Art Show and Harvest Party

Alyssa's preschool had a Fall Art Show last Thursday night. It was really cute. They decorated the gym with all the different types of art done at school and had big flood lights set up. Since she only goes 3 days a week she didn't have as much stuff, so you get to see each of her art pieces that were displayed :)

Each child had an "about me" page displayed, no real surprises on hers.

Gotta love the pose next to the painting!

Friday was her harvest party, so we went to watch the parade. Here is a shot of her with Maw Maw. Alyssa is supposed to be Snow White this year for Halloween, but she wanted to dress up as Barbie Mariposa for preschool. That is who she was last year. And someone asked her today what she was going to be for Halloween and she said Cinderella...maybe because that was what she was wearing when they asked. I have no idea, pretty sure she will decide moments before we leave to Trick or Treat. Guess that is what happens when you have dozens of princess dresses??

Aiden at the Harvest party, searching for something in a bowl of rice...

...he didn't care for the spider ring, can't blame him.

Okay, I am going to try at keeping this updated at least weekly again. We shall see!

Aiden's Birthday Party

Here are some pictures of Aiden's birthday party. We had a lot of fun with our family. He got lots of trucks and clothes and also a toy where you hammer all the pegs into a board...lots of fun (& noise ;-) The cake turned out soo cute. I love our Wal-Mart cake decorator, I always take her a napkin from the party theme and she always makes it so cute. I was going to try and make his cake this year and be "that mom", but after thinking about how yummy store bought cakes with bettercreme icing are I decided against it! Here are the pictures:

Family Shot

Taking off his monkey party hat.

Waiting on us to finish singing.

YUM!

Eating with Alyssa.

Organizing party hats.

What a great day, Happy Birthday Aiden Conner!

Happy (late) 2nd Birthday Aiden!!

Aiden is 2!! He actually turned 2 on Monday but it has been a busy week. We celebrated early Monday morning with him before Todd went in for surgery. He then spent the day with friends (Thank You so much Marcie for watching my monkey all day). That night he got to have dinner with MawMaw and PawPaw, and visited with Grandma and Grandpa. I was sooo glad we sang to him and had cupcakes at 7:30 am since we got home later than expected and missed the evening part. Here are some pictures from his actual birthday and I will post more after his party here tomorrow :)

He loves his new Handy Manny toolbox, but it sure is a loud toy!

Cupcakes for breakfast!

Happy Birthday Aiden Conner! We love you very much!

Love,

Daddy, Mommy & Aiden

Crazy busy update

All I feel like my posts are anymore are random/rushed updates. Sorry, that is just how life seems to be around here lately. So here we go! Alyssa still loves preschool and today was pajama day which she thinks is about the BEST DAY EVER!! So she went to school and Aiden and I got to join up with our Church playgroup for a tour of a fire station and lunch at the mall after. Since Todd is off for an unexpected surgery scheduled for Monday he picked Alyssa up from school and Aiden & I got a little one on one time. He enjoyed the fire trucks and the fireman all dressed up (although from a distance)...it was a very extensive tour of the fire house & stuff on the trucks and we had a lot of fun with friends!
Todd came home from work yesterday with what turned out to be a hernia that has to be operated on Monday. Please pray for Todd, the surgery, the recovery, and all that entails. He will not be able to lift more than 15 pounds for awhile...um, like the kids :( So that alone can be a challenge for all, including little ones that do not understand. So that will bring me to another rushed, random post sometime next week I am sure. Until then, here are some pictures of what is going on around here:

Aiden "using" his fork.

Random nap time...

well, we all know by now Aiden would never actually stay still long enough to join the sleeping part of this.

What happens when I go upstairs for 25 seconds.

And here's a look at the new arms crossed pout that is becoming quite popular around here...

...and this is where he learned it.

At the fire station.

In the truck.

Looking out at the Fire truck.

Checking out the fireman from a distance.

A try at a whole group picture, of course Aiden is the only one walking out of it ;-)

Okay, that will have to do for now!!