Trunk or Treat was Wednesday night at church. Kaylee of course was a cheerleader and I was lucky enough to find Tyler a football costume. He did not like the hat on his head. It was cold but not unbearable. All I have to say is PLEASE NO MORE CANDY!!!!
One day last week it rained and rained so Kaylee and I thought it was time to carve the pumpkin. I remember the first pumpkin she helped with and how she hated all the junk on her hands. That day she got mad if I didn't let her get it all. We also baked a cake that looked like a pumpkin with homemade cream cheese icing. Kaylee did not like the icing so I guess next time I will have to use store bought.
Last Saturday was the Fall Festival at Kaylee's school. Kaylee is crazy about horses all of the sudden. I wonder where she gets that from?! She got in line to chase the greased pig but after the first squeal she lost her mind and decided that was not for her.
French Camp's homecoming was last Friday night. Kaylee got ready by wearing her FCA cheerleading suit to school that morning. She is ready to proudly wear it to her Daddy's basketball games. Tyler felt his first cold snap and as you can see he doesn't have a suitable hat to wear. I was lucky it had the ear flaps or it wouldn't have went over his head. Congratulations to Ashley who was a Senior maid. Ashley is in one of John's classes, a cheerleader and is adored by Kaylee.
Even though we live in Mississippi our kids can't help but be Loogootee Lions' fans. Here they are in their game day wear.
Saturday was the Harvest Festival at French Camp. They had a civil war reenactment and all of the historical buildings were open for viewing. Kaylee rode a horse at one of the horse barns on campus. Tyler slept in his stroller for a little while. It was neat to watch them make the sorghum molasses like they did years ago. They used horses to squeeze the sugar out of the cane and then heated it over a pit of some sort.
Tyler tried his first bite of oatmeal last week. The first couple of bites he was a little unsure but now he is eating it like a wild man. I think the boy would eat constantly! I can't keep him satisfied. He went through what I hope was only a growth spurt last week. He wouldn't sleep and was eating almost every hour. I even tried to give him a little formula to see if that would help satifsy him but of course he doesn't like the taste of it. Anyway the last couple of days have been better. His naps are getting back to normal??? Whatever that is?
His sister thought it would be funny to put his hat on. His head circumference is in the 97th percentile so I was really surprised it would go on. He likes his bouncer. He can already work every gagdet on it. He still doesn't like his belly very much but he can push way up. He almost immediately rolls from his stomach to his back when you lay him that way. The second child does things sooner than the first!
Friday morning we went to the pumpkin patch with Kaylee's preschool. John and I took her last year but she had a lot of fun with all her friends. Tyler enjoyed himself as well. We went on a hay ride and saw lots of animals and then Kaylee picked her own pumpkin. She liked all the animals but she really enjoyed the bunnies, miniature horses and the turkeys. The turkeys gobbled a lot. She thought that was funny. This pumpkin patch has one of the few Zedonkeys in the US. It is one of the weirdest looking thing you will ever see.
Kaylee performed at the French Camp halftime show Friday night. She was the baby of the bunch but that didn't intimidate her. She was yelling "Go panthers" and doing spirit fingers after the cheers. The did two cheers, a dance and said a Bible verse. She remembered the cheers pretty good but got lost on the dance but so did a lot of the younger girls. They all had a good time and thought they were so big. They had a choice to wear a cheerleader uniform or their camp t-shirt. You know what Kaylee's choice was.
Congratulations to Caitlin and Bren! Bren was a freshman maid and Caitlin is our 2008 Kosciusko Homecoming Queen. Kaylee was so excited all week to see them in their pretty dresses. These girls are in the youth group so we snagged a quick photo with them before the ceremony. We also went to the homecoming parade that afternoon with Julie and Gracie. It is something we do each year but it is hard to believe how big the girls get from year to year.
(Kaylee is in the green shirt and white shorts) Kaylee had a really good time at cheer camp yesterday. They stretched, practice cheers, learned a dance, painted signs and did lifts. In Kaylee's age group it would be safe to say they attempted to do all those things! They will show off their "skills" during the halftime show at the football game Friday night. Sorry about the shaking video.
There is a nice little cafe' across the road from the campus so we met Granny and had lunch. John was speaking in chapel at 2:30 then we went to the cheer camp until 6:00. It was a long but enjoyable day. French Camp is a beautiful area rich in history. Daddy and Tyler waited patiently. Tyler is such a little trooper. We have been on the go with doctor visits and all of Kaylee's plans. You can tell he is tired! After Friday things should slow down for us. Not only is the football game Friday but that morning Kaylee's class is going to the pumpkin patch.
