more Cowboy party

The whole gang in Jail :)

And the boot pinata breaks

A rainbow chip cake for the hungry wranglers.

Ready for a Cowboy Party?!?

There is a new sheriff in town

The birthday boy!

Papa and Colin waiting for our friends to arrive.

Janessa playing horse shoes.

Wanted!!

Colin turns 6 !!!!!!

We have a new tradition in the family. On the kid's birthday they get to pick whatever they want for breakfast, we sing happy birthday, and they get to open their presents.

Kind of like Christmas morning:)

Colin chose cinnamon rolls.

I got them from Taylor Street Ovens. They are literally

the size of a dessert plate so we split them into quarters.

Central Park photo shoot

I took a Janessa with me on a photo shoot to get some fall foliage pictures but the ones of her turned out ten times better. Here are a few of my favorites.

Janessa'a first airplane ride

Janessa and Colin taking their turn being pilots.

Ready to ride!

We survived!

Janessa did really well at first then started not feeling so well.

I had her rest her head on my shoulder and she fell asleep before we even landed.

Maybe next time she'll be a little more into the view.

Target practice

Janessa is now trained to reload Papa's pellet gun.

Notice the purple bag at her feet, it contains her entire jewelry collection.

Colin taking his turn shooting at the targets.

Janessa and Kaden parked beneath a tree.....

C.U.D.D.L.I.N.G

I swear they could not get any closer to each other.

Janessa the cookie helper

Janessa all dressed up to help Mommy make

cookies to send in a care package to Uncle Michael.

A rocker chick!

I know, I make this look good!!

Colin's first AYSO game

Colin is playing AYSO soccer this fall and spring.
He had his first practice and game this afternoon.

Ready to play coach.

Gotta love they all black look, especially the enormous baggy shorts!

Practicing his goal kick and follow through.

Overhead throws

Coin tossGame on!
Half time. Getting some advice from the coach.

He had a blast and is already asking when his next game is.

I guess that makes me a "soccer Mom"???

Silly Sleepy Baby

It is not uncommon to find Eliana sleeping in strange positions or standing in her crib when we come in to get her. This was the best one yet.

She must have been sitting up playing and decided she was tired.

Baby origami!

Elie's first popsicle

Eliana has decided that if we are eating in her line of sight then she must be eating too.

The penalty for not compling is an ear piercing shriek followed by an impressive fit.

Hence her first taste of popsicles.

Lemon-lime all natural fruit bar.

Thats cold.

You mean its all gone?

That was tasty!

Fun with the bubble machine

At the beginning of summer I purchased the best invention ever- a bubble machine.

No more messy hands and spilled bubbles.

Best of all, no more out of breath Mommy!

The big kids were catching bubbles on plastic plates and delivering them to Eliana to pop.

The pretended that they were waiters and she had placed an order for bubbles. They kept apologizing for the delay and that they would have her order right away. Too cute!

Like Colin's new shirt? He has started kindergarten at Wilson.

Their creativity knows no bounds. The variety of ways that they came up with to pop the bubbles or change their course was endless.

Bubbles anyone?