Higginbotham Visitors

Way back at the beginning of December (I promise to catch up soon. Really!) we had some friends over for dinner. AnnaLea and Janessa Higginbotham were in town on business and we were fortunate that they were able to squeeze us in. They were super busy and we were so glad to see them. The kids had a blast playing with them, but I think they had just as much fun. Below are some pictures from their visit.



Janessa going down our clubhouse slide. By the way, this slide is completely made of cardboard. Peter is such the engineer. He designed it so that even he can go down with concern of squishing it. Amazing, I tell you!

AnnaLea enjoying the slide as well.

The little kids finally got a turn after the big kids got tired of it. :)

Josh stole jewelery from them while the were here. (We did return it when they headed out.) He is so funny. The stuff on his forehead and chin is makeup from earlier in the day. Yes, he does still love to wear "his" makeup... my old Mary Kay samples. Silly silliness.

YUCK!

The picture below was taken back in December. It doesn't look so bad, does it? Any guesses as to what Emily is drinking here? Well, the food on her plate is pizza from Papa John's. As many of you may well know, Papa John's includes dipping sauces with their pizzas. Emily is drinking the garlic butter that came with the pizza! And she liked it! We took the picture after she continued to drink it after her first taste. Crazy kids. What can I say?

Perfect

I (Peter) am making the kids a small chest to keep their play dress-up clothes in. I bought some plywood and then took it to my lab to cut it into the pieces I needed with the table saw. When I started putting them together at home one evening, I realized that I had cut a couple of pieces for the lid wrong. Josh was helping me build it. I said to him that we could not put the lid together that night because I had made a mistake in cutting some of the pieces.

He asked: "Why did you make a mistake?"

I said: "Because I'm not perfect."

He then got off of the chair he was standing on to help at my workbench and went inside the apartment. The next thing I hear Angie say is that she will come when she gets a minute. Josh then comes back to me and says:

"Mommy will be here in minute."

I asked: "Why is Mommy coming?"

Josh said: "Because she is perfect."

Bikes and Games

So, I'm still playing catch up. Here are a few pictures from November.

Sometime at the end of October, Josh really figured out how to cruise on his bike. I think his Grandma may have been the cause of this, since she took him out there on it, when mommy wasn't able to. Thanks Grandma! This is just the picture I got as he zipped right on by me. Good job Josh!

This past football season, Peter and I got tickets to the games. We decided it would be fun for Josh to be able to go to one of the games. So, he went to the FIU game. We figured that would be a bit more tame for him. Definitely a much better choice than the FSU would have been.

Peter let Josh go down and watch the game all by himself standing by the wall. Peter assured me that he was only a few rows back and could see him the entire time. Doesn't it look like he enjoyed the game?

It sure looks like he's on the feild here watching the band. What good seats they had.

Josh really did have a great time at the game. They stayed all the way through half time and then came home. Apparently his favorite part of the game wasn't the game at all... or the band for that matter. He had a blast flirting with a couple college girls sitting behind them. Already? Boy, is he going to be trouble. :)


To get to the game, Peter parked the car at a park a couple miles from the stadium and rode in on his bike with Josh in the child carrier. Since Josh was going to have so much fun that day, Daddy made sure to spend some time with Emily. She had a blast riding on the back of Daddy's bike for a while that day as well. So much fun!

Halloween

I know it's December, but here are the Halloween pictures. Sorry I'm so behind, but I think I have a pretty good excuse. ;)

The kids got to go the the church for the "Trunk or Treat" and then we took them to the zoo for "Boo at the Zoo." That's trick or treating through the path at the community college zoo. It's a lot of fun for the kids every year.

Josh was Superman. He wanted to have the fan going to blow his cape and make it look like he was flying. He had so much fun running around with his one fist in front like he was superman for real. No, he's never seen Superman, but I told him how to fly. :)

I gave Emily the choice of Tinkerbell or an Angel. She chose to be an angel. Such a beautiful one at that.

I included this picture to show how excited the kids were about Boo at the Zoo. Just kidding. I thought it was funny because they were so excited, then Emily fell asleep on the 10 minute or less ride to the zoo. My little sleepy head.

Emily thinks EVERYTHING needs to go in her mouth. Isn't the bucket so much better than all that candy?

Playing with Daddy

We took these pictures right after we brought Jessie home. The kids were dying for some daddy play time, so he complied with their wishes.

Horseback rides are the best!

Flying like an airplane is pretty cool, too

Emily's turn to fly

Comparisons

When Josh and Emily were born, they looked exactly like Peter did when he was born. When Jessie was born, she did not. I couldn't figure it out. I actually thought she was a little funny looking. :) And then, a few days later, I thought, "Hey, what did I look like when I was a baby?" So I looked up the picture of my baby announcement. Yep, just like her mommy, a funny looking baby. ;) She is absolutely beautiful now, though.

Jessie getting ready to come home from the hospital

Angie's baby announcement photo

Like mother like daughter!