Four years ago...

we had this cute little baby that totally changed our lives.

She grew and grew
and grew
and grew until she became

a cute four year old.

Happy Birthday Katie!!!!
We love you!

Monday List Day: Things I hate edition

I have neglected my lists. I blame it on school. I blame it all on school!

Things that drive me totally crazy:

• The combination of two words to make one stupid made-up word. Ex: Chillax, (chill and relax) Clackamette, (Clackamas and Willamette) Staycation, (stay and vacation) Brangelina, (you know) and the list goes on and on and on. Please make it stop.
• If I see the word recessionista one more time I WILL... do something. Not stab myself in the eye or anything, but if it's in your magazine, or on your blog I will stop reading.
  
• I get really upset when I get on the computer Monday morning to check my classes, and make my to do list, and the teacher hasn't updated with the next weeks assignments yet. That is something that should be done by Sunday. Not acceptable teachers. I need to write out my list before I can be productive.
  
• Related: some teachers like to feed you one week's assignments at a time. Heaven forbid you should look ahead in your class, or know what you're supposed to be doing next week.
• The 80s comeback. I am adamant that the 80s was the worst fashion decade ever. Ever! Anything from the 20s to the 70s is fine with me.
• I hate pretending to be interested in the discussions on the message boards for my online classes.
  
• Aimee is really into throwing food on the floor. She likes to do it quickly and covertly if possible, to make to biggest mess before I notice and freak out. She even does this with food she likes.
  
• Also, she won't eat anything green (except peas). Or soup. Or potatoes. Or most raw vegetables. She cried when I had her try cottage cheese. She is so picky! She spits things out, and says, "like it" while shaking her head.
  
• Katie is waking up too early. Then she is whiny all day.
  
• Bugs in the house. Especially fruit flies.
  
• My house is always messy now. I clean up the kitchen and bathrooms, but the girls' play area I don't even bother cleaning. It just gets messy again, and drives me crazy that I just wasted time.
• TV shows and movies that announce the sex of the baby at the first ultrasound. This is NOT REAL!!!! You don't get an ultrasound at 8 (or ten) weeks and know whether it's a boy or girl. I'm talking to you Glee.
  

That is enough negativity for today.

Aimee sings ABCs

Pumpkin Patch

Last week the girls, and grandma and I headed to a cute little farm by our house.There were pumpkins everywhere, and all different kinds.I love these cows. They are so cute and so clean.This cracks me up every time I see it.I loved the goat too. He came up and sniffed the camera as I was taking the picture.Going over the bridge.They loved the chickens.

It was so much fun. We got a little pumpkin family (mommy, daddy, katie and aimee pumpkins) and delicious apples, plus some cute mini pumkins and gourds. Our house is all fall-ified now.

Now a couple more random pictures...

They are making the same face!

And finally, my moment of genius.
Aimee's bibs were all dirty, and we were having beets and raviolis with tomato sauce. Their clothes needed protection. So, I took a plastic grocery bag, flattened it out so the handles were on top of each other, and cut the bag to make two bibs. You stretch out the handle a bit, and it goes right over their head. Cheap, disposable bibs! Kinda trashy, kinda cute.