Justus Fish

Here is the first fish Justus caught. He was so proud of himself!

City kids become country kids

We do have a long way to go to becoming country kids, but yesterday we had fun on Ms. Anitas Farm. She has horses, fishing ponds, a great barn, trails to ride the golf cart on and over 70 acres to expolore.

We took a golf cart ride down to the barn and lake. Coleman was with us and he is about Js age so that was fun. The kids got the lay of the land, then off to fishing they went. Justus did so good. He caught a fish all by himself. He reeled it in without any help!! He caught several fish while we were there. I was so proud of him. Mr. Dereck was on hand to help worm the hooks and cast out. Haven and I just sat and watched!

The it was onto the canoe for a trip around the lake.

We took a ride around the property on the golf cart. It was fun but we had to watch out for limbs. (which when Coleman said limbs it sounded like lambs bc of his accent so J swore they were lambs!) and told the kids to duck and cover their eyes.

When we got back we headed up to the barn for a picnic and some playtime on the haybales. We love Ms. Anitas house!!!

City kids become country kids - Pictures

Our "new" normal

The kids and I have taken a trip to Alabama to stay with my mom and help her recover from her surgery. She will have surgery on Weds the 20th. In the mean time, we are adjusting to our new life as we will be here for just about 2 months.

The kids are sharing a room, which they are doing very well. The only difficulty is J gets up earlier than Haven and ineveitabley wakes her up. Then they both want to be up and its usually somewhere between 5:30 and 6. That is just toooo early for me.

Also, our days dont have the schedule/routine that we have at home. Every day is a playday essentially. There is tons of stuff to do here...its so beautiful and my parents live on about 1 1/2 to 2 acres of land, so plenty of room to roam. But at home, we have preschool, dance and gymnastics that fill our mornings. Here it is my kids and me. Im really going to try hard to give some responsibility to the day, but even so, it usually is only for 30 min or so and thats not to long when your day starts at 6 and you go, go, go until noon.

Anyways.... in the mean time, this is what we love best....Family time!! And the great outdoors!

Fall Fun

Yesterday we took the opportunity to enjoy the beginnings of Fall. After the kids flu shots, which Justus has such an aversion to (which is well understood seeing how he saw so many doctors when he was new) and Haven didnt even flinch. Both got lollipops and we went on our way.

I decided the day should be fun so we started out going to see a friend whose dog just had puppies. Last year this same dog had a litter and Haven was in love with the puppies. This time, she would have nothing to do with them. The puppies are only a couple weeks old and last time they were older and moving around so I think that is the difference.....anyway, here is a pic of Justus checking them out.

Next we headed home for lunch and a super quick nap.

Then it was off to the PUMPKIN PATCH! One of my favorite things to do as a mom is take my kids to the pumpkin patch. I love it, they love it, and you get great pics. We invited our friends Miss Whitney, Hannah (Justus crush) and Claire (Havens dance buddy) to join us.

Except - it was closed. I swear the website said it was open, but, no dice. Sooooo whats a mom, her kids and friends to do.......hunt out great picture taking places that arent blocked off.

We found some great photo opps and even went into the orchard...thats ok, right? RIGHT??

Finally we made it to a pumpkin patch with real pumpkins. More great photos:

And the kids found some toys to play with:

We ended the day with corn dogs and Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.

Yay for Fall fun!

The little things that make my heart happy

Its the little things that happen randomly in the day, hearing my kids play with lots of laughs, seeing a look on their face that just confirms that Im doing something right, hearing them use their words and be polite. You know, the little things that make a heart so happy.

Today I came across this and it just put a smile on my face:

I saw my son, who had asked earlier if he could play with his baby bible, make the correlation between my bible and his. Hopefully, down the road, he will make the correlation between my God and his. Precious.

Birthday Month

This month is Havens bday and Neils bday month. For Haven she will be turning 3. I truly cant believe that she will be 3.

Haven has asked for a pink castle cake. Im pretty sure we can swing that ;). When asked about gifts, all she can really ask for is legos. But that is just her sweet heart talking cause that is all Justus talks about. So I guess its up to me to decide.....

Neil is adverse to cake and usually opts for birthday cookie. However this year he has asked for a mint chip ice cream cake. I think I can do that too. Not sure what else is on the horizon for him. we shall see.....

Let the partying begin!!