Lily loves her brothers iPOD

While brother is napping, the iPOD is ALL hers.

PS. Her first sentence in here is "It's a NARUS" ...ha!

More snail drama

Lily finds a snail

Zane my couch potato

Here's a video from this past week. Please forgive my lack of enthusiasm extremely present in my vocal tone. All four of us have had the sniffles and general feeling of blah all week.

They say boys are men from the day they are born and I think this video clip helps prove that theory.

He was pretty comfy enjoying the football game on the TV and playing his iPOD games in his lap while munching on some crackers.

You will see him...

Ignore me

Only realize I'm around when a commercial comes on and he sees he is out of snacks

Try to decide if it is worth it to bend over to pick his iPOD

Be incredibly vague but offer no helpful solutions

Kiss me in an attempt to get me to get him a snack

Try to attack my phone as it is taking too much of his attention

What have you missed?

Here's a quick update to catch you up on the going ons around the house.

Lily finally jumps with both feet off of the ground

Zane has a perpetual runny nose (yay Fall!)

Zane is teaching Lily all his best tricks

Zane is super ticklish

Lily still loves her daddy

And also her brother.

A magical thing has happened this week. Zane and Lily have started 1. Liking each other and 2. Playing with each other. Now, although it may seem strange to some, but before this week, Lily and Zane have really sort of "tolerated" each other.

Instead of being interested in each other, they have been interested in what toy or crayon the other has been holding and screaming MINE!.

My days have been spent as a referee, trying to keep them from killing one another. Leaving them alone for any period of time (1 minute) usually results in someone screaming or crying and a guilty party in timeout.

However, this week, it happened. They both went into the backyard and started playing with each other. They made up a game that involved tossing a ball and running back to the slide. They took turns hitting the golf balls. They genuinely seemed to enjoy each others company. I'm not sure how long this will last but mama is pleased as punch.

My Birthday Weekend

For Mommy's Birthday weekend, my parents came into town to help all of us celebrate. We had a great cookout on the patio, went to the park, rode the choo-choo in Downtown Ft. Worth and had dinner at Joe T Garcias. It was a great weekend and makes me sad that Grandmas & Grandpa's alike live far away. Wish we could do this all the time.

They share a love for electronic devices

They share a love for books.

Mmmmm...yummy...

Definitely related.

Fall Catchup!

From

We went to the Hall Farm pumpkin patch to play around an

d then grab a pumpkins for carving.

Lily didn't like the hay so much, very yucky.

This place is gross...can we go now?

Lily was in charge of seed collection for roasting

Mommy and her gloves were in charge of scraping. Stupid allergies.

Evil pumpkin

Lily's friendly Playdoh pumpkin. Complete with eyes, nose, mouth and a peepee. Yes, a peepee, she was very insistent.

We also went to their preschools fall carnival before trick or treating. Zane was very happy to run around with his cape.

And Lily was in love with her Dora costume.

and totally related to these Hawthornes.

Oh my goodness! Look brother, up there, hurry look!

Got your chip.

I dressed up as a "Suburban Housewife".

The best part was, I blended in and no one noticed. Go suburbs!