Welcome to the Jungle

It's done! I will start by apologizing that these pictures are completely out of order, but I do not care enough to go back and fix them. So, we painted over the weekend and then finished up the rest yesterday and today. There are stil 2-3 minor details we are adding but for now here's Maddy's new room :) This is his valance- made of burlap and a tree branch (from my backyard) as the rod. We cut down some bamboo...and I filled it with artifical palm fronds and jungle vine

I framed animal print paper...giraffe, crocodile, and zebra- and hung lanterns in 2 places with led lights inside as his night light.

I cut his name out of grassy/leafy looking scrapbook paper with a Circut Cutter and framed it-

His bedding he already had (i bought it a few months back), and I liked- which was part of the reason I kept with the jungle-safari theme

Notice no toys???? Adam made a "cargo" crate (he still has to make the lid for) to fit in and hide toys! The orange thing on the wall is a pelican- it's always been his hamper and I figured it still fit in. I don't like "character" rooms (or anything else chracter really) so I thought this was a cute idea for a 3 yr old room without having to suffer through Thomas the Tank all over the walls and bedding!!

Cagle's Dairy Farm

Saturday night we went to the Dairy Farm Maze and Hayride/Bonfire with my aunt and cousins... we skipped the maze because we have dine it a few times before, but did the hayride and bonfire this year instead. It was kinda neat- it was about a 1 mile ride to the bonfire area near the lake and it included marshmellows for roasting and there were hotdogs and s'more kits available for a few extra bucks :) our new "family picture"

Maddox in the pumkin patch

Me and Adam on the tractor!

Maybe we'll go back for a pumkin closer to Halloween!

Meet Maddox's Room:

Right now. Pretty plain and a bit messy... ...it takes me a while to figure out the "what" I want to do usually when it comes to projects like this...then once I figure it out I usually complete it pretty quickly. I've been wanting to decorate both boys' rooms for a while now but haven't known what I wanted to do- now that I've figured Maddox;s out check back soon! As for Jackson's I'm still not sure where I'm going with his yet! I'll have to complete this first, but I'm pretty excited about it.

It's Officially Autumn...

don't you love it!? I know I do- so, here's the new background to celebrate the season!

Happy Birthday Jackson!

These pictures are out of order- sorry. They should be last, but you'll read about them at the end of this post...this was the boys last night playing together before bed.

Yesterday Jackson turned 5years old!!! Can you believe it??!! Just the the other day he was a tiny baby! We celebrated at home off and on and then again when Adam got home. We made cupcakes first thing inthe morning, then went to Meme's to play for a bit, then came home and played with a couple of the new things he got...then we ordered pizza for dinner (his choice), and let him open another present after we sang and had cupcakes!

Here's our "big boy"- he lucked out with a bunch of new Legos (a road construction kit, and a firetruck and trailer kit) and a few new movies- Shrek and Bob's Big Break in 3-D and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which if you haven't seen I thought was pretty cute.

Making his wish!

That being said...I've NEVER put together SO MANY Legos in my life! It pretty much consumed most of my day yeasterday...those little things are kinda tricky! But last night before bed they got some extra playtime and did great sharing and having quiet roomtime.

Pizza Trailer

The boys like to ride their bikes in the garage sometimes when Jackson gets home from school (like today). The tri-cycle that Maddox got for his birthday has a little compartment on the back that he refers to as his "trailer" like daddy's ofcourse...he uses to hold all sorts of things...toys, juice cups, tools, and today...

...his pizza. It was pretty funny actually; he'd ride a few feet, then turn around and grab a bite and put it back and keep riding etc. He's a funny kid and I figured it couldn't be TOO harmful right??
It's not like he was eating it out of the dirt...

Jackson's Class/Birthday

Ok, so I am planning a party for Jackson's fifth birthday; it's on my to-do list this weekend. But yesterday (Thursday) when I picked him up from school, his teacher randomly said to me "if you want to volunteer anytime inthe classroom we'd love to have you!" Which kind of made me feel like she didn't think I wanted to come in/help...I had just brought the class pet (beta fish) in 2 days before!!! Anyway, ofcourse I said, "sure. do you need a volunteer for anything in particular??" and she right away started naming things- then decided for me that I should be in charge of the "birthday box." So I said sure, what's that? Like a treasure chest??? She said just a box full of party supplies for when the kids have birthdays, and since Jackson's is next week when school won't be in she thought maybe I could bring a treat to share with the class for him. SO- off to Party City I went and fill this huge box full of paper plates. napkins,forks, horns blowers, Birthday crowns, clappers, candy, table clothes, and a banner...I thought it was a pretty good box, although more than what she was expecting I think (but I'm new at this schoool mommy thing so didn't really know what I was doing), but either way she was really excited and grateful that she got to keep it!

Once I got there I passed out cupcakes, we sang, and then I read the class a story for the end of the day.... here are some pictures of his class! Note: Maddox was pretty excited he got to be a part of the "big kids" day!

9/11

Today in Canton, a few minutes from us, one of the parks hosted the "American Heros Helicopter Show." We took the boys this morning for a little bit- it was pretty neat. We watched lots of helicopters take off and several landing. They also had some treats available to buy and some kiddie jumperoos set up. The fire department and police department were also there with their vehicles for everyone to look at.

Boys enjoying their Sno-balls

Big trucks!

Tons of helicopters-

Jackson attempting to climb a tree

And colorful tongues after their sno-balls

Labor Day = Random Road Trip.

Well here are our two TIRED kiddies after a little weekend roadtrip: Sorry I haven't been around. I have not been feeling well at all the last 2 weeks. I;m still not feeling too great, but better than I was. Anyhow- my mom called Thursday night and informed me she was heading to the beach for Labor Day weekend and mentioned that we could come. Not thinking anything of it, since I have been under the weather and so had the boys, I said probably not. Then when I mentined it to Adam on Friday morning he said "Yeah...maybe we should..." and left it at that. Then at 1:00pm on Friday I called him at work and asked if he was serious about wanting to go because if so, I needed to see if I could board Walker, not to mention we'd need to be leaving in 4-5 hrs! So...long story short by about 6pm we were loaded up and (hopefully) all packed ready to head south. This was probably the most last minute trip I've ever taken. But I'm glad we did!! Here's some pictures from the trip:

Above Jackson is playing alligator and chasing Maddox

writing names in the sand

building sand castles

playing at the fountain in Rosemary Beach (like I said, this was a very last minute trip- which meant not all was packed...I forgot my camera battery charger!!! So ofcourse, after the 2nd day my camera died.) I was SO bummed because I missed some great shots at the pool and at Baytowne Wharf! O'well.

The first night Rosemary had a "Kids rock the Block party" with face painting, fishing, sidewalk chalk, jumperoos, etc...

Taking a break on the square

Rosemary Market Street-it's such a cute place!

Maddox pimping dad's shades.

trying to outrun the waves!!

we love the beach!!!

Hope you had a good weekend!