Locks of Love and Pumpkin Carving

It was time to chop off all of my hair again.  I've grown out, chopped off, grown out my hair probably 4-5 times.  If my hair is long enough I alway try to donate it to Locks of Love.  I feel 5 lbs lighter.  Here is my ponytail.

We also carved pumpkins today.  In the past we've tried to go to a pumpkin patch and pick the perfect pumpkin.  This year, time got away from us.  So, I brought one home from the grocery store.  Must remember not to procrastinate next year.  Also, since I waited so long there were slim pickings on pumpkins.  Instead of one big family one I got two smaller ones.  Alyssa did not like the "guts," but she did keep a few "nuts" to plant.  No matter how many times I told her they were seeds she kept calling them nuts.  We have one jack-o-lantern and one kitty cat.

Alyssa's First Sleepover

Alyssa's best friend is Ian.  This is incredibly lucky for me since my best friend happens to be Ian's mom.  We watched Ian and Evan while their parents went to a wedding.  They were going to get back late so we would need to put them to bed at our house.  Instead of waking them up in the middle of the night to go home we decided that since everyone was sleeping peacefully they'd just stay the night.  James was in his crib.  Evan was in a pack and play in Alyssa's room.  Ian and Alyssa slept on the futon in the play room.  Don't worry, Jonny made sure there was no funny business.  Alyssa was so excited Ian and Evan slept over.    They played until I made them lay down and they woke up playing.  It was fun.  She wants to have 'another sleepover' every day!  My favorite part was when we took all of them to a birthday party and someone commented on how well behaved our 4 children were :)  While I loved having two 3 year olds, a 2 year old, and 1 year old for a little while I don't know if I could do it every day.

Eating pizza watching a cartoon.

Eating waffles in the morning.

James's Birthday Part III

On James's actual birthday we went to Chuck E Cheese and had cupcakes at home.  That weekend we went to the zoo.  Last weekend we went to the State Fair.  (We also had cake at Papa and Kiki's house, but those pictures are on Kiki's camera).  I was so excited to take the kids to the fair.  Growing up in the Dallas area we always got a free ticket and a day off of school.  It was a lot of fun.  Next year Alyssa is going to ride the big wheel.  She was so sad we didn't take her this year, but we just ran out of time!  We also went to the Dallas Arboretum during our visit.

In Cinderella's carriage

Goofy face with Uncle Tony and Aunt Devan

Standing by Big Tex

Driving the "bumpy car" with Kiki