End of Summer 2014

Labor Day is quickly approaching and there is so much to celebrate as we close this chapter of 2014.

Weston celebrated his 4th Birthday

Emily learned how to ride her bike sans training wheels! 

Someone FINALLY is potty trained

Mom had a minor freak out when she received this germ-laden picture

 Bebes took a plethora of selfies

Now we find ourselves at the end of August and the beginning of a new school year.
Weston is starting his first year of "official" Pre-K.

ALL of his pics are blurry!! :-(

Just in case you couldn't read in the first pic.
Yes, he wants to be an elephant. 

 Emily is starting 1st Grade!!

Emily says she wants to be a 2nd Grade Teacher so she "can give really hard homework"

 Bebes are still at the same school together and both go to Extended Care.
Emily likes to report on Weston's behavior.

My Loves!!
They're growing SO FAST!

Emily, 6 years old, 1st Grade

Weston, 4 years old, Pre-K

Emily requested to be photographed in the following pose:

 Weston quickly counter with his own 

I hope their teachers are ready for what's in store!!

Golden Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas from the Goldens!

Pictures and commentary, to follow:

Homemade almond cookies and chocolate milk for Santa.
Reindeer food for the reindeer.

I had to work till 7pm Christmas Eve, so I had planned ahead and had the cookie dough pre-made so all we had to do was bake and ice. Well, Emmy was not feeling well and wanted to go to bed early, so Santa's treats were faithfully set out by Mama...around midnight.

After a marathon evening of wrapping and preparing, we were ready for Christmas 2013:

Santa and his reindeer liked her treats

Precious expressions full of joy!

Santa brought scooters!

Weston and his GupB:
So, Weston had a rough night coughing and carrying on; thus he was not too interested in Christmas morning and true to Weston form, did not really give two thoughts to the presents.
But...when he opened his first present, the Octonauts' GupB (orange submarine) he was so excited. So much so, that he literally did not open the rest of his presents until a day or two later.
SERIOUSLY.

He even cuddled up with it!!
SO SWEET!

Ok, no rhyme or reason to the order of the following pictures. My computer is dying and it is way to tedious to move the pictures around on the post...looking at you blogspot developers.

Roaring dinosaur head light

Weston made a -erm, ornament at school

Emmy Christmas morning

Bubby singing! So cute!!

Oh em gee!! The Barbie Princess Dream Castle!!

Bubby and his dinosaurs

6th Annual Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch!!
It's one of my favorite holiday traditions with the kids.
I'm so glad to be back in Austin so we can make the short trip to Sweet Berry Farms.

The only thing is, it was friggin' hot today!! The middle of October and sweating like crazy.
I still dressed the kids in their long-sleeved Halloween shirts, because I am "that" mom.

The Goat Pen
(My theory is that they are an integral part of the fertilizing regimen)

Two precious baby goats. The closer one had a beautiful, wavy coat.

Emmy got to see baby goats drinking milk from their mama

I call this the family portrait.
Because this is usually how it looks when I sit down,
Emmy, Wes and Mommy goats

Pumpkin Patch Princess

No pumpkin pictures for the Bubby. He had about all he could handle before we even saw ONE pumpkin.

One of the activities they offer is flower picking.
They have rows and rows of beautiful zinnias and sunflowers that you can pick.
Needless to say, Emmy and I were all over that!

Arbors with gourds

Our bountiful harvest:

Choo-Choo!!

In case you haven't heard, Thomas the Train is where its at.
Thomas with his busting bumpers, fizzing fire box and pumping pistons have sucked both my children into his lame world on the Island of Sodor.
Saturday was the annual "Day out with Thomas" in Burnet.

We rode a passenger train led by Thomas himself, about 3 miles through the scenic Hill Country.
And when I say scenic, I mean the backyards of meth houses, laundry hanging out on a line, rust yards. Oh, and the nice wooded areas in between.

Number 1 Blue Engine

So excited to be riding a real train!

Suddenly too cool for Thomas

Enjoying the scenery

My Lovie.
Look familiar?

Left is 2 years old riding the Zilker Zephyr, BW
BW-Before Weston

We escaped before we were bullied into buying any more Thomas paraphernalia; alas I can't say the same for SnowCones.

Later in the day, we had a visit from Granny and Grandpa.
They have a grandbaby night, while B and I went out to dinner...not fast food.

That GrandPa sure is a bebe magnet.

In addition to our busy Saturday, we have been enjoying the steady, much needed rain and getting ready for HALLOWEEN!

Eyeball Wreath
I'm pretty proud of myself.
96 ping-pong balls!