Rare Moments

This is Charles-Allen and Ian in a rare and glorious moment of sleep.  Could they be any sweeter?  I don't think so.  I promise they were dead tired from lots of rambunctiousness that only little boys can accomplish. 

Overheard

     Earlier this week I was in my room making the bed and I heard Charles-Allen ask Ally to go to the bathroom with him.  All of my kids do this, they're so not brave, and being the sweet little sister that she is she gladly went.  I think she was just honored he asked her and he was just happy to have someone go with him so he wouldn't be alone with all the spooky nothingness that little kids imagine are waiting for them. It's amazing how such little things that my children do overwhelm me.  They show each other such sweetness and kindness and I'm often in awe of them.  I mean really, who wants to hang out in the bathroom with their brother while he poops so he won't be scared? 
    So as he's in there doing his business he starts asking her questions about where she wanted to go to college.  I don't know where he gets this stuff, but of course his conversations almost always center around football, or baseball, or basketball, or Carolina and sometimes all four.  So he's asking her all these questions about going to school and graduating and Ally's trying to participate in the conversation.  Her little three year old vocabulary is seriously lacking and when she tries to repeat the word graduate it sounds like she has marbles rolling around in her mouth.  Charles-Allen ask her, "Where do you want to graduate from? Duke?"  She repeats "Duke" and instantly realizes that that's not the correct answer and quickly follows up with "No, no Duke....Carolina."  Charlsie was impressed with her answer.  So then he ask her if she wants to be a cheerleader.  "Do you want to be a pretty cheerleader or an ugly cheerleader?"  "If you cheer for the wolf pack they make you wear fangs like wolfess fangs and you'll be an ugly cheerleader."  "But if you cheer for the tar heels you'll be a pretty cheerleader.  So do you want to be an ugly cheerleader or a pretty cheerleader?" 

    Ally's response was, of course, "I want to be a pretty cheerleader!"  And she will make the prettiest cheerleader ever.  Even if she has to cheer for the wolfess pack.

Pumpkin Picking

 I may have mentioned in the past how much I love autumn and part of the reason why is all the pretty pumpkins that are around.  I especially love the local farm stands and we have a really neat one at Porter Farms.  They have the most unique pumpkins around.

 Our kids love to go and pick out the most unusual one they can find. 

 Buga just wants to find something to eat.

I love this display with all the cool pumpkins and mums.

Ally loves sitting on the pumpkins.

What cute kids.

Charles-Allen's favorite ones are the little white ones.

Gotcha!!

 Parker is trying so hard to find a pumpkins she can pick up.

And Ally is trying so hard to pose for every picture.

 Cuteness.

 She's finally found it, or so she thought.

Emmy can't decide.  I told her she can only have one and she has her heart set on at least three different ones.  I wonder which one she decides on.  Hint, it's not the one in her hand in any of the pics.

Tutu Cute

 Our littlest diva is lov'n her some tutus.  She wants to wear them all day and everywhere.  It never fails when we go out Neal will say, "You're letting her wear that out?"  I'm amazed that he's amazed.  She's just tutu cute in them so I say wear on.

She knows she's cute.

 Her new thing is she loves to point at things and try to say what they are.

 She's looking for that cat that she loves to kick.

 I think she's found him.

Oh no it wasn't the cat, it was her brother on the gator.  This girls loves to ride almost as much as she loves her tutu.

Game Time

UNC vs. ECU

So we're all revved up for another season of Carolina Football.  With all the mayhem going on we thought it would be a pretty bad season, but things are looking up.  We've won the last three games and we even got to attend a game where our team won.  I can't remember the last time that happened.  So here are some 
a lot of pics of the big day.

 Just me and the boys...had to get the truck ready too.

 Cory and Kristen got to sit with our sweet girls.  They were too cute with their blue and white boas.  Kristen said that a least a dozen people stopped to tell them how cute they were.  As if they didn't already know.

It was the most beautiful day ever.  During the game we sat on the shaded side so it was a bit cool, but I'm not complaining...just explaining the difference in the boys attire.

The boys are excited and the Heels did not disappoint.  It wasn't long before we heard....

TOUCHDOWN CAROLINA.

 After the game we let the boys run up and down the stands and just enjoy being at the stadium.

 I wonder what they're thinking?

And I know what they're thinking:)

Dream Big

Do you know what little boy dreams are made of????

Here's a hint.....

You'll see an example of it in every picture.....

If you guessed football you would be correct. At least that's what Charles Allen's dreams are made of.

The Many Moods of Parkey Pooh

So Miss Parkey Pooh is finding her personality. She has recently learned about the squeaky wheel getting the attention. I wonder how that happened? Anywho....we are getting to see the many moods of Parkey Pooh and they ain't all good. This is her "It's My Money and I Want It NOW!" mood. (Ally loves to walk around saying that, cracks me up)

This is her "Whoo Is Me" mood.

This is my personal favorite, "I'm About to Pull Your Hair and There's Nothing You Can Do About It" mood.

And this is the all to frequent, "You're Just Tick'n Me Off" mood. It's amazing how she can still be so cute during all of her many moods.