Trick or Treat Night-- finally!

Between church fall carnvials, pumpkin patches, parties, etc- we were all excited for Halloween night! A fun night for our neighboorhood. We all hang out in our drive way, eat, drink and pass out candy. Rick got the wagon ready to take the kids to get candy- really just Jonah, although we did take Harper's Elmo bag with us so she could get some good candy for mommy and daddy! Jonah did better this time (lasted longer and we could hit more houses). Harper was out by 7:30 so not too many for her. We made the rule you had to have a costume to get candy and prayed no one came back to egg our house! There were some houses decorated real scary and Jonah didn't want to go to them. Once he got enough candy, we headed back to our driveway with everyone else and he enjoyed being on his motorcycle and kicking the soccer ball while we visited with everyone.

unexpected trick or treater- Kevin Bacon only wanted carrots

enjoying time with our friends

sweet Nita giving out treats

Linda giving candy

Jonah & Rick's pumpkin they carved!

Woody from "Toy Story" minus the boots "they hurt my feet mommy!"

our little baby witch who refused to wear the hat!

WI is in the HOUSE

Aunt Sherry ROCKS!!!! She mailed some packages to J & H filled with some WI clothing that put a huge smile on Daddy's face! Thanks Aunt Sherry for the new clothes.

Fall Festival @ church

Annual Thompson's Fright Night

Well we had 2 years to make up for since we had to cancel last years (due to Jonah and Rick getting very sick) and of course our own pumpkin arriving in October! Friends & family came in costume, had our pumpkin decorating contest, good food and drinks, games galore and ended with campfire roasting marshmellows for s'mores! We love this time of year~

Games we played: costume contest (big bang theory group), guess how much big pumpkin weighed and circumference (18 lbs and 26 inches), scavenger hunt (girls won), draw a ghost behind your back with your non-dominent hand (mason and emma won), look at a tray for 15 seconds and then write down all that you remember (allison won), marshmellow spitting contest (rick won), roll tire and stuff your face game, relay race with balloons on a plate, pumpkin decorating contest (angry birds = mcgee zoo won 1st, hamburger pumpkin = brad won most creative).

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Fright Night

Whistle Stop Station Fall Carnival

WOW-- simply put -- Amazing! The kids daycare put on a wonderful, fun filled, very entertaining carnival. Every room was decked out with Halloweeen stuff, fun games for all ages, prizes, cake walk, cool toys, etc. J had fun going from room to room seeing his teachers/friends dressed up, playing some games and getting lots of candy. H could care less, but once again was a trooper putting up with the event being past her bedtime and the fact that she had to be in the stroller the entire time.

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November 5, 2011

It's NEW to her!

Love passing down J's universal toys to H girl! J loved his car that Grammy got him and now H is getting to enjoy it. She loved racing J, who was more than happy to beat H and rub it in too. She had the biggest smile on her face and was laughing the whole time while her head poked out of the car.

This is why I HATE Mondays!

Look at all those bags! Yep- I do carry all these each Monday!!!!! I have my purse, my own teacher bag, Jonah's bag (sheet, doggie, pillow), and Harper's diaper bag. Until last week, I also had to carry Harper's car seat into the daycare too since Rick picks up. It stinks! And then Rick hates Fridays when he brings all those bags home. Good thing Jonah's bag stays there all week and we only bring Harper's bag back and forth.

Her 1st "shiner"

So she is just a few days past her 1st birthday and already has a black eye. At least she didn't break her leg like Jonah right before his birthday. Poor girl slipped in the tub and well now she has some nice looking purple eyeshadow on one eye.

Pumpkins with our 2 little pumpkins

We are searching for new pumpkin patches this year. And we found this one- it was ok, we went right after work on Friday, so there weren't too many people there so that was a plus!

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October 23, 2011

11 years of marriage~

We met in 1997, started dating in 1998, engaged in 1999, married in 2000. Met in St. Louis, traveled all around US from West Coast to East Coast and every major city in between, lived in Dallas, backbacked across Europe, Scandinavian countries & Ireland, lived 3 years in Chi town, 3 years in Austin and now in Big D! Have had our share of "moments"- good and bad- fortunately more good than bad. Enjoying our busy time with J & H and always planning on next travel. Love spending time with each other especially at night when we just sit and talk.

the big ONE years old

Happy BIRTHday to our sweet little Harps!

• crawling fast on all 4's
• putting her butt up in the air while crawling on all 4's (as if trying to stand and walk)
• likes for you to hold her hands and let her walk (she lifts her knees up real high)
• will stretch her neck just to see what is going on somewhere else
• likes to eat avacado, sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, mashed potatoes, all kinds of beans, all kinds of fruit, boiled eggs, oatmeal, cookies
• LOVES Elmo
• likes to play with Jonah's matchbox cars
• Will look at books for a long time
• splashes water all over the floor during bath time
• goes to her teachers without crying
• sleeps from 7 pm to 7am
• when she hears the water running, she will book it to the bathroom
• when the frig opens she goes quickly to the frig
• can sign "more" and "all finished/done" - of course on her que, not ours
• thinks Jonah hangs the moon- she watches, laughs at him all the time
• understands "let's go bye bye" and will make her way to the red door and "eat" and will head to her high chair
• weighs 22 lbs 3.5 oz (70th percentile)
• height 30 3/4 inches (92nd percentile)
• will follow Jonah everywhere, thinks he hangs the moon, will laugh and watch him all the time!

the big ONE birthday- the "real" day

Harper's birthday was really on Wednesday - a school day! Her teachers made her a special crown, we ate a good breakfast meal, we went out to eat for dinner and then opened her presents. She took cookies for her class and teachers. And her teachers were so impressed b/c she kept her crown on her head all day- even while she slept. Her teachers said all other kids usually take their crown off, but not our Harper girl (although why she can't leave her bows on her head is beyond me). She had a major blowout at school - so much for her special birthday outfit! 365 days sure did go by fast!

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October 19, 2011

Oct. 19, 2000 part 2

Harper is mobile via walking (while holding onto something)

She just started really crawling within the last few weeks and now she is trying her best to cruise with help.

The "reward" playground

We have started going to a new church and the transition has been hard for Jonah- no surprise. Poor guy has a hard time with new things. We went to church before Jonah and then once he arrived we stopped going. Well we learned our lesson and are going now that Harper is so little (so she can grow with it) and Jonah is slowly adjusting. So after our service we go get Jonah from his room and then we all go get Harper AND if he stays in his classroom without crying or without the wonderful volunteers paging us to come get him- we can all go to the playground! Yes we bribe- I work off bribes (meaning if I can wear jeans to work or something like that), so I have no problem doing that with my kids. Proud to report- Harper has only cried once at drop off and we've only had to come and reassure Jonah one time ~ we are well on our way!!!!

The big ONE birthday

We celebrated Harper's bday a little early because the following weekend after her real birthday is our anniversary. So I'm guessing going forward, it will most likely be that way since the 2 events are only 2 days apart.

We had an Elmo theme because really- could it be anything else? The girl LOVES Elmo and lights up when she sees anything that red creature is on! So we bought some decorations, had an Elmo cake made and hung up lots of "1" for the celebration.

We hosted friends and family for some games (of course) and salad with pizza.

Game: pin nose on Elmo

Game: hitting the pinanta

Game: putting pics in order from month 1 to month 12

Game: we put 422 cheerios into a bottle and everyone had to estimate how many were in there- closet guess: 400 by Willie and Jared

Game: we created 10 questions quiz All About Harper. Everyone had to pick out correct answer on multiple choice questions ranging from her favorite food, how much she weighed, how many nights in hospital, favorite book, etc. Winner- Aunt Justine

And during the party - the TX Rangers baseball game was on- they won and are now in the World Series for the 2nd year in a row!

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October 18, 2011