Gynastics

Isabelle loves this place! She has so much fun running around and laughing while learning and wearing herself out. The girl still fears nothing and outshines everyone. Ok. Maybe I am exaggerating but she does do pretty well!

Nate got to see her in action and she loved every minute of him being there. Family time really couldn't be beat.


Today we planned out the neighborhood Halloween party and prepped for the chili cook off for Nates office. Do you think we fit back in America yet?! Ahhh.... The little things right?

Halloweenish

I have been trying to get Belle used to her costumes for Halloween but it seems that she loves them with out me trying! He calls this outfit her fairy with no wings. Turns out the girls in the neighborhood had the same idea!

Nate and I actually got to attend an adult party! We wanted to go as white trash OU fans but we couldn't find any OU get in Texas! We had to end up going a Texas Tech fans. The joke was funny but people kept really thinking I was pregnant and asking what I was drinking ;) it took people awhile to get it and then it was funny.

Nate is off this week and we are hanging out as a family! Big days ahead with the aquarium, gymnastics and other family friendly stuff :) maybe we will get a house project done too!

Sara

Fearless!

This little one is absolutely fearless! Barely anything scared her at all... She was laughing the while day! Yes we went to the zoo again.

I started her in gymnastics but didn't take any pictures this week so Tuesday next week I will take pictures and some video!! Her long limbs leave zero room for grace. Good thing she's athletic!

Sara

Zooooooo

Since I get to stay at home with Belle I figure we need tons of little activities and learning experiences. I singed us up for a zoo membership for 60$ a year and unlimited passes with free parking. It pays for itself in two trips to the zoo anyway and already since having it we have visited three times. 

Her favorite part of the whole experience is the parakeet room. For 1$ you get a popsicle stick with sesame seeds all over it and you can feed all the birds! 

Feeding a green one after a strong protest to not
feed any birds.... toddler much?

Breaking out of the funk. She practically ran this bird over trying to feed him!!

Another favorite- the roos.

Little hummus break. Don't worry I am not the super healthy freak.
I try to balance it all. She had Mc Donalds for breakfast so then a healthy lunch? Right?

And we end it all with a train ride. Why do kids love trains so much? 

After the zoo we visited Nate at work for lunch. Hopefully we can make family lunches a weekly event! It's just so nice to have us all together. She is really starting to attach herself to him and she is always yelling, "daddy, come on". I find it adorable and can't stop smiling while she bosses him around the house. He doesn't even protest and that's the best part!

Sara

Rainy Days

With the weather changing I felt it completely necessary to introduce Belle to hot chocolate. Lets just say we have a winner! As if there were any doubt.

Thank goodness we have a large back patio otherwise we both would have went stir crazy in the house for two rainy days. I plan to get a free standing heater for the back patio for the winter that way we am still enjoy breakfast outside.

This time of year is my favorite so I am so excited to spend it as a family in my own home! This will be the first fall for us in fours years... Or is it three... Lets just say awhile.

Sara

Decorating

The laundry room is almost finished! I have all the big stuff in there but I need to hang a few thing on the wall and hem the curtain under the table. Nate keeps telling me to stop buying crap.

His definition of crap: noun- anything that is non essential to daily living. ie paintings on the wall, candles, and vases.

Well too bad he's not decorating the house! Ha. I want some place that feel like home and some where that doesn't look like we just moved into. It doesn't have to be FULL of crap but just the right amount.

Oh and would painting the fireplace be considered essential to daily life? I think so because its causing me to want to gouge my eyes out!

Sara

BSF

A friend of mine invited me to attend BSF which is Bible Study Fellowship. It's a bible study that take in depth looks one book of the bible at a time. Right now we are studying the book of Matthew and basically we study one chapter a week and fill out a worksheet. I have to admit that it is soooo wonderful to use my brain again! The nice thing about this bible study is that Isabelle gets to come along and then she attends bible class!!

I hesitated to put her in a class after the way she acted the last time I tried mothers day out but this time she has a little friend that is in her class with her. Today was the third week in a row that we have went and although she cried the entire drive to the church, no sound just tears and yes it broke my heart, she actually calmed down a few minutes into the class! The teacher said that she participated in everything and didn't cry when the other mothers started picking up their children before I got there!!

Happiness doesn't even begin to describe how excited I am that Isabelle can finally branch out on her own a little! So cheers to next week and hopefully I will do my homework through the week instead of last minute!!

Sara

Falling into Fall

We are loving the cooler weather! This means tons of outdoor activities, food and family time. Right now all our activities include some sort of pumpkin.

I actually broke out my nice camera today so that means we are settling in the house even more! The table for the laundry room is stained and I am finishing up the curtain to hang below. I have even started buying decor which Nate isn't too thrilled about :)

Isabelle's room still has a few things to be done but we have added curtains and the box spring to her bed. Now we just have to buy some furniture... Add it to the bottom of the list!

The pictures above are from several different places: the zoo, the pumpkin patch, and the arboretum. Ahhh. It's so nice to be busy!

Sara