1st day of school

Okay so just 1st day of preschool.  Jacob was ready to go and did not want to stop to get his picture taken.  Merry was a little sad because she thought she was going to be with Jacob at school.  I started feeling a little guilty for putting her in preschool at 2 - then I got home and the house was quiet and I stopped feeling guilty.  They both had a great 1st day and still want to go back-  I am taking that as a good sign.  

Oh and Brian picked out our new wreath for our door- I thing he did a good job.

one big party

The youngest four in my family had a party this weekend at my house-
this is a picture of all the kids present.
Jacob at 4 1/2 is the oldest of the 9 and Elias at 10 wks (the cute chubby baby in the middle) is the youngest.
My toy room looked like it exploded but every one had a fabulous time

Grace has had a little red mark on the side of her nose since she was born- Jacob just finally noticed it while we were taking these pictures. It only took him 3 1/2 months- what a great observer. He ofcourse had to show it to Merry who was not very impressed.

A post dedicated to Jacob

Jacob playing in the rain

This is to balance all the posts about Merry and Grace -  

favorite color:  all the colors

favorite book:  any I spy book

favorite toy:  puzzles

favorite animal: chickens, dogs and cats

favorite foods: oranges, chocolate milk and water

favorite place: the park or swimming pool

he added his own favorite- his favorite umbrella is his spider man one - not the stripy one

he hopes to one day be a pirate or robot or daddy

he also wants pajamas with clouds on them

he is such a fun boy 

so what has merry been up too?

I realize that tons of my posts have been about Merry being naughty- but she is 2 what can I say

So I go up stairs and this is what I find

Merry cooking naked covered in pen- I did dress her sometime that day

A view from behind- that can not be comfortable- I think those panties are backwards

Being naughty is a hard job- sure wears a person out

Jacob and I have almost conquered Sponge Bob- we have 92 out of 100 golden spatulas

Every time I play he gets so excited- he runs up to me and says "you know what I am going to give you mom" then he hugs and kisses me.  Totally makes playing sponge bob worth it.

And a pic of little Gracie- Merry and Jacob usually argue over what blanket she should use-  Jacob always picks his old blue ones and Merry the pink.  I am just glad they like to share with her.

Party time

My youngest brother Dan came to visit from College Station over the 18th-20th. He is a wonderful guest because he loves to cook and made us fabulous meals 3 nights in a row. He brought us some halibut and salmon from Alaska (he went fishing with my dad and other brothers at the beginning of the month).
He is single - he is a getting his masters in Meat Science so his only requirement in a woman is that she know the proper names of the 4 stomachs of a cow. Totally kidding, Dan.

We went to Marburger Farms in Fredericksburg while Dan was here to pick peaches.
Merry was really helpful and her eyes are sort of creepy - I need to fix that

Mom missed the peaches in the picture entirely

The other peach picker

The peach eater

Then we went to Fredericksburg for ice cream- Jacob chose Krazy Kolors - it looks like melted crayons. Who would think of that? It stains.
Jacob moved too fast for the camera when we picked peaches

Gracie and mom

Another random shot

Just because she is so cute.

What did the peaches become? Peach perserves, canned peaches, and some fabulous peach cobbler. Try this recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Southern-Peach-Cobbler-2/Detail.aspx

I also found a wonderful product that makes Merry's braids stay smooth- unless the braids come out - then it looks like this

This weekend my sister moved to Texas - she spent the weekend with us before migrating on to Kingsville. These are our older hooligans in the bathtub (she has kids the same age as me).
Check out those guns
My sister brought a game called Settlements of Zarahemla or something like that- anywho we stayed up until 1:30 in the morning playing it because it was so grand

Now for something completely different
Grace is turning 3 months this week. She celebrated by starting to cut her 1st tooth
(notice the drool).
P for all you dentists out there

How cute are her dimples?

She also is rolling - that is why most of my pictures ended up like this

We also went to Sydnee's birthday party at Fiesta Farm- it was so much fun.
We also had some to-die-for BBQ at the Zufelt's - I am so glad we live close enough to smell when they are BBQing - Sadly I didn't have my camera at either event.

And now for an explanation of the previous post- It was our modesty fashion show.
We went shopping at Salvation Army (hopefully this explains the extra fancy wardrobe selections). I will be donating my windsuit to the 1st person who says they want it.

Ah Cha Cha Cha

I am sure you are wondering what has been going in on my life- here is a little hint of the fun-ness that has been going on the past week-  Get ready for a more detailed post - I have a little editing to do and a little more xbox to play ( I am busy beating sponge bob with Jacob or rather for Jacob).  Adios and enjoy the picture! ( I know every one is so envious of my purple and pink fantasy leisure wind suit)

Bumper crop and little druggie

I didn't check my garden for a couple of days and look what happened- over grown zucchini

You know what that means- Zucchini Bread

This is the 1st year I have grown poblano peppers- apparently they do pretty well here- so if you have any good recipes using them let me know

Why Merry is a nursery dropout-

  Every week she goes she spends the rest of the week sucking down Xopenex- forget a security blanket -she loves her monster mask

This is the post drug glazed over look

I don't have any Gracie pictures- so I will just tell you what she has been up to.  She sleeps about 18 hrs a day and likes to rub the back of her hair while she eats (a little vain I know)