Sunday, November 01, 2009

Happy Belated Halloween Everyone! Yesterday was a whirlwind here. We rented a Uhaul truck to bring everything back to the house that we had put in storage (due to selling the house). Doyle agreed to park the GTO in the driveway so we could unload the truck directly into the garage. Of course Cade wanted to "help dadda". So I tried to find small light weight things he could carry into the garage. So he really felt like he helped his dadda. :)

Then I dropped Kit off at PetSmart to get all groomed and ready for the drive up to Michigan. The name of the spa package is "Defurberator". How funny is that? Then I came back home and we hurried to get the kids into their Halloween costumes. I snapped just a few pictures and we headed to the neighbors to show them off. It was so hot out last night. So I just took Dylan to one neighbors house and then back home. She was just too hot in her costume. So she stayed home with Dadda while Cade and I went trick-or-treating.
Cade was very particular about which house he would actually go up too. He definitely didn't want to have anything to do with houses that had scary decorations up or even decorative lights outside. He stuck with the plain old front door light on. He was too funny! I would knock on the door and he would say "trick-or-treat" but that was before any one had time to open the door. Then all he would do was just stand there and not say a word! I would say thank you and happy Halloween and when we turned to walkaway and they would close their door, Cade would then blurt out "Happy Halloween!" He was too funny! One guy was really loud and outrageous and I thought for sure Cade was going to lose it but he just ended up laughing and smiling. Still wouldn't say anything but at least he acknowledged someone was talking to him. After maybe hitting 10 houses Cade was pretty exhausted. He said he wanted to go see his Dadda. So home we went.
Doyle then went to pick Kit up. He had been at the groomers for almost 4 hours. He came home all shiny and clean! It seriously looked like he had dropped about 20 pounds... 20 pounds of hair that is! So this morning I dropped both Doyle and Kit off at the airport. Doyle had to go to work and I thought it would just be easier on everyone involved (which is me) if Kit just stayed at the kennel for the next week until we are ready to drive out of here. Normally when he's outside all day when I'm at work, he likes to dig a hole and lay in the dirt. So since I just had him bathed and all freshened up, there was no way I was going to let him spend one more minute in the backyard.
The plan for the rest of the week is to pack mine and the kids luggage for the trip. That way when the packers come on Thursday, they can pack whatever is left to put in the truck. I'm sure I'm not going to have much time during the week so I want to get as much done today as possible. So the packers come on Thursday and the truck comes on Friday to load all the boxes. Doyle is now scheduled to get home Saturday evening. So the plan is supposed to be that I pick Kit up then Doyle and then we head straight to the Uhaul place to pick up the 4x8 trailer that we will tow behind us. That will have all our luggage and everything else that we need that won't fit in the Acadia with us. Plus we will take everything else that the moving company won't haul (cleaning supplies, shampoo, wine, etc.) Plus I'll have one whole cooler just for Dylan's frozen milk supply. Hopefully we can keep that frozen the entire time.
The kids and I just finished watching the Jags game... sorry to say the least! Leave it to the Jags to lose to a team that hasn't won a game all year. So typical for the Jags! Ugh!!! Oh well, hope everyone enjoys the next week!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

The Pumpkin Patch & Fall Festival

Last Saturday we finally made it to pick out pumpkins with the kids! Cade loved it. Here are a few pictures from the pumpkin patch!



Cade looked for a pumpkin like he was a boy on a mission!

He was so sweet!

And of course so is she!

This is my favorite picture of Dylan that day.



Okay, so not all of the pumpkins were what I would call asthetically pleasing to the eye! Ha!!!

Doyle always finds the perfect one.

And this is my favorite picture of Cade this day.

These kids just don't do "posed" very well.

And yes, Cade was actually afraid of the scary spider beside him!

Next to the pumpkin patch was a fall festival.

And Cade went on his first pony ride!

He also dug in the hay to find a prize.

He did a good job of "fishing" for ducks too!

We had to walk back up to the Chik-fil-A cow but once we got up there, Cade didn't have anything to say. Ha!!!

This picture was from an outting with my friends at work. We went to Dave & Busters and everyone brought their families. We know Cade is going to love this place when he gets a little older!

Here is Dylan on her 8th month birthday!

And here is Cade after drinking Doyle's homemade fruit smoothie. Needless to say, Cade is a fan! :)


That's all for now. I know, I go what a month with no posts and now 2 in the same weekend? Crazy... I know! The next one probably won't be until after Halloween night