Around Here...

Well it only took from August 28th until last week for us (Don)  to put together the wagon that we bought for John Stephen for his first birthday!  We have perfected the Art of Procrastination around here!  Once we got her all put together we went for a spin around the yard!  I think he liked it!

And we also have been running around outside looking quite dapper in my brother Rafe's "heirloom" sailor coat!  Everyone knows that I love classic baby clothes, and they aren't easy to find these days!  We feel very blessed to enjoy such a beautiful coat!

And, we finally took pics for the Christmas Card!  It took an Act of Congress to get all three kids here and dressed at the same time.  Not to mention how hard it was to get all three looking happy-smiley-cute at the same time!  This is not the shot I chose for the card- that I will save for later!

And in other news...

-We took Pax to his FIRST Razorback game last weekend!  Hogs beat LSU!  It was fabulous and FUN! 

-Wondering if Hogs will go to our FAVORITE city (NOLA) for the Sugar Bowl??

-Great Birthday for me- #37!  The best part was that I had gotten confused and thought I was turning 38 until a few days before!  So, I feel young now!

-I have been scraping wallpaper for a few weeks!  The hall bath is looking pretty!  I'll post pics soon! 

-Put a tree up in Sydney's room and John Stephen thinks it is MAGICAL!  He loves it, and I love that!

-Went to mini storage this afternoon to get Christmas decorations, and lost my keys inside the very messy hoarder paradise! It started to get dark before I uncovered them and was able to drive home!  CRAZY!

-Going on a two day adventure to Little Rock/Hot Springs.  Hope to get to shop a little- haven't started Christmas shopping yet!! '

-Had my Traditional Pre-Christmas Emotional Break Down this morning while trying to get to a meeting, digging out from under four baskets of dirty laundry, surveying my disgustingly dirty house, and my cranky baby, and very cranky husband!  Whew!  Glad that's over!  Things are still a little nuts here, but I feel the LOVE! 

Wishin' and Hopin'

OK, I know this is selfish, but I have been thinking about a few items that I would love to see Santa bring down my chimney this year!  And, since my Mom and my Husband both like ideas...here are a few things I like for my two loyal readers!

These are Merrells, and I like them because they are easy to slip on!  I always find myself in yoga pants, a fleece and white socks when I need to run to the grocery or to drive carpool, and my little black slip on tennies look terrible!  All I can see is the black shoe/white sock thing, and I hate it!  OK, moving on...

The Kindle!  Now $139 on Amazon!  This is AWESOME!  I can read a book at home in my small, little town that has no bookstore whenever the mood hits!  I can see myself on lazy Sunday afternoons just downloading a great book when the boy is sleeping and being able to upload titles that my friends recommend to be in my lineup! So cool!

LL Bean Tote- I want a BIG one for taking sheets and towels to the lake!  It doesn't need to zip.  And I don't care what color!  A classic!

There are a few other items on my wish list, but I do not have photos...

-an address stamp with my new address

-a noise maker to drown out a certain someone's snoring!

-and a REALLY long gold necklace/pendant.

- an INA GARTEN cookbook- Isn't she awesome??

And that is all I have come up with so far- isn't it enough?  Hope you have started your wish list!  Just in case you were wondering, we are not really doing well on my HOLIDAY ORGANIZATION PLAN.  I'm not really shocked.  I am going to slam it into gear next week, and have my scheduled nervous breakdown in two weeks- right on track!  But I have been doing some home improvement projects that will be featured ASAP!  Have a good weekend!!

 

Free Range Chicken

Things have been so crazy around here that I almost forgot to post pics of our Free Range Chicken!  I was calling him a Funky Chicken until we tried to wrangle him for a couple of pics before the Thursday night Halloween Party- that is when his true identity as a Free Range Chicken was revealed to me! 

There is a neat parade in our old neighborhood that we went to again this year!  John Stephen's buddy was there!

Lots of kids come and they have games and fun stuff for the kids all along a beautiful street.

We caught up with Sissy bobbing for apples!  The Raggedy Ann costume won "Best Costume" in John Stephen's age group!  It was soooooo cute!

Free Range!

Sydney the Vampire with John Stephen the Free Range Chicken! 

Tuesday Night Lights?

Well, the seventh grade football season is over.  The team was 2-2-2!   Every Tuesday night we went to watch the games, and we usually had quite a crew!  Don's mom went to almost every game- that is commitment for someone who just turned 81 years old!  Tons of family members turned out to support the team and to cheer Pax on!  Let me tell you, this family takes their sports seriously!  

Paxton played Tight End and Defensive End.  And he occasionally played Quarterback.  We were all very proud of him, and the last couple of games showed that things were really starting to "click" for our boy! 

You can see in the huddle that Pax is quite a bit taller than the other seventh graders- They come in all shapes and sizes! 

Getting a drink after playing both offense and defense!  It was a good season.  Pax had an interception, and a fumble recovery that were highlights for us!  Now we are taking a break from athletics for a little while.  I think he is going to play on the church league basketball team which is sort of low key.  Now we can focus on school and fun!