Little Pumpkin

Sweetest Pumpkin in the patch!

 

“Mommy, I’m done!”

 

“That bad witch won’t get me will it?”

The only picture I could get of all 3 of them…

Brothers…

 

Yesterday I heard Grayson saying “He’s awake Mommy”!

I went into Grant’s room and this is what i saw….

Pudding Monster

5 Minutes for Mom is having a silly kid photo contest with $1000 up for grabs. I think this could be the winner don’t you?

This was not staged….Caroline did this all by herself and when I tried to take her picture she gave me the “monster” look!

My blog featured!

I found that my blog has been featured on the website for the Strasburg railroad! They have a list of blogs with pictures and stories from visitors who have been there. Thanks Strasburg Railroad for linking to my blog!

Gap Casting Call

I entered the kids in the Gap casting call. You can vote up to once/day at the following links. I went on the site and noticed that the kids in the lead for fan favorite votes have like 11,000 votes. How is that possible? Anyway you can vote if you want but they have no chance of winning in the fan favorite category!

Caroline

Grayson

Grant

Cutie boy and Candy Apples...

Cutie Boy

AND Candy Apples

Putting sprinkles on…

Daddy is stirring the caramel…..

YUMMY…Cavities!!

Potato Soup

We had some YUMMY Potato soup for dinner! I made it in the crock pot and it was really good. The only time I have ever made potato soup I made it with lots of milk, sour cream and butter. It was baked potato soup. This had a chicken stock base and it was a little more runny but very good! The recipe I just sort of made up as I went along. All measurements are approximate!

4 Large Potatoes  diced

3 Cans Chicken broth or chicken bouillon and hot water (or mix both like me cause I only had 1 can of chicken broth)

About 1/2 cup carrots and celery (I cut mine up and freeze them when I buy them so I always have them in the freezer for soups so I just used a Lg. handful of both)

Parsley, salt, pepper, sage, thyme, onion powder  use as much as you like but this makes A LOT so be generous

Mix all together and put in crock pot on high for about 6-8 hrs. Mash the potatoes up a little bit about 1 hr before you are ready to eat. Then in a small bowl mix 2 tbs of flour or corn starch with about 1 1/2 cups of half and half or milk. Mix until smooth then pour into the crock pot. Let heat up for 45 min or so until it is all warm.  ENJOY

 

You can add cheese and bacon bits and scallions if you want….

Yes Grayson is wearing a skirt and Caroline is topless as usual…..

Beach Baby

While we were in Delaware for a wedding last weekend we spent a day at the beach. We had to have pictures of Grant on the beach like we do for Caroline and Grayson. By the end of the photo shoot he was putting sand in his mouth….just like every other kid in our family! Here is my little Beach Baby!

 

Favorite Baby Gear

I am participating in the Baby Gear post at Kelly’s Korner. We have acquired quite a bit of baby gear!

My favorites are the

SwaddleMe blanket by Kiddopotamus….Grant HAD to sleep in his for the first 4 months of his life! He also had to have the sleep sheep on (I don’t have any pics of it though).

We also LOVED the boucy seat…This is the 3rd one we have had due to the “Big” kids breaking them by sitting in them when they aren’t supposed to! I would suggest getting one that converts to a rocking chair for a toddler or the ones that double as a swing to get your money’s worth. I wish we had done that!

We LOVE the Britax Marathon carseat. We have other brands but it is WORTH the $$. WE wish we would have bought one for Grayson. They come apart so easy to clean…which we do often! They also install very easily.

Those are probably my top products. I really just wanted to look through pictures of my babies! Hope some of you expecting little ones get some good ideas!