Our lawn always gets so many leaves during fall!  The front yard is worse.  We have three pin oaks that drop all winter long.  But one Saturday we went out to play and clean. :)  Before we cleaned up the leaves Josh raked a path that Jason and Mia loved to run on.  We also had to have a big pile to jump into!  And this year Jason added swinging from the tree.  Since we did not have a rope Josh used an extension cord.  Can you say, "You might be a redneck if...." haha.

He's a little out of focus, sorry! :(

Mia had to get in on the fun too!

Here's jumping from the tree, which turned in to swinging from the tree!

Jason had to show me his pink were wolf teeth which he got at the Halloween party. He wore them for days afterward. :)

The Master Raker

Mia riding down the hill on the path!  I think she was having fun, but she doesn't look 100% sure about.

One day I trying to take some pictures of her in the leaves and she insisted on using the reflector but decided that it would be best used for her to lay on instead.

Halloween Party

Jason and Mia got to go to a Halloween Party with their cousin on the Taylor side.  They had a lot of fun doing a scavenger hunt, eating lots of yummy party food, and even helping to break a pinata.

Look at those cheeks!  And that expression!

But she loved being dressed up as Minnie!

I don't know why I can get their faces!  Everytime so far that they have done something cute like hug each other they are always turned away from me and I can't get around to the other side fast enough. :)

Look at that face!!

Mia was trying to make her feel better. Awww!

We finally got pictures of the two girls after the party

Cousins!  And everyone had to have a baby doll!  Too much fun!

See what I mean??

I was not kidding about too many cute pictures, see what I mean?  So please if you know of anyone who wants to have pictures taken send them my way!  I love taking pictures!  And you would save me from drowning in cute pictures of Jason and Mia!! :)

Jason and Mia photo shoot

I don't know what I'm going to do with all the pictures I take of Jason and Mia!  There are so many cute ones!  But I just can't help myself from taking more!  I love capturing them and we had so much fun doing this!  They are getting to be pretty comfortable in front of the camera! :)  Jason usually pulls out a couple poses for me without prompting!  If you can't tell from the underwear pics! haha!

Of course Mia had that huge owie (how DO you spell owie?) which she got from Jason.  And I was so excited because I got to take some more pictures at this location too, which will probably end up on the blog too.  So keeping watching!

Underwear heros

Jason and Mia had too much fun one day putting underwear on their heads. :)  But who didn't do that when they were a kid?

Favorite Children's books

Here is a list of a few of our favorite children's books.  If you have never read any of these at lease pick up "Grumpy Bird" by Jeremy Tankard, it is sure to put a smile on your face.  There is also a new one out call "BooHoo Bird" also by Jeremy Tankard.  I am especially partial to the illustrations and he has a great style!



Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard
Stinky Feet: A Love Story by Margie Palatini
Bear and Kite by Cliff Wright
The Bill Peet Books
The Five Little Monkey books by Eileen Christelow

I'm Not Cute! by Allen Jonathan

The RaceCar Alphabet by Brian Floca

Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell

Little Quack by Lauren Thompson

Big Plans by Bob Shea and Lane Smith

Ish by Peter Reynolds

The Dot by Peter Reynolds

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin

Smash!Crash! by Jon Scieszka

Autumn Acres 2009!

Jason and Mia love going to Autumn Acres! Its hard to pry them away!  This year they had a little more fun on the hay bales, but they always love the corn box and the huge slide!

This year we got to go twice too!  The first time was with Jason's preschool class, so you can see his teacher taking pictures while they are shooting the apples into the lake with a huge slingshot!  Jason's only complaint was the organization! He just wanted to run around and play and instead had to stay with the group. :)

Even though Jason loves the corn box it seemed that while Mia was playing in the corn box he enjoyed stacking up the large innertubes around himself and toppling over!

Here's Mia having fun in the corn box.....