Owen and Colton
We didn’t win any of the bingo games, but they were giving away free pizzas at the end of the night so both boys got one!
Category Archives: Katie
We were literally the only ones there!
We went to Flight with a neighbor. We were literally the only four people there for most of our hour. It was awesome.
Kids at play
Charlie hugs
I asked for the cuddles today!
Sometimes it’s this kind of morning.
At least it gave me a laugh. What’s almost funniest is I didn’t even notice it all morning until she went to give Owen a hug as he was leaving for school! 🙂
And even though I asked her multiple time throughout the day to change them, she never did. 🙂
Soccer Sibs
Cat-eye girls
She wanted to sit on “the driving side.”
We went to a friend’s house to stay with her napping kid while she had to make an emergency run to school. Katie immediately took to the car. I instantly felt guilty again about selling theirs. 🙁
Today’s new puzzle.
Today’s ballerina.
It’s chilly today so we broke out the long-sleeved leotard and the leg warmers.
And more dancing with ribbons at the end of class!
I want a rooster but not quite this big.
We were at Marshall’s when I got a text from Tom: HOLY SHIT. Of course Marshall’s is a dead zone for sending pics so I didn’t know what was going on. I finally found him and he took me to this:
LOL Holy shit is right. 🙂
Katie is 4 years 3 months old today!
No, she’s not trying to drown him. Or vice versa.
It’s just them playing before their swim lessons!
Family mini golf!
I had a coupon that we needed to use (which I also bought last year but we missed out on) so I was determined to NOT miss it again…so we went today since it was sunny and daddy had the day off! Katie didn’t want to go because she thought it was going to be super buggy like when we went with Grannie in the UP this past summer!
It was interesting because there had just been a huge windy and kinda stormy day so the entire course was literally COVERED with huge acorns! We started to clean them off but it was really a lost cause because each hole had anywhere from 20 to 300 little hazards on it and we were spending more time cleaning than playing! So we just moved the big tree branches and had more fun with the little hazards!!
I got a hole in one here!
And then I decided to record the kids playing one hole—Katie went first:
And then Owen started before I could start recording again…and he got a hole in one! STINKER!
Pouting about who knows what.
Okay. Happy again.
Even with my hole in one, Daddy ended up beating me by 2 strokes (59 to my 61), Owen was third with 67 (which was actually quite impressive, though we were quite generous with counting his strokes), and Katie was last with an unofficial 76 (she pretty much drags the ball to the hole).
Of course we ended the trip with a Pókemon hunt around the campground and marina…which I think they were more excited about. 🙂
Pumpkin Playground
The kids didn’t have school today so I wanted to do something fun. There are a lot of fall festivals around but I didn’t want to drive to far…so we went to the same place we went for Owen’s kindergarten field trip and invited friends!
They added rolling tubes since we were last there.
Caitlin braved the tubes before I did.
The boys LOVED it…Katie didn’t want anything to do with it.
Not one picture with either of them actually looking at me!
Owen LOVED the train and spent most of his time here.
And then Katie decided she wanted to go down the slide…with Caitlin.
And this is why I love Caitlin. 🙂
Hayride!
Back at the tubes, Katie decided she wanted to try…with Caitlin.
Then I finally got in the tube and Liam rolled me down! It was much easier getting in than getting out.
My little pumpkins!
And two Then & Nows:
My new dress from Marcia!
This is one of the things Marcia bought for me. It was a “clapper”—on clearance with a coupon so it was like $15! And it’s a size 8! What?!
And then this happened. 🙂
A quick trip to Occoquan after errands.
Impressive upside down writing.
I did the K and then she wanted to write the rest of her name. Which she did…upside down (the letters were right side up but she did them upside down). Impressive.
Katie doing homework
This is what happens some mornings.
Katie’s new moose
Yes, I’ve said no more stuffed animals…but we were making a quick trip to IKEA and walked by a random shelf and there was a single moose there (which someone had obviously left there). Katie took him with us because she felt bad he was all alone. (Awwww, I know.) Then she proceeded to carry him around and fall in love with him. And he was cute. And she was adorable with him. So we gave her the ultimate test: we asked if it would replace her mouse (at bedtime) and she said yes. Whoa. And she is damn cute.
Costumed Katie
We went to visit friends down the street and Katie had to wear one of her generic princess costumes.
And then her friend had new costumes, so of course she had to try them on!
Fun at the end of Katie’s ballet class
The lt get to dance freeform during the last few minutes of ballet class.
Homework twins
Owen was doing homework so Katie had to get her “homework” book out, too!
Letting the littles run wild.
Back to real life…taking Katie to the park with friends.
Pókemoning in DC with daddy!
We’ve been promising to take the kids Pókemoning in DC since there are A LOT of crazy things there we can’t get here…so Tom took them this morning.
Katie calls the Jefferson Memorial her castle. 🙂
They took over the Jefferson Memorial—Go, Team Hudson!
Apparently the kids are favorites of Japanese tourists, as Tom said they got stopped twice to take a picture. Also, this might be my new favorite picture of them. :heart:
And then lunchtime!
They. had. a. blast. Owen was even sending me texts telling (and showing) me what he caught. They can’t wait to go back!
The kids’ skills at Owen’s soccer practice
Tom sent me these since I couldn’t be there. It’s very odd being on this side of things.
Showing off her hopscotch skills (I asked Tom where she learned that and she said ballet):
Owen’s skills:
The best way to wake up on my birthday.
This was waiting for me in my texts. 🙂
We had to go see the water.
I got my hair cut this morning and we arrived early so we could go Pokémon hunting. Katie wanted to cross the bridge and see the water.
