Tyler & Molly pictures

I had Tyler's 5 year and Molly's 18 months pictures taken last month.  We also got a family one for the Christmas card, but you'll have to wait to see it.  I'm a little jealous of my sisters because their photo sessions went great,their kids behaved and they got tons of cute poses and pictures. Not us!  Tyler went first since Molly fell asleep on the way and he did decent.  I love his 3 pictures.  Then we had to wake Molly up and she was in no mood for pictures.  The 2 of her are cute, but they aren't big smiles.  We weren't able to get any of the two of them, which bums me.  Maybe for her second birthday in April, we'll get lucky.  We got 2 decent family ones, but only in one spot and one pose because when we tried to move for more, Tyler had a meltdown.  Here are the pictures.

30 Hours kid free

This past weekend our sweet friends, the Bumgarners watched Tyler and Molly for us for a night.  We dropped them off Saturday at 9:30 and picked them up Sunday at 2:30.  It was great to just hang out with Scott, have fun, and remember what we were like before kids.  Anyways, we went to lunch at Chuy's and them zip lining in Wimberly.  It was lots of fun.

lunch at Chuy's

Getting ready to zip line

At the top after zip lining across the line behind us

Jess zip lining

Scott zip lining.  It looks close to the ground, but it isn't

That evening we went to Gruene.  We had never been there before.  It was a cute little town with fun shops and we ate at the popular Gristmill.  It was right on the river and the food was delicious!

After dinner, on the way to our hotel, we had to stop at Chick-fil-a to get a peppermint shake.  I love them!  Then we did some Christmas shopping at Lowe's- for Tyler of course. 

Sunday morning we slept in, had yummy pizza at California Pizza for lunch and then checked out Trader Joe's.  It just opened up here and we have never been to one.  Everyone has been crazy about it, but it just seemed like a regular store to me.  We don't eat lots of organic food, so maybe if we did, I'd love it too.  Tonight after the kids were in bed, we got to watch the Texans game together and they won!

It was a great weekend! 

Halloween 2012

This year for Halloween, Tyler was the Gold Power Ranger and Molly was a ghost.  I made Molly's costume and it turned out really cute. 

Molly was not thrilled with her tutu at first.  Once I asked if she wanted to go get candy, she adjusted to it quickly.

Off to the first house.

Kady- the pink ranger, Tyler -the gold ranger, Colby-a friend from school, and Kyle-the red ranger.

By the end of the evening, Tyler was tired and needed a ride too

Bike-a-thon

Tyler had a bike-a-thon at school last Friday.  They were scored in 5 areas-having the bike in working order, riding in a straight line, riding in a even narrower straight line, riding through cones, and riding in a circle.  Only those without training wheels were actually scored, but all the kids could participate if they wanted.  Molly and I  went to watch Tyler.  It was, of course, when the cold front came in, so it was windy and 50 degrees out.  Plus Tyler was 3rd from the last to go.  It was a little chilly!!

Molly's New Toy

I have been looking for some slide/climber toy on craigslist and finally scored a great one for $20!!  It is a Step 2 All Sports Climber, so you can shoot a ball through a hoop and the opposite side has a hole to throw a football through-I don't see Molly doing much of that.  But she loves the slide!!  I can't believe it was only $20!

Molly's Stats

Molly had her 18 month check up the other day.  She weighed 22 lbs. 8 oz. moving her up to the 23%.  She was 31 1/2 inches tall putting her in the 44%.  

Molly loves Mr. Freezes. 

They were coloring a picture for Daddy

Our busy weekend

This past weekend was a busy one for us.  We had something fun planned each day.  Friday evening, we had the Hoffmann Hoedown.  It was a PTA fundraiser for the school.  There were lots of fun games and food.  Molly even had a blast doing the games. 

Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch. The kids had fun even though it was hot.  It should not be 84 degrees in Oct. at the pumpkin patch.

This is the best picture I could get of the two of them.  Molly was not a fan of sitting on the hay.

 

Molly loved the bounce house. I couldn't believe she went in and didn't mind falling so much.  Tyler wouldn't go in these till he was at least 2 1/2 yrs old.

Both kids loved the petting zoo.  Tyler got to hold a chicken and rabbit.

I had Molly in with Tyler for this train ride, but she wanted out right before it started.  He said it was pretty bumpy, so we're probably lucky she got out.

I saw on Pinterest to drill a design into your pumpkin and I knew Tyler would love that. 

Sunday, our church has their annual church picnic at Morgans Wonderland.  It's a huge park with lots to do.  It was fun!  I just took Tyler.  Scott brought Molly home for lunch and nap after church and really, football was on too.  It would have been a lot for a tired girl and plus it was 94 degress out.  Crazy!!  Here are pictures from that.

Tyler and his friend, Jackson

They had a water area, so my little engineer got right to work

 

They had fishing, several people caught some big catfish.

Tyler leaned fishing takes time and sadly, we didn't catch anything. 

 I don't have pictures of even half the things at this park.  They had a train ride, carousel, sensory village with a store to shop in, cars to design, horses to ride and other cool things; we did the water cannons and the remote controlled boats; there were several playgrounds, a gym with tons of activities, and even an off-road adventure ride.  We'll be going back.  Molly would have loved it too, so I'll have to take her one day by herself.  

Crazy, busy weekend, but fun!