Barbie Houses are NOT only for Barbies!!!!

So today, Avery decided to take all the Barbies and Barbie Furniture out of Lily's Barbie house today and decided to use it for a Car house. I have to say it was so cute!!!
He plays with this house more than Lily does. Sometimes it houses his Little People, but mostly cars of some sort. He plays with the Barbies on occasion, also. But instead of combing their hair and dressing them up, he makes them fight and takes all their clothes off (must be a boy thing!!)!!!

He was feeding the cars out of the little pink dish. It is just so stinking cute to watch them play using their wild imaginations!!!!

I had to get a pic of his teeny tiny tushy in his underwear. He is doing so well on the potty training front. He will pee in the potty almost every time if I keep up with it (I slack on occasion). But pooping in the potty is a no go so far. He just refuses to go. They say that the poop thing varies between kids. Lily was pooping before peeing on the potty. Avery has yet to poop on the potty. So I guess we will see how it goes!!!

I hope everyone is well!! We love you all!!!!

Survey

Thank you Nikki for tagging me!!! I actually haven't done one of these survey's for a while, so it will be fun!!!!

1. Where is your cell phone? In my purse
2. Where is your significant other? Work
3. Your hair color? brown/blonde/red (its actually a pretty good mix, when it isn't colored)
4. Your mother? The best in the world
5. Your father? The best in the world
6. Your favorite thing? Watching my children playing together and enjoying each other
7. Your dream last night? I don't remember
8. Your dream/goal? To raise my children in the Lord and watch them do the same with their children
9. The room you're in? Living Room
10. Your hobby? Scrapbooking, Sewing, anything crafty I'm up for!!!
11. Your fear? Messing up with raising my kids
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? In a new house with at least one more child
13. Where were you last night? After Lily's dance class, we were home all night
14. What you're not? Self-absorbed
15. One of your wish-list items? To sell our house
16. Where you grew up? Arkansas
17. The last thing you did? Picked up Lily from school
18. What are you wearing? Track suit
19. Your TV? WAY to big
20. Your pet? 2 dogs - Hunter and Oscar
21. Your computer? Cost WAY to much (Adam being an IT geek and all -I LOVE YOU HONEY!!!!!!!)
22. Your mood? Content
23. Missing someone? My parents
24. Your car? Dodge Grand Caravan (I LOVE IT)
25. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
26. Favorite store? Gymboree (I can't go in there very often though, or I'd be in BIG trouble)
27. Your summer? Crazy
28. Love someone? Quite a few someone's actually
29. Your favorite color? Purple
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Sunday (Extreme Makeover - Home Edition)

Okay, here are my 5 nominees:
Shelly
Tracy
Jennifer
Katie
Maggie

Trunk-R-Treat

We had a GREAT time at Trunk-R-Treat last night!!! The kids were so cute!!! Lily decided to be a cheerleader, and Avery went as Buzz Lightyear!!!! We haven't had to buy Lily a costume in years. She has so many dress-up outfits, she just picks from those!!! We got Avery's last year at the Disney store on Clearance for $4.99. What an unbelieveable bargain. The great thing is that it is big enough that it will hopefully fit him again next year!!! They were both so stinkin cute!!!!
Avery loved the gloves to this outfit, but they were just so big that he couldn't keep them on. Lily had pom-poms to go with hers, so we took some of the ribbons off of them to put in her hair. I thought it was cute, and she thought it was awesome!!!

Cutie Pies!!!!

He came up to grab the camera, and I got this super cute pic of him!!!!

What a Superhero!!!!!!!!

Lily wants to be a cheerleader so bad!!! She likes to pretend and she is getting better at the whole handstand and cartwheel thing, thanks to taking tumbling over the summer!!!

I put that pink spray stuff in her hair. She thought she was something special!!!!

They had awesome prizes this year for the games. I really liked that they had prizes and not candy. They get so much candy at the Trunk-R-Treat part, that I prefer not to get so much during the games!!

Avery playing the ring toss. He did the best ever...made every one!!!

Waiting patiently for his prize!!!

Lily and her cousin Kendra!!! Kendra was an elephant (so cute)!!! It was a hot outfit, so she took it off during the games!!!

Avery got to pick out his own prize!!!

Patiently waiting for her turn!!!

Lily getting blindfolded for the pin the nose on the pumpkin game!!!

I hope everyone has a great week and a Happy Halloween!!!!

McDonalds Play Date!?!?!?!?!

So, Avery and I went to McDonalds this morning for breakfast before I took him and dropped him off at Mothers Day Out!! I'm sure that you have all noticed that if you go to McDonalds between 7:00-9:00 a.m. there is usually a HUGE group of older people sitting around drinking coffee. I used to (up until today) feel so sorry for these people. I thought, "Man, these poor old people have nothing better to do than to come to McDonald's" I wanted to make sure that I never became like that when I got old. So today the whole lobby was PACKED. The only free table was one in the "old people section". Avery and I went and sat over there (there was actually a man there that goes to church with us). I just knew I was going to hear moaning and groaning about this ache and that pain, or poor Avery was going to have his cheeks pinched off. But NONE of that happened. My eyes were opened and when we left and got in the car I started crying over my stupidness. Here is a group of 10 to as many as 30 old people who genuinely love and care about each other. I heard not even one complaintabout their own health. Instead, I heard everyone asking about ****** because he was just put in the hospital with heart problems. The people who hadn't already been to see him were saying they were going as soon as they left McDonalds. They were asking each other how ****** was. He had just been released from the hospital. He had pneumonia, and had to be on oxygen and have breathing treatments, but he was planning on coming (to McDonalds) today, and low and behold, guess who showed up as Avery and I leaving - ****** wheeling in his oxygen tank and smiling from ear to ear at the hugs, kisses, and greeting from his friends. When someone got there, they had to make the rounds between the tables, to make sure and say hi and get hugs from everyone. No one left while we were there. It was as if time didn't matter. Once they were there, they were going to stay and visit with their friends. I can't really express in words the feeling of warmth and love that came from this "group of old people". I think that now instead of calling them a group of old people, I will have to refer to them as the LOVE GROUP!!!!! I also wanted to let you know that I HOPE beyond HOPE that when I get older, I can go to McDonalds EVERY morning to sit around and drink coffee.

I love you all!!!! Maybe we can all sit around and drink coffee together!!!!

Update!!

First, I want to say a big "THANK YOU" to all of you for your advise on my last post. I am still worried about the fact that he won't try new things, but I am working around that. I will not force him to eat something he doesn't want to, not that I have done that before, just wondered if I should. I do think that he has some sensory issues (I would like to talk to you about this sometime, Jennifer!!!). I don't know if that is attributing to his eating issues or not, but it is something that I am taken into more consideration. I haven't had a chance to read "Happiest Toddler on the Block", yet, but it is on my to do list. I did finish "The Stong Willed Child" and feel somewhat more impowered now. I realize that I may NEVER truly understand what he is feeling, but I will do my best to offer the disiplined environment that he needs. He will no longer get away with stuff. It would be so much easier for me to give in to him, but I know that this would be worse for both of us later on. I can only pray that God is guiding my hand, and my mind. I need his help daily!!!

We have been so busy over the last few weeks. I feel like I am running on empty most of the time. I know that I need to get used to it, cause it will only get busier in the coming years. I am preparing myself for that. I have started selling stuff on ebay over the last couple of months, for extra money (gas money!!!). It is going really well, and I am enjoying having something to do that contributes to the family fund, instead of just taking away from it. Our budget last month was the tightest it has ever been. We had to pay for the new van, the sales tax on the van, and our personal property taxes. I was feeling so broke and sorry for myself, then I watched an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and just cried about my selfishness. It is so easy to get caught up in the greediness of this world, and I am praying every day that God opens my eyes to the blessings that we have. We are all TRULY blessed.

We are going to a birthday party for Claire today. She is one of Lily's friends. Lily is so excited, I'm sure she will take a GREAT nap. When we get home, my plan is to carve a couple of pumpkins. Adam is in the deer woods this weekend, so we will see if I can handle the extreme mess of carving pumpkins by myself!!!! I will definately take pics to share!!!

My uber-talented photographer mother-in-law Ginny took some family pics of us a few weeks ago. I have put them on this post. The ones of the kids and then the ones of Adam with the kids turned out great. I didn't realize how badly my hair need coloring, until I saw the finshed pictures, so I think we are going to take the family ones again, after I touch up my hair!!!

I hope that everyone is doing well!! We love you all!!!!

This tree was the backdrop for both of the kids individual pictures. They turned out so well!!! I was very pleased!!!! I sat Avery up in the tree, he thought he was SOOOO big!!!!
Lily decided she need to hand and swing from the tree!!!

They were picking those little blue berry looking thing off of the evergreens!!! Don't they look content!!!!

In the tree, looking big!!!

My favorite picture of her!!!! So beautiful!!!!

What a sweetie!!!

Avery just wanted to climb on me, nothing lovey dovey, like Lily!!! He is ALL Boy!!!!

My BEATIFUL children!!!!

We could Avery to stop pitching a fit and smile if we stuck our toungues out at him. So he and Adam had a toungue war!!!! Pretty cute pic, if you ask me!!!!!

If Lily had a "REAL" smile here, or even not a smile, this would be my favorite pic of all time. Even as it is, it is ranked WAY up there!!! How precious!!!