Our little turkey

We had a great Thanksgiving, busy and non stop with one or two meltdowns but great!

sweet little turkey

funny turkey girl

It's that time again

for Christmas cards. I always get stressed out about getting the perfect picture and then finding the perfect Christmas card. Well this year I got excited because my sister sent me a link for free cards from Tiny prints so I filled out the form and have been waiting on my free cards. Well I figured our blog wasn't good enough to get free Christmas cards then I read on a friends blog that you have to blog about the free cards then fill out the form. My only excuse for being stupid and not reading the instructions is that I have a wild 2 1/2 year old!
Over Thanksgiving we tried to get some perfect pictures but let's be honest when you have a two year old you don't get perfect pictures. You get mom and dad looking at the camera while 2 year old looks everywhere else or you get 2 year old looking super cute with daddy but mom has her eyes closed (we had a lot of those- I just can't keep my eyes open for pictures) or you just get some funny pictures.

We could use this one where Madelyn is trying to jump off the deck

Ha! or this one with crazy eyes

I love this one, girlfriend loves to throw some leaves

trying to escape from the photo shoot

Wild child picture!

 Once I figure out which "perfect" picture to use then I have to find the perfect card. Tiny Prints has so many great Christmas cards to choose from this year.

I love this one, I always choose the multi picture cards

We love polka dots around here

 This one just made me laugh out loud. The other day I asked Madelyn what Santa Claus should bring mommy for Christmas and without missing a beat she screamed "a reindeer". Ha! Just what I need.
If Christmas has snuck up on you too and you still havent ordered your Christmas cards then just fill out this form to get your free cards. But don't forget to blog about it first!!!

Disney on Ice

or as Madelyn calls it "Mickey and Minnie's house... on ice". We took Madelyn to see Disney on Ice a few weeks ago and she loved it. We got great seats through some friends of ours and we had the best time. Madelyn wore her princess dress/costume that Banner got her for her birthday and had to bring a purse along too.

Our little princess

I think Madelyn clapped and danced almost the entire time

so excited!

Madelyn loved the doggie on ice

the whole gang

still clapping

Mickey and Minnie

When the show was over somebody did not want to leave. She wanted everyone to come back out for another performance. 

That same someone did not want to take a nap once we got home, the princess wanted to play in her playhouse outside.
I'm not sure who had more fun Madelyn or Spencer and I. It was so fun to watch Madelyn and how excited she got about everything.

Taking care of O-bug

Otis has not been feeling good so he has finally come back home from Grandma and Grandpa's house so Madelyn and I can take care of him during the day. I was a little nervous that Madelyn would be too rough with him but she has been so sweet with him. I have told her that he is sick and we have to treat him like a tiny baby, which means only mommy can touch him. She has been singing to him, giving him lots of food, coloring pictures for him, getting him babies and telling him "Awww it's OK Otis, you feel better".
She lets me know what Otis is thinking too. She tells me when he needs a treat, needs water or wants to go outside. She also tells me when he does not want to do something. She is very helpful!
Since Otis is so sick Keyser went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a little vacay and he is loving every minute of it!!
In case you don't know Otis' favorite song is B-I-N-G-O, so we have been singing along to it on Madelyn's radio a lot today!!

Coloring with Otis

Happy Halloween

For Halloween Madelyn dressed up like a kitty cat. We live in the perfect neighborhood for Halloween, especially if you have little ones. Madelyn's cousins came to treat or treat with her and Grandma, Grandpa, Mymy, Pop, Uncle B, Aunt Mary, Aunt Angie, Momma Lou and Daddy Bob all came to watch the craziness. All the girls had so much fun and got way too much candy. Our sweet little kitty even made the 9 and 10 pm news that night! And yes she was still bouncing off the walls like a mad woman at 10 pm!

Sweet little kitty!

Sweet cousins

Little kitty and a princess

Daddy and Ky

Little kitty, big kitty and Minnie Mouse looking for the moon

Grandpa and wild kitty!

Mommy cat with her kitten

Our little family

Best buddies!

Our Keyser pumpkin

Cheeseeeeeee!

Pumpkin Patch...

with the cousins.
Last weekend Madelyn took mommy, daddy, Mymy, Aubry and Paisley to the pumpkin patch near our house. It was so fun, so much fun that Spencer missed the first half of the Auburn game just so we could stay longer (we did record it though). What a sweet daddy she has! Madelyn loved the lake that was at the pumpkin patch. She would have been happy to just go play down by the lake.

Chessy girls waiting for the train

loving the train ride

and the hay ride

and the maze

my favorite girl in the world

They had baby goats and Madelyn fell in love with them

She wanted to take this one home

sweet cousins

Our little pumpkin

finding the perfect pumpkin with daddy

and they had jump jumps too! We did these last and Madelyn was ticked off when I had to pulled her out of the jump jump to leave. This girl would jump all day if we let her.

 We love fall and pumpkin patches!!

Our own little zoo

I took Madelyn and Bannie to the zoo by myself and according to Banner we had a WILD time!

Silly kids

Who loves the zoo? Madelyn does!!

Taking a good picture of a 2 year old and a 3 year old= impossible

Madelyn and Ky in their matching Halloween flair

Madelyn insisted on holding onto Kyser's collar for the pictures

Kyser took off running towards me dragging Madelyn right along with him and then they both tackled me!

 This sweet little witch is getting so big. She talks non stop all day long and says some of the funniest things. I wish I could remember all the funny stuff she says, I need to start writing it down as soon as she says it.
The other night Madelyn was on the phone with Grandpa and he asked her if she had found a hotel for Otis to stay at (my parents are taking Otis on a road trip and needed a pet friendly hotel) with out missing a beat Madelyn says "I don't drink hotel water!" I busted out laughing and said what did you say and Madelyn said " I do not drink hotel water, it makes me sick!". What? I have no clue where that came from but it was so funny the way she said it in her sassy little voice. Looks like me are going to have quite the little diva.

Last night Madelyn was playing with her babies and Spencer kept asking her a question and she would not answer him. Spencer asked her again and again and Madelyn finally responded with "I'm Busy!" It was so funny! She is very busy these days.

On the way home from mother's day out today Madelyn and I were talking in the car and she said Mrs. April (her teacher) is coming to my house on Saturday.
me- Oh really does she know she is coming to your house
Madelyn- yesssssss- she's coming on Saturday mommy
me- well what are you going to do when she comes to your house on Saturday?
Madelyn- Mrs. April coming to my house to play and you need to go work mommy!
Ha! I guess being a stay at home mommy to a sassy little 2 year old, being a realtor and trying to get a monogramming/clothing business up and running isn't considered work. Oh the things this child tells me!