A Day at Swore Farms and Ross Park

I just love fall!!! Me and Lori decided to take the kids to the Pumpkin Patch at Swore Farms. We had lots of fun and did lots of activities, which the kids loved!

Hayden, Tyke, Masi, Lexie, and Ady

The people at Swore Farms are always so friendly!

Making their way through the corn maze.

They even got their faces painted. The girl doing the face painting was very young. I think she did a good job!

Tyke and Hayden had Batman painted on their faces. That was a hard one to do!

They had fun making bird feeders.

They had some super cool pumpkins too!!

Lexie is quite the organizer of the younger children.

After we left The Farm we headed to Ross Park to play on the toys and big rocks. The kids had a ton of fun and got super dirty. Woo hoo!

Tyke is a goof! (Wonder where he gets it from???)

I said to Hayden, "find your buddy and put your arm around him." (meaning Tyke) Ummm...he apparently has an imaginary buddy!

I love these next pictures. I just wish their faces were a bit cleaner...but considering the long day of playing hard...it makes sense. They're cute nonetheless.

10/17/2009

Don't Be Fooled By a Cute Face

As some of you may know, we have a new addition to our family. We got a new puppy the day before Tyke's birthday. He is a Yorkie and he is so, so, so cute! Potty training is a challenge but he is really doing better than I ever imagined. I mean, as good as potty training can go. He has been really fun and our kids just L O V E him. His name is Max and he is 3 months old.

Now that I have introduced him I have a funny/gross story. I went to have dinner with Tenae at the Holiday Inn. I brought Max aka Puppy with me. We have a little crate he stays in, while in the car, and he does quite well in there. After dinner, Tenae and I were headed to her office to discuss some future business plans. Our dinner was a bit lengthy so I was feeling guilty for having Puppy in the car for so long. I asked Tenae if her hotel was puppy friendly and she said yes. So, we went out to get him.

He pottied before we went in, then he pottied 3 times while we were in her office. NAUGHTY! Two pees and one poo. He was courteous enough to pee on the plastic mat for easy clean up. Thanks Max! But then a little while later we found a poo by a chair in the corner. *sigh* So I cleaned it up and put it in the garbage. I pulled the liner out and planned on taking it to the garbage when I left. Remember, Max is a small dog so his poos are as big as a medium sized tootsie roll. :o) Ew. I know.

Tenae and I are engrossed with our conversation and Tenae notices that Max is wrestling with the garbage sack on the floor. Then we notice he is trying to eat his POO!!!! Are you kidding me?! That is so sick! I took it away but I am certain he got some in his mouth. Gross.

About 15 minutes later, an employee walks into Tenae's office with a question. Right away Max runs to him and he picks him right up. Just a side note...Max is notorious for stealing kisses...on the mouth. With that being said my eyes widen as big as golf balls because I just know that he is going to lick this dudes mouth. I say, "Oh...um he might be stinky." You know, a little hint like put him down sir. He continues to puppy talk him and hold him right in front of his face. I say, "He might need a puppy breath mint." My eyes are getting wider. Then just as I suspected Max went in for the kill and licked this guy all over the mouth. Aaaaah!

I laugh now because for any of you who know me well you know I CANNOT hide my facial expressions. Tenae said she was thinking the whole time this was happening, "don't look at Kristi's face. Don't look at Kristi's face" for fear she might lose all composure. Probably a good thing because my eyes couldn't have been wider and my mouth was dropped to the floor.

I guess what you don't know won't hurt ya, right? Poor guy.

Does this look like a cute lil' puppy that would eat his own doo doo? Don't be fooled. He is one disgusting pooch.

WHAT IS MY PROBLEM??!!??

Ok. So, this tale begins about 3 weeks ago. It was a normal, crazy morning. I get up and get the kids up, ready, and out the door to school. I was due to be at work to interview a girl at noon. I got ready, and had to pick up Owen for school (I carpool). I rushed inside Jessica's (Owens mom) house and waited patiently while she finished getting Owen ready. We got to school and I went inside to drop off the boys. Tyke was having a day where he didn't want to go to school and was being a bit fussy about me leaving. So, I stuck around a minute or to then left. I proceeded to call Jett, we were meeting for lunch before the interview. I went to pick him up and we went inside Jimmy Johns to eat. It was fairly busy. After lunch, I rushed Jett back to work and then I was off to work myself.

I went inside to meet with this girl. Sitting in the waiting room of the salon was my first client, patiently waiting, an HOUR early for her appointment. I walked over to her and explained she was early but she was welcome to wait for me to do the interview. She did. By the way, I didn't bother putting my apron on because I wasn't planning on cutting hair just yet. I began the interview. After I was done I escorted my first client of the day to my chair. Walking towards the mirror I noticed my zipper WIDE OPEN!! Yes, people, I went to 550 different places, did an interview, and started working on my client with an open fly. Aaaaah! All I could do was laugh. I just started laughing and laughing. How embarrassing! Oh well. It is pretty funny.

Well, about a week ago, I get home from work. Do some things around the house then go to use the bathroom. I went to undo my zipper and realized that wasn't necessary because, well, it was already undone. What the heck!?

Now to finalize all this craziness. At the end of my day, today, I am getting the salon all picked up and cleaned before I leave. I go to use the bathroom and the same freaking thing! MY ZIPPER IS UNDONE!! What is happening!? What is my problem!? This is so dumb! Kristi, ZIP UP YOUR FREAKING PANTS PLEASE!!! I'm sure the whole freaking town knows every color of underwear I own. SERIOUSLY! Freak.

ISU Homecoming Parade

The girls were in the ISU Homecoming Parade this fall with Dana Smith Dance Studio. They had sooo much fun and loved every minute of it. The weather was very nice so the didn't freeze their bum cheeks off. They had fun dressing up with DSDS Spirit and showing off their booty shakin' skills, haha! PeaceEven Max had DSDS spirit!
He sat like a good boy and watched the parade. Until the LOUD semi came and honked his horn. That freaked him out.
Tyke, Hayden, and Lori waiting for the parade.

Go ISU!Tyke is totally freaked out by people in masks. It's so strange though because he finds it so intriguing at the same time. It's a love/hate. He couldn't take his eyes off these freaky monsters. He stood up and held onto my leg just make sure they didn't come and get him but was so fascinated by them. For the next 10 minutes he had nonstop questions about the creatures he just witnessed in the parade.

Lexie (in yellow) next to her friend, Abby. Masi (DSDS sweatshirt) next to her friend, Iailey.

Oh! And look who else we saw in the parade! My friend Trisha and her baby Livi. Go Ideal Audio!

After the parade me and my sister, Lori, took the girls to Pizza Hut for some grub. I'm sad I didn't get any good pictures with Ady in them. :( She looked so cute too!!!

Maximillian

Our little puppy, Max, has been so much fun at our house. The kids absolutely adore him. (Well, let's be honest, Tyke does more than adore him...he can be slightly abusive to him. Tough love I suppose.) I found some cute pics I wanted to post. He has changed so much in just the few months we've had him. Oh puppy!!! We just love him!

Tyke playing fetch with Puppy Lexie and PuppyHahahahaha! Oh Tyke!Max had only been with us a couple of days in this pic. He was 13 weeks old. So little! Jett's giving him bunny ears...naturally.

Max is scary looking after his bath. He looks very similar to a bat. Eeeek!

So cute, though, after he's dry and fluffy!

We love you Maximilian Who's My Puppy Smith!!!