Long Weekend & Some Birthdays

I had Friday off which made for a perfect day to hang out in our jammies.  I did get the house cleaned up, laundry done, some Christmas presents wrapped, and packed for the weekend... but even with all that I did, we fit in some snuggle time.

Paisley loves Ollie's recliner and he does well with sharing it with her.

When Riley got off work, we headed for Horton to celebrate Shelby's 40th birthday.

We doubled up on birthdays this past weekend, with Hudson's 5th birthday at Haley & Dalton's in Topeka.

Night of Lights

As we do each year, we attended the Night of Lights in Horton the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  

Pais did about as well as we expected with Santa.

Ollie was most excited about his hot dog!

Cousins!

We weren't big winners as we had been in the past.  Hudson won a pop-up tunnel tent thing and Paisley won a little purse with some not-so age appropriate make-up stuff in it that we gave Kaylee.

Growing Girl (sort of)

Little Miss P is over 14 months old so I decided that it was time to size her up in clothing.  3-6 month stuff was getting a bit snug (mainly in tops) so she is officially in 6-9 months.

I don't want her to grow up, but a little growing would be good.

School Pictures - Preschool

Busy Little Mama

Pais sure loves her baby that she got from Grandma and Grandpa for her birthday.  She loves to haul her around with her wherever she goes!  And now she's finally tall enough (barely) to use her shopping cart that she won last year at the Night of Lights!

Trick or Treat in the Ville and K-State Homecoming Parade

One of my goals here lately has been to do more things together as a family.  We get so into our routines of work, school, and daycare along with meal time, keeping the house in order, and bedtime routines that we have been lacking in the memory making department.

We had been planning on and looking forward to the Harvest Festival that Hildebrand Farms puts on.  It was suppose to be on Saturday, but unfortunately due to all the recent rain they canceled it.

Since our Saturday plans were cancelled I began the search for something else fun for us to do.  I found that Friday night was Trick or Treating in Aggieville followed by the KSU Homecoming parade.   Not what we had initially planned, but just as fun.

These cuties gladly put on their Halloween costumes and stole the hearts of many :)

The highlight of the Parade was Willie coming over to Ollie.  I mean how could you not... when the cutest hot dog ever is waving at you!

Balance

Life is all about balance, or so they say.

Lately I've been in a pretty scheduled workout routine.  I've been doing the 80 Day Obsession and I really like it.  I feel better than I have in years and also think I look much better than I have in years.

Even better than that though, I am inspiring Ollie.  Not that he has weight to lose (in fact he's probably the other way around and needs to gain and grow), but he is seeing that a healthy lifestyle is important.

I have my workout space set up in the basement and during the week I workout at 5 AM before anybody else gets up, but the weekends are a different story.  Lately I've had a little guy joining me in the mornings.  He loves to be right alongside me trying to do what I'm doing.  And I'll have to say it really inspires me to know that I'm providing him with a good role model.

He loves to get on the treadmill and walk.  Almost any time I am heading to the basement, even if it is not to workout, he is asking if he can go down and exercise.

Diet is of course an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but as I said before it is all about balance.  This kid has always been a good fruit and veggie eater, but he is his father's son and he loves donuts!

Daddy sure has been working a lot of Saturdays so sometimes we just have to pick up donuts and surprise him with them at his office. 

After this particular donut visit, we went on a walk and to the park.  As we were walking Ollie announced from the sit-and-stand stroller that he needed to get out and "get some good exercise."  Balance.