, muggy fall afternoon here in lovely Houston, and we couldn't go out to play, I decided to get a little crafty. When Colton woke up, from his very short nap, he had his first finger painting experience.

As you can see in this first picture he wasn't too happy. I think we got started a little too fast after nap. He really didn't understand what was going on. He used a finger tip (and lots of help from mommy) to add leaves to a tree.
And then...

Let the fun begin!

No help needed from mommy to make a pumpkin...



...Or to paint his arm!

And our finished work! (Sorry I cant get it turned the right way)

We used homemade finger paint.

2tbls flour

water to thin (add slowly)

food coloring

Our project didn't last long but we both had a lot of fun with it and we have some great art work to show for it!!!

15 months...15 things

Colton turns 15 months old tomorrow, so in honor of the big day, I thought I'd share 15 of my favorite things he's doing these days!

Colton...
1. loves to sit and listen to books being read to him.

2. walks so well even in his shoes (as long as he doesn't pull them off).

3. blows kisses.

4. loves to be outside and in his swing.

5. knows where his belly button is but points to his temple every time you ask him where his nose is.

6. points to the sky when you ask him "where is the airplane?"

7. only eats fruit, crackers and fish sticks.

8. knows how so many objects work. He spent a couple minutes walking around "talking" on daddy's cell phone the other night.

9. shakes his head "no" for no and sometimes yes too.

10. knows exactly what he wants and expects to get it.

11. takes 1 really good nap every day.

12. dances all the time and can hear music and the beat no matter how quiet it is.

13. will go get things you ask him for like his caterpillar, the phone, yellow block.

14. has zero interest in watching TV.

15. gives the best hugs and kisses.

Funk...

I have been in a bit of a blogging funk lately. One, because we have had major computer issues and I haven't been able to download pictures, and who wants to read a post with out a sweet picture of my little love bug!?!? Two, I just can't think of anything exciting to tell you about that I haven't already told you. So, here it is... a post!
I spent most of the afternoon, while Colton was sleeping and Zak was watching football, looking back at our family blog. I have put hours an hours into this blog. There have been many times I thought, I don't have the time to write, but looking back, I am so glad I made the time. Already some of the small details slipped my mind.
Things around here are going well. We are staying really busy. I don't have much to tell you about, but I want to share a couple of my favorite pictures from the last two weeks.
The first picture is from Library time. Colton loves to dance when we sing. I caught him in the act. This is a picture of Colton with his new backpack. He loves to carry it, as long as its empty!

Funny story just happened... Colton was so sleepy tonight, but he did not want to go to bed. Zak gave him a bottle and rocked him to sleep. As Zak layed him down he started to cry. We figured we would let him cry a couple minutes and he'd be asleep in no time. I went to get the monitor and saw he was siting up playing in bed. A couple minutes later, I went to look at the monitor again and I saw Colton sitting funny in the corner of the bed. I thought he was playing but the longer we watched, we noticed he was fast asleep. His little head keep bobbing and he would catch himself from falling. Being the wonderful mommy I am, I ran for the camera, what a perfect post! :) As I walked into the other room, Zak said Colton went face first into the bed. I didn't get the picture but he is sleeping sound as a baby.

MOPS

Colton and I went to our first MOPS meeting this Friday. We met some fun kiddos (and mommies too), colored, played really hard and best of all had cookies for breakfast.