Brotherly & Sisterly Love

 I found these cuties sharing their little rocker. 

A rare occasion and too cute to miss.

Halloween 2012

We got to go to Lane's school today for his Halloween assembly at school and I got to stay for his classroom party.  Marlee loves to go to school to see Lane.  We dressed her up in her costume so she could be like all the big kids.  I was across the gym from Grammy and Grampy and Marlee and my camera did not want to cooperate so this was the best picture I could get.

Lane's little table at school.  This is his assigned seat when they do table work.  The girl to the Lane's left, in the Tinkerbell costume is Avery.  She had the teacher write that she thinks Lane is cute on  writing assignment they did.  Shartak is across from him and to his right is Keera.

 Another table of kids.  I didn't take many pictures during the party.  Lane wanted me to stay close to him.

 After school and a quick nap we went out to trick-or-treat.  Clint found a mask to wear.  He was a little creepy.

 See what I mean?

As a part of Lane's assembly at school the kids did a flash mob dance to Thriller.  When I would be up volunteering at school I heard Thriller over and over and over.  The kids were all so cute.  You can kind of see Lane.  A bigger girl came up to help the little ones and she kept blocking my boy.  I was locked into my spot so I had to settle for little snippets of Lane.  He danced and tried to follow along the entire song, and they played the whole thing.

 

Construction Man Lane

With all of our work on our house Lane has become obsessed with tools and construction man gear.  We found this adorable set at Lowes and Grammy had to get it for Lane. 

Lane has used his tools to build his very on car.  Grampy helped him and he did great!

 Clint took him outside one night to do some "work" on a 2 X 4  and Lane was all over it!

 He gets very serious and uses a super cute big boy voice when he is "working".

 Possibly my favorite shot! 

 And Mr. Construction Man's loyal assistant.   Always by his side.

 All fogged up after working outside.

Lane's Cookout

Lane loves to have Hot Dog cookouts!  He's been talking about having hot dogs for dinner for a couple of weeks so Grammy helped him plan a real cookout at a State Park not too far from Bartlesville.  Lane invited Nina and Popeye for his special cookout.

As soon as we got there the guys got busy building the fire.

 Marlee tried out chairs to see which one she liked the best.

 We all roasted our hot dogs over the fire and chowed down.  Lane loved the rock table that he and Popeye used for their drinks.

Once Lane finished his hot dog he was ready to roast marshmallows.  Grampy and Popeye helped him load us his skewer with marshmallows. 

 He ate an entire plateful of marshmallows!

After our dinner and dessert the kids had a great time exploring.  We went on a little hike and then the kids looked for rocks.

Lane and Dad posed for a goofy picture.

 And Clint taught Lane to "spider swing".  Lane loved it!

 And Lane tired to teach Marlee hot to roll down a hill.

We all had a great time! 

Marlee's big news...

Marlee is not a great sleeper.  She sleeps through the night some nights and then she will go on a streak where she wakes up 4-5 or more times in one night.  We've been trying to come up with incentives to keep her in her bed all night.  Last night, before bed, I told her I would paint her toes and fingers pink if she slept in her bed all night.  She did it!  Now when Marlee sleeps all night and wakes up she has started saying she slept allllll night with great enthusiasm.  We love it!

Halloween at Kiddie Park

Tonight we celebrated Halloween at the Kiddie Park.  Amazingly, I got Marlee in her bumble bee costume and she stayed in it and she was happy about it! 

 Our first ride of the night was the carousel. 

 Marlee knew she was cute!  She loves to pose when she thinks she likes what she is wearing.

 Lane thought this car was super cool.  He liked it as much as he liked the rides.

 Marlee didn't ride as many rides as Lane did so we got lots of snuggle time with her.

 Dad wanted to try out the bee's antennas.  I think he looked pretty cute.

 We saw a couple of clowns making balloon animals as we were leaving.  Lane got a spider he was very excited about.

 And Marlee got a giant heart wand.  She loves it so much she wanted to sleep with it tonight.

 We all left kiddie park a little cold and very happy. 

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Today was a big day!  Lane got to go on his very first field trip and ride on a real school bus for the very first time!  He has been wanting to ride on a real school bus forever so today was a dream come true!   The pumpkin patch was about an hour away so it was a nice long ride.  The kids got to make pumpkin t-shirts for the day and they were all so cute.

 We got to go through the sorghum maze.  It looked like corn, but we learned there is a difference between sorghum and corn.  When Lane walks through the hall at school he puts his hands behind his back and puts a bubble in his mouth, he followed the rules even in the maze.

Marlee got to go to the pumpkin patch too.  Being a little sister has it's perks!

The kids got to roam the pumpkin patch to look at all the different kinds of pumpkins.  Lane stopped for a quick minute so I could take a picture of him with his buddies - Jay and Shartak.

After the kids looked around for awhile they got to pick their own small pumpkin off the vine.  

 Lane and his friends were all very proud of the pumpkins they chose.

Marlee got her very own pumpkin just for being cute.

The kids all stopped for a quick class picture.

Lane found a big pumpkin to pose for a picture on.

Everyone had a picnic outside and had enough time left over to play on the giant hay bale slides.  Lane and his friends could have played on them all day.

And the highlight of the day - time to get back on the "big yellow school bus" for the ride home!

Lane's first field trip was so much fun and I am so glad that we were able to be a part of it.