Modeling...kind of

Showcasing Isaacs hat.

I love the leaning on the pillow look! Very classic.

Another classic, the over the shoulder!

Notice the squinty eyes in all the fake smile pictures!

K this is my last one for tonight!! We've discovered what most parents of a little girl probably already know...little girls are natural posers when you say camera time! Lucy was so funny posing for Christina with her fake little smile. I had to share some of the funnier ones.

Happy Halloween!

I love dressing the kids up for Halloween. It so cute to see them in their little costumes. This year Lucy was a scarecrow but she wouldn't wear her hat. :( Isaac was not to thrilled to wear his costume either. When we were talking about it a month ago he said he wanted to be Link from the video game Legend of Zelda so I was like Ok we can make that. Well now he wants to be Mario but its too late for that. I think he looks adorable in it though. And for those who don't know...yes I did make the costume. The top I had help from mom making a pattern and cutting and piecing together but with the pants and hat I did all by myself and I was so excited with how they turned out! Dan thinks I'm getting very domestic now cause I've also been cooking a lot as well. Anyways, Halloween was a blast with Andrea, Les, and Danica. Oh the most fun was the house with the tunnel up to the door. Les ran through it leaving poor Isaac to fend for himself. He was screaming and crying in terror and brandishing his little sword and everything that got near him! And I was in the car dropping them off and Andrea was out with him. The owner was kind enough to put his screaming body back in the car and give him a BIG candy bar. It was really sad for Isaac but pretty funny to watch. The rest of the night was uneventful and the kids were tuckered out by the time I got home they didn't even stir when I took them out of their clothes. The first two pics are for Christina. I know how much you love that butt shot! HAHA

To the zoo

We get tickets through Pella every year to go to the zoo in October and this year we picked the best day to go weather wise! It was a lot of fun. Dan traded his Adventure Land tickets with a friend and got his zoo tickets so we had two extra adult tickets and Mom and Christina were obliged to come with us! HA HA. I like that word. Its one of my new favorites. Anyways, we had a blast of course cause you can't go to the Henry Doorly Zoo and not have a great time. We saw lots of animals all of which scared Isaac but Lucy loved them all. We stopped lots to rest and eat snacks to keep our energy up. There was a rope bridge that went under a little waterfall in the jungle that Isaac and I went on. He stopped right in the middle and I had to practically force him forward cause I was getting all wet and I had straightened my hair that day! It was great. Next time you visit Iowa I recommend going if you haven't gone before cause its one of the best zoos on Earth! Can't wait for next year.

El College

So Dan started his official college education yesterday! I'm both excited and nervous at the same time. I'm nervous cause I don't know what kind of student he's going to be and I don't want to become the nagging wife who's always reminding him to be sure and get his work done. But I know Dan is smart so if he applies himself he can do really well so that's why I'm excited. He's doing it through University of Phoenix online cause he just doesn't have time to do it any other way right now and we've put it off to long. If all works out as it should the Pella will be paying for all of it which means nothing out of pocket for us! Woo Hoo! But the down side is that he has to stay with them for two years after he's done which Dan is ok with but i'm a little skeptical about. But all in all I'm so proud of him already!

My Lucy Lu

Just something to show how big she's getting! This is her sweet angel face that she gives everyone in public to give them a false sense of security and then when we get home let the little miss drama queen come right out! I love my little princess.

Some make believe fun!

We went over to Andreas house for a little bit Saturday and I noticed Leslie has some make up on. She said she did it herself and Andrea joked that she should go put some on Isaac too! So Les and Isaac went into her room to play dress up as the often do and after a while Isaac comes out looking like THIS! I was shocked into laughter. If you look close you can notice that she also tried to spike his hair and she used a lot of hair spray. It smelled really good too! We had to go do all our shopping with Isaac looking like this. He got a lot of comments. Well Leslie assured me the markers said washable and boy was she ever right. On the way home Isaac started throwing a fit and crying and it ran and ran and ran! I'm just glad we got it off for Sunday! And can you guess who he's supposed to be...I didn't.....Dorothy the dinosaur from the Wiggles. Ha Ha Ha

Its apple season again!

Oh my poor aching finger tips!!! Mom and Dad have a lot of fruit trees and of course they all have to come ripe at the same time. I've been busying myself this week with picking and things of that nature. Monday night Christina and I picked the peaches off the tree and then Tuesday Andrea helped me make jam out of it. Its still runny so Mom says I'm gonna have to boil it again! Ugh!! Christina and Andrea also picked four buckets of apples and put hardly a dent in the tree! I've spent four hours today slicing apples to store for pies and such and I only got half way through one bucket! Mom just kind of laughed and said yea its slow going. I feel like I didn't get anything done. My finger tips hurt though! I kept getting little pieces of apple under my pointer finger on my left hand. I'd say that one hurts the most. And there is still a pear tree that I wanted to get to but I am so overwhelmed with the apples that I'm afraid I won't get to them before they go bad and Mom says that happens fast. Obviously I have to talk to her a lot because I don't know how to do any of this stuff. I want to make lots of apple sauce and apple butter and things like that. Its all very exciting. Andrea's going to come help me on Monday for sure and maybe tomorrow and that'll make things move much faster with an extra person and Danica to keep my kids company. Poor Lucy was not happy with me today. I usual spend an hour cleaning and then have the rest of the day to play with them but I just had to work on apples.