Cops

If you're my facebook friend, you already know this but for those who follow this blog & aren't on FB, I thought I would share the excitement from this weekend. Also, this might be the last time the police show up at our house, Lord willing, so I want to document this momentous occasion!

Sunday afternoon after Q got up from rest time, she asked if she could go play in the rain. I said sure but she had to play in the backyard as she was only wearing a t-shirt and panties. So she goes downstairs and I hear the door slam. After a few minutes, I go check to make sure she isn't getting struck by lightning or, far worse, getting dirty! I look in the backyard but she isn't out there. My heart starts beating a little faster, and I finally notice her playing on the front porch. So I go outside and tell her that I said she couldn't play in the front and she said she didn't understand and happily went to the backyard to continue playing. Just a few minutes after that, my doorbell rings. A police officer is standing outside my house! I am freaking out thinking that Q might have been stolen or something horrible has happened to someone. Who knows what might go wrong but I was praying he was just soliciting funds for the local pd!

He says, "Did you just have a little girl playing in your front yard with a t-shirt and panties on?"

I said, "Yes, but she was supposed to be in the backyard. As soon as I noticed she was in the front, I made her go into the backyard."

He said, "A "concerned" neighbor called the police department to report your daughter playing in her panties in the front yard."

I am almost too stunned to speak and say something stupid like, "Is it illegal to play in your own front yard in your panties?" Of course he said no and I'm sure I sounded like a total idiot. Then he went on to imply that the neighbor might need to mind their own business and sort of looked irritated that he had been called out on this rainy day to investigate a panty playing toddler!

I am just speechless in my irritation with this neighbor. I mean I guess I can see where it is nice to look out for a neighbor but why didn't they come to my door and say hey, did you know your daughter is playing outside or something. Was calling the cops really the first plan of action in a situation like this? I have no idea who this neighbor is but I'm going to do my best to find out. I am on the homeowner's board so I hope to be able to use my official status to track this nosey neighbor down!

Crawling

On November 14, our little Taiter Tot became mobile. She's been on her hands and knees for some time now and has even been putting one arm forward with one knee but yesterday, the crawling stars lined up, and she went all the way across the room. Travis was already home from work and got to see her crawl so that was exciting. He never seems to be around when the girls do something fun! Her first day of crawling ended w/ her first hand spanking because she started pulling on the grate in front of the fire place. Life, as we know it, has ended!! I might actually have to be a better house keeper with this new development. I'm scared to death she'll get one of those teeny tiny little toys Q has and swallow it. It's gonna be a long few years until she knows what she can and can't put in her mouth. Happy crawling little Tot!

She looks so proud of herself here!

Already practicing standing, kind of.
In motion
Taking a break from the extreme physical exertion!
Deer in headlights!
This was our last immobile photo shoot taken the morning before she crawled. I just wanted to show everyone what might be the last photo I get of her face now that she can get away from me. Alas, those days of using her for a photo shoot stand in might officially be over.

A performance

Q's class performed a lovely Thanksgiving concert at PTO night last week. Granna and Papa were able to come see since they had Veteran's Day off. She was less animated than I thought she would be but I guess all the people made her shy. I have a video which I'm too lazy to post at the moment. Maybe it will make it on here eventually. We are proud of our little pre-K singer!

Waiting to go on stage!

Her pre-K BFF's, Taryn & Cassidy
Stage Fright?
Not sure what this move is about?

7 months

Today the Tot turns 7 months old! This little nose scruncher is such a great baby. She started sleeping through the night two weeks ago. She can sit up by herself for a while until she topples over and busts her little nose. She has progressed in her attempts to crawl to one knee forward and one arm forward. Just one more of each to go! She is really such a laid back baby. She can go for hours w/out a nap and doesn't sleep bad that night if she misses napping. We are fortunate to have had two wonderful babies! Happy 7 months!!

Flight of the Butterflies

Our little butterflies had a great Halloween! Q enjoyed pretending to actually fly everywhere she went and the Tot watched her like she was crazy. Q was a little hesitant at first to ring a doorbell and say "trick or treat" but she got the hang of it after a few houses and didn't want to stop after we had finished all the houses in our neighborhood. About half way through the night, the Tot fluttered home to bed. It's tough on little butterflies to stay up so late. We had a great time and got a lot of candy. Now we just need to get rid of it all before I eat it all up!

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch on the busiest day of the year or maybe it was just the only day this fall when it hasn't been raining. Everyone had the same idea to get in a day of patching before the rain started again! It was so crowded and miserable that we did our required pumpkin pics, the kids ran through the hay bale maze and we left. Some friends from church went with us so we had someone to share in our misery. I wish we could have gone back and had some fun there but the rain has not allowed that to happen.

Sisters at the patch

Every time we sat the Tot on the pumpkins, she went for the closest stem. Tasty!

And this is the face you get when you don't let her eat a stem!

Our little fam minus the Dad who was working!

I like this expression on her face for some reason.

Love this prop they had there! Thankfully this lady was standing behind me talking to her so she looked in the general vicinity of the camera instead of chewing on the tree or something!

Going home! Whew! They wanted ice cream but the lines were so long! We left and went to Baskin Robbins. Much less crowded! Q & Chloe leaving the patch!

Honorary Cheerleader

We were home for senior night at the Cougar Football game. My brother took Q to see my niece, Lindsay, ride the fire truck to the game. The cheerleaders always ride to the stadium on a fire truck, not really sure why. Anywho, Q was excited to go watch them. I stayed behind to make popcorn balls w/ the rest of my family as I cannot truly experience Halloween unless I have some popcorn balls to eat! A few minutes later, my brother called to see if it was okay for Q to ride the fire truck w/ the cheerleaders. I knew she would be so excited to ride with them so I let her, but I was having a little anxiety about her falling off! I was so relieved when she made it back safely!! My brother took these pics for me since I wasn't there.

Q & Lindsay

Getting ready to ride!
Sorry this is out of focus but the pom pom is nicely focused!
If you click on this, you can see the excitement on her face! I'm sure she talked Lindsay's head off the entire time.
So high up!
Thanks to the cheerleaders for making our 4 yr old's day! She even got to have her own pom pom and throw it at the end, just like the real cheerleaders! Yea!! On a side note, I wish I would have known so I could have dressed her cuter!!

Western Days

Q's school has a Western Days event instead of a Fall Festival. All the kiddos dressed in their western finest and spent the day riding pretend ponies, going to a petting zoo, and playing other fun games. I missed most of it b/c I was volunteering but here are some pics I was able to get on my 15 minute break.

Moseyin' (spell?) on down the hall.

Doing a little parachute gallop
Story time....and what is interesting here is the little girl next to Q has taken to being a cowboy w/ some serious low ridin' jeans!
Listening intently
Yee haw! Ride 'em Cowboys!

Forward Motion

Our little Tot has started the forward motion of crawling. Granted, that forward motion culminates in a face plant, but it is still technically forward movement! I don't know if I'm happy about this development! You can see how red her nose and cheeks are. This is from falling on her face repeatedly. She is getting the hang of it!! Of course, it helps when you have the incentive of sister's makeup vanity to chew on. Looks like our weekend will be spent installing some baby gates. Happy crawling, Taiter Tot!

Candy Corn Anyone?

Butterfly

Here are our pretty little butterflies. Q chose red wings and the only wings they had in the Tot's size were white. I think it makes them look like an angel and devil butterfly. We really wanted the Tot to be a caterpillar but I couldn't find a costume I liked. I think they look cute as sister butterflies!

Fall Festival

Our church hosted a fall festival this past weekend. Our little butterflies were aflutter with excitement! Except everyone kept calling Q a ladybug! She would yell, "I'm NOT a ladybug!" every time someone would guess that!

This guy had more fun driving than the kids had riding. He was going really fast and doing all of these loops. It was fun to watch!

I think she thought she was super girl or something. It cracks me up that she wore the mask on the slide. She insisted that butterflies have masks.

A little coin toss

Nice pink hair spray

Egg in the spoon race. Click on the pic to see the look of concentration on their faces.

Cake walk. Oh and I lost Q's pumpkin in the move so she had to take this old navy bag as her trick or treat bag. We are so white trash!