My Ky

My Kyle is growing up so much.  It seems like in just the last month he has grown, changed and matured so much.  He is becoming more independent, and developing his own thoughts and opinions.

He is so proud of himself and his little accomplishments.  He can unbutton and button his pants now all by himself.  He was so PROUD to show me.  Of course I GUSHED over this new little "win"in life.  He still amazes me everyday.

He loves me too.  He is finally starting to sleep in his big boy bed (3 nights straight so far( knock-on-wood)).  He is still waking up in the middle of the night and wanting to come in our bed, but when I put him back in his bed he simply asks" will you snuggle me".  I know I shouldn't, but my heart melts and I have to.  I get to go back in time in that moment to when it was just me and him and I was all he ever wanted. I never get to just be with him anymore.  Miss. Hailey: my little love bug always nestles between us.  So I love that I get to have a moment in time, just me and Kyle. Even if it is at a very inconvenient time =)

Tonight when it was time to wash, brush and get ready for bed he asked if we could "brush our teeth together".  At first I was bothered, but then I got caught up in the mment and loved that I got to brush my teeth with my little guy. We locked eyes, smiled a soapy smile and I just savored the moment: watching him observe my every brush and trying to do it just right.  I know it sounds so silly, but it was a simple moment that made my mommy heart skip a beat.

Both my little ones amaze me, but this guy is changing so much.  I am so in love.  I am so blessed =)

I Love Them!

I truly love my little family.  I love the relationships we all share.  I loved that they wanted to go outside yesterday and help Daddy with the leaves (and I had a little alone time).

I love that we didn't have a ton of leaves to get rid of (unlike the last 3 times Jay did the yard) so it did not take all day.

Really though, I just love my life.  I am so blessed =)

Picture Perfect

Friday we were over TV.  We were over reading.  We were done with puzzles. We were over hide and go seek.

Had no interest in the Leapster.  We needed something else to do.

Painting was the perfect choice!

They painted for hours and were peaceful.

Truly a picture perfect Mommy day =)

Apple Pie

We were so happy we got to go apple picking, it was such an amazing day. Now we have a TON of apples, and I decided we needed to put them to good use.  On Wedneday we had nothing going on and were rather bored so we bucked up and baked a pie =)  Our FIRST apple pie.

We were so busy baking and having fun that my pictures fell to the wayside. Kyle and Hailey literally helped every step of the way.

Unfortunately fun moments can quickly turn into slightly miserable moments with Hailey lately.

Despite her wretched crying and some ridiculous fighting with her brother our apple pie was delicious!  I am not a big fan of apple pie by any means, but I thoroughly enjoyed our pie.  As did everyone that tried it.  Go Us!!!  Another delicious treat to add to our baking talent =)

Dang Duckies!

I put it in my children's head (somehow) that we should go feed the ducks soon.  We tried to go a couple of times, but every time we were ready to go, it rained!  Well, Tuesday was a warmer fall day and I did not want to miss the opportunity to be outside with my little ones.  We HAD to feed the ducks.  We bought a bunch of bread and after I picked Kyle up from school off we went..

Unfortunately I don't have a bunch of fun photos, but that's because the ducks, geese and seagulls were SO AGGRESSIVE!  I was intimidated!  I am all about the waterfowl.  I just prefer them on the other side of the fence NOT squawking, squealing or hissing at us.  Yes, I knew from other adventures there that it was a little risky going but I promised my little ones.

I now have one reason to look forward to the winter....we won't have to go feed the ducks!  Hopefully when spring rolls back around they will be a little more patient and not as foul!!!!

Cocktail and Crafts

Last weekend my neighbor hosted out second cocktails and crafts.  Just in time to celebrate Thanksgiving =)  The afternoon began with some fun coloring, and then the real crafting began!

Each child had one foot traced

and then cut out.  Next we traced each child's hand over several different colors of paper, and cut the hand trace out.

We glues the colorful hands to the traced out foot, added some googly eyes and a beak.

Craft complete!!!

Super fun, super easy and super festive!!!

Another crafty success, and a little time for the moms to get together and relax a little =)

Thanks Crystal!

Can't wait for next month =)

FINALLY!!!!

There is one New England fall activity that just has to happen every year.  Apple Picking!!!  Would you believe we nearly missed it? We usually go every year with Jay's family.  With our hectic schedule and everyones busy lives for some reason we just didn't go this year.  I was going to take the babes a few times on my own, but either something came up or we did something else.

Knowing this week was going to be beautiful (nearly 70) I looked on line at some of the "farms" and orchards I knew of and most of them were closed!  I was so disappointed we missed the season.  Then, I learned from my sister in law Taugus Farm was open and had apples!  I had never heard of Taugus Farm,but they had apples so we were going!

Jason even came home early because the weather was so nice and he didn't want to miss a special day =)

 A beautiful spring like day in late fall, an orchrard with a bunch of apples left, fun apple picking, some fun in the playground.  It was a great DeVincent Day; and as much as I love doing things with other people and other families; it was nice to be out and about just the four of us. 

The day wasn't over we topped it off with a delicious dinner at The Olive Garden.

Finally we went apple picking AND had a nice family day out and about.  I love it!

Oh What a Day =)

I am so sad I forgot my camera at home yesterday. We had an amazing day with my cousin and her kids. Of course full of incredible photographic moments that I missed. It was nearly 70 degrees yesterday so we did not want to miss out on the beautiful day. We started with a picnic at the Grist Mill.  Followed with an adventure walk.  Taylor, Nolan, Kyle and Hailey found all sorts of special rocks, leaves, berries and sticks to put in the treasure box. Next it was off to Trombettas for the best ice-cream (and frozen yogurt) in all the land.  Then it was back here for fun in the yard.

Another special day with special friends; well really family, but you know what I mean. Thanks Ehlers.......AGAIN!!!! xoxoxoxoxox

Thanksgiving Craft

On Friday Halloween was officially over for us.  Time for the Thanksgiving stuff!!! I found our Thanksgiving craft we made for all the grandparents last year and hung it up.  Hailey was so happy to see it.  My little artist really wanted to do a craft for this year.

She begged and begged "Mama can we go get some turkey stuff and make a craft?" 

Finally I gave in and we went to The Christmas Tree Shop to see what we could find (they had so much last year).  Unfortunately there were slim pickings for Thanksgiving crafts this year, but we made due with what we found: Leaves.

Our photo shoot from Thursday (Unhalloween) provided the perfect picture for the grandparents this year =)

Hope they like them!!!! =)

Halloween (Take 2)

Monday was actually Halloween, but due to the crazy snow storm our town post-poned trick or treating.  At first I was OK with it.  Then I saw everyone posting their pictures on facebook of all the fun they were having Monday night, and I was jealous. I kept my head up thinking, its going to be weird trick-or treating on Un-Halloween .  It wasn't....

In fact I am glad it was post-poned.  It was way warmer tonight than it was Monday night, and in passing all the other kids along the way you never would have thought it wasn't actual Halloween =) 

I adored every second of it.

Kyle and Hailey would race to the doors, and with their sweet, adorable voices they would say "Trick or treat"; and "Thank You".

After each house Kyle would turn to me and say "just one more house Mama. OK?" Hailey was so excited.  You have never seen a 2 year olds little legs run so fast house to house. 

After hitting the entire neighborhood and working our way back around the block the babies decided their pumpkins were full enough and they they wanted to go home to see what they got.

Hailey dumped out her bucket to see all that it had to offer.

Kyle found one BIG Hershey bar and gobbled it up.

It may be November 3rd but it sure felt like Halloween to me! =)