HALLOWEEN

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
I usually dress up our "family" but this year I didn't feel like going through the hassel of making Lance & I into "green eggs & ham" so the kids were "Cat In The Hat" w/THING 1 & THING 2 (which could not have been more fitting for my little men) & Lance dressed up as Hawk eye from MASH. I attempted Hot Lips but the wig was too itchy & none of my family caught on so I ditched it before Trick-or-Treating. :)
Here's my gang....



Here's the whole photogenic group after they got their loot!
back: Bry (kinda), Hayd, Sami, Hazy, Averylin, Camerin
front: Clay, Trey, Lucas, Breq, Haylee, Syd, Wy, Roo & Devin.
I laugh when I look at this pic & realize that none of the older siblings are holding their own little brothers/sister. Only a couple of them are even standing by each other. lol! WE LOVE COUSINS!! I <3 all my nieces & nephews so much!

These two are just soooo cute together! & watching them doing their 2yr old run to each house was priceless!! I so wish someone would've recorded it! :(

FIRSTS

Sami started Pre-school this year with teacher Natalie's pre-school. She loves her teacher & all of her new friends. She was so proud to show her teacher that she could already write her name before school started! <3

Sami was also old enough to finally play soccer like all of her older cousins. Her & Hazynut were on the same team with the same timed games everyweek because her mommy was so generous & volunteered to pick up the goals & flags after each game. (which btw: did not turn out to be an easy task ;))

Here the girls are after their first game: Breq, Syd, Haylee, Hazy & Sam. The boys play in a different league so we didn't get their pics this season but did catch a couple of their games. & Let me just say that the 8yr boys & 8yr girls have two completely different techniques. Those little men are out for blood!! ;)

CATCH UP!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMI LEIGH!!

My Sweet Samantha Leigh is now 5yrs old!

I can not believe I have a 5yr old.

Here are some things about my sweet little Princess:

She started soccer this year.

She plays on the same team as her cousin Hazy nut (aka killer) & they fight for who can score the most, sometimes throwing fits when the ball gets taken from them when they were going to score (Sam). lol

Sami also started pre-school this year.

She LOVES everyone & each day before she can come home from she has to give EVERYONE a hug & tell them all goodbye.

Same thing with dance.

She listens to her mommy even when I dont believe it.

For example when mommy tells her not to touch her hair because I don't want it messed up, she takes me so seriously that its a joke with not only Miss Natalie (pre-school teacher) but also sister Morgan (primary chorister) to play the game of "touch your head" or "pat your hair" just so they can see her raise her hand & say "My mommy says I can't touch my hair". (she's always very distraught)

Sami is easily teased. Mostly because of her dramatic ways....(see above distraught remark)

Sami is the VERY BEST big sister! she loves her little brothers. <3 <3 <3

Sometimes she'll even let them play with her things (if she's in a very generous mood)

Sami will be a teenager in probably a year (sometimes I wonder if it will be that long ;))

She sometimes suffers from the "I'm the oldest, so I'm right" syndrome that I believe she inherited from her aunt Mistie. ;)

I Love my Princess!

She knows how to push my buttons already so I'm a little terrified for the adolescent years.... and so on. ;)

But I do Love her. She still lets me do her hair all up anyway I want, & pick out most of her outfits & give her as many hugs & kisses as I want.

I don't know what I would do or how boring my life would be if I didn't have my little girl. :)

Here are some pictures of her 5yr Butterfly Birthday Party!