Monday, RG had dance class... Giddy has friends and they just play and crawl around while we wait for this sweet face to come find us! She is always so proud of herself! It's the best!!
Tuesday, Ruby had school and Gideon and I went to the MAC counter at the mall and got a make over for our family pictures!! I highly recommend Frankie at the MAC in Macy's at Cool Springs! After that, Gideon took a mega nap and I had to wake him up to go get RG from school!
We took pictures with Elizabeth Looney Photography and I am so so excited with how they turned out!! We took them at my favorite place - Homestead Manor! She was great! RG smiled for atleast one pic... I hope!!
After that was Chick-Fil-A with these crazy kids!
Wednesday we were all kinda feeling worn down. We stayed in PJ's all day!
This morning at school, they had a costume parade at MDO!
Ruby & LINCOLN!!! 😍❤️️
While RG was at school, Stephen, Gideon & I early voted!
If you are wondering why I think we deserve the "Best Parents Award" keep reading :) ha!
Friday, Stephen took off work so we could have what we like to call a "badger day." Which usually means pajamas, food, nap repeat... oh wait, we have kids... so usually just pajamas until someone pees/poops in their diaper/underwear, spits up, spills something, etc.
After naps, we wanted to go to the pumpkin patch... one was closed and the other one was not going to work out bc the kids napped at different times all day... so... we went to Kroger for pumpkins!! 😂😂 thankfully our kids are young enough to not know the difference. (They were buy 1 get 1 free too!) #parentsoftheyear
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After we picked our pumpkins we went for dinner at Hwy55 -- a diner that reminded me a little too much of Xan's Diner. 😳😬
Saturday morning we woke up to some beautiful fall weather!! We decorated our Kroger pumpkins and played outside!
The painter finished my kitchen cabinets!! Before & after (not great pics -- but it looks so great!)
Sunday morning we woke up and enjoyed a little more fall weather!
Stephen's boss, Mr. Dan, gave us his Titans football tickets and we were so excited to go!!
On the way home from the Titans game, the kids fell asleep in the car... and Stephen and I thought we would go drive around and find a restaurant with outdoor seating and parking close by so we could leave them in the car & let them sleep.... well we found one! #bestparentsaward
(Disclaimer: the car was running, the window was down, we could see in & we checked on them frequently -- no shame in our game.)
We are looking forward to a busy week ahead and heading to Starkville this weekend!
I think this is my FAVORITE post. I just love a favorite... because usually something that is your favorite will put a smile on your face! So let's go: 1. My FAVORITE faces first thing in the morning!
2. This is my FAVORITE because it is definitely a family trait. If you know me, you know I use my toes as an extra set of hands -- especially these days when they are usually full! So, when I saw RG do this ON HER OWN, I about fell out! #proudmamamoment
3. Ruby's FAVORITE thing so far this fall... decorating/painting pumpkins! A girl after my own heart, she loves a holiday. Well baby girl, we will get more pumpkins this weekend.
4. My FAVORITE thing about having two kids - they are starting to play together!!!
5. One of our FAVORITE things to do is to walk around our neighborhood to the new construction area and watch the tractors... well RG just HAD to bring her baby doll stroller (pushing a trick or treat pumpkin). And you guessed it, it lasted about 2 minutes before she wanted to ride .
6. Elsa's FAVORITE thing so far is line up and "CHEESE" for pictures and then RG shows them to her. haha!
7. Giddy's FAVORITE thing is clean laundry and chasing RG.
8. This is one of our FAVORITE Halloween outfits! Mainly bc I ❤️ candy corn!
9. Ruby has FAVORITE friends at school! And it just melts my heart to know that she has made friends... like on her own:.. not because I hang out with the kids mom....
10. And last but not least... once a year we go out downtown Nashville with our FAVORITE Federated family! It's always so much fun!
I call this the midweek blues because it's Wednesday... and I'm really feeling "the days are long but the years are short" in this case, the weeks are short! It's already Wednesday.... but at the same time... Man, Tuesday was sooooo long.
Monday we went to dance class -- RG's favorite day of the week! She loves it! She is always making Stephen and I do her dances, etc. They are getting ready to do a Halloween special for the parents and I can not wait... She has given me a sneak peek and I can't wait to sing "it's a punnnnnnkin!"
They give them a happy at the end of class each week and this week was a halloween coloring sheet she was so proud of.
On Tuesdays, Ruby has Mother's Day Out at our church. We LOVE it there. Her teachers are so so kind. On our way to school, we always say a prayer -- a prayer for her teachers, her friends, her day in general. Mainly because she doesn't nap at school but we have to talk about having rest time/quiet time while the other kids nap.... So we talk about her having a good day and playing with baby dolls, playing on the playground, coloring, etc... well one day about a week ago, she interjects with "AND PAINT!" during the prayer. Well we get to school and walk up to her classroom and her teacher says "good morning Ruby!! We are going to paint today!" .. y'all.. she looked at me and was so excited... it was like she knew God heard her prayer! Faith like a child. It was such an awesome thing to be reminded of!
Sibling love... AKA don't get my toys! So RG knows that if she pushes/hits/is mean to Gideon, I will take her toys away or she gets a spankin... because well, we can't be mean. So if Gideon heads for her toys that she is playing with, she hugs him (usually until he falls over) to make it look like she loves him so much... but in reality she just wants him FARRRR away from the toys.
This is a picture from a month or so ago.. but proof she can be a tad stingy with the toys! haha!
After school, we did some playing outside! (And Ruby bossing me around ... Mama! You get it!)
Hanging out in the garage because it was almost 90 degrees today. Um, hello. and I'm not talking about the boy band. It's MID-OCTOBER!
On Tuesday nights, we usually go to Chick-Fil-A for family night. Kids eat free and they have balloons and crafts, etc. Pretty much chaos.... every week. Every week I'm like why do I do this? Kids are acting crazy... Chick-Fil-A is making me fat.... but then by like Sunday of the next week I'm pumped to know that we are going to Chick-Fil-A on Tuesday and mama doesn't have to cook!! Whoop Whoop!
Luckily the ride home consisted of this and not as much crying/fussing as usual... Ha!
We have family pictures next week and I'm working on our coordinating outfits. I've started with Ruby's (because come on, little girl clothes are the bomb), then coordinated the boys and then thrown in whatever I have (which is actually a maternity sweater I'm hoping doesn't really look maternity)
So Ruby's dress is the Marlowe Knot from Matilda Jane. Their pieces are kinda pricey.. but I feel like they are totally worth it. I can usually get at least 2 years of wear from them.. maybe one year as a dress and the next year as a shirt/tunic. I can always resell them for at least half of what I paid. So it's pretty awesome. But the knot dresses are my favorite. She also has school pictures coming up and I have to figure out what she will wear for that too... In honor of that.. here is a throw back to last years school pics. I hope this year can top it!
Anywho, I hope you have a great rest of the week. I'll be back Friday with some favorites!
She is always so proud of herself! It's the best!! 
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(Disclaimer: the car was running, the window was down, we could see in & we checked on them frequently -- no shame in our game.) 
