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November iPhone photos and Kids say


It’s hard to believe it’s already the end of the year! I love the holiday season but I also get overwhelmed with so many plans all the time. Here’s a quick recap of our November with iPhone photos. My favorite social media platform is intagram so the majority of my pictures are posted there. 


1) Instagram does a weekend hashtag project that I love to join whenever it works out. One of the November challenges was “futuristic.” In the future, I foresee the ability to kiss my husband through the phone whenever I want 😉 (also, it was a bit harder to get the end result on that picture than I originally imagined.) 2) A little gift for a friend. 3) My new tradition of laying in Halloween candy on November 1st. 4) I had forgotten about this picture until I was looking through my camera roll. My grandma received these bon bons as a gift and I couldn’t resist the photo-op displaying the life of a stereotypical housewife (minus the soap operas on tv)

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My birthday was in November and my only 2 requests were ice cream from Ices and a picture with my kids. Check and check.
birthday ice cream
So much lovin’ around here. That picture of Desmond kissing Evangeline? love it!
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My brother got married a few weeks ago at this little spot in Forest Park. It looked like it was straight out of a fantasy movie. And then of course there were pictures with dinosaurs. I’m excited to have a new sister!
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When you catch her in a good mood, Evangeline is so much fun to hang out with. She really is one of my best friends. I’m looking forward to the many years watching her grow.
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In case you missed it, we won a trip to San Francisco!! This has been my year of winning contests. To date, my count is up to 10! We are hoping to go in the spring but I haven’t gotten the chance to sit down and call the travel agent. I’m so looking forward to it!
contest winner

 

And since we just celebrated Thanksgiving, I just have to say that I’m thankful for a hard working husband who works a horrible shift and has to miss out on so many things so that he can provide for our family. I’m also thankful for my 5 children who wear me out but are so wonderful and such a blessing.
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And a few Kids Say quotes that I’ve remembered to write down this month…

On a stressful day, when the kids were driving me crazy, I told them “I need to go on a Mommy vacation.” Kingston said “ooooooo! I wanna go!”

When we were talking about it again later, Liam suggested that I go stay at the “Dirty Inn.”
After going back and forth to figure out what kind of gross hotel he was talking about, I realized he was referring to Drury Inn.

The kids were all crowding around me, fighting over who got to sit right next to me. I said “What are you guys doing?” Kai said “jus’ chillin'”

We were sitting around with the kids, coming up with good jokes for Halloween.
Me–“What do you call a witch on the beach?”
Kai was SO CONFIDENT of his answer as he proudly yelled a not so nice word that starts with “b” and rhymes with witch. My eyes got wide as I calmly said “um no, sandwich. You call her a sandwich.”
**for the record, he hasn’t ever even heard that word before. Just being clever and combining “beach” and “witch” haha

Liam–“What is mommy getting?”
Don–“Ice cream. We didn’t have any.”
Liam–“The yummiest stuff in the world and we didn’t have any?!”

Kai–“Mommy, you should have named me Superman because I’m so strong.”

Kingston–“Yum! What is that?”
Me–“It’s biscotti. But it’s not for today.”
Kingston–“Oh, when Scotti comes over, then we can eat it with him?”

(Talking about how people’s lives are more important that material things.)
Me–“Things can always be replaced. But people can’t. If I died in a fire, you wouldn’t be able to replace me, right?”
Liam–“Yes we could! If we got a new mommy.”

(I’m just feelin’ the love -_-)

Happy December!!

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October iphone and Kids Say


October was a very good, very busy month. Let’s just get straight to the pictures.
Don and I were able to go on a little day date this past month. It involved amazing ice cream from Ices Plain and Fancy! It’s pricey but definitely worth checking out. I even talked Don into taking me back for my birthday this weekend 🙂
ice cearm
We love the Graffiti Wall! There’s an amazing Star Wars mural right now!
stl art

 

Lately, my favorite pictures are the ones with all/most of us. Every time I see my family squeezed in a little square, it makes me so thankful for all of them. These are the pictures I will treasure the most.
october iphone pictures

 

1) I love my baby girl. 2) Penelope and Kai are inseparable when we’re together. I love their friendship. 3) Des begged me to do one more round of “rainbow baby.” 4) Sink bath and kisses from his sister.
rainbow baby

 

pumpkins, donuts, and pumpkin donuts.
fun halloween dessert ideas

 

lots of city exploring this month and a couple of trips to IKEA!
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st louis arch

 

Gorgeous weather, amazing sunrises, and the beautiful colors of fall
fall colors

 

We did some family pictures with Rachel in October and I can’t wait to share them with you! She did an amazing job!
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and ending October well with our homemade Halloween costumes. Even after wearing myself out to finish these costumes and keep up with everything else in life, I woke up on November 1st with the most amazing idea for next year’s costumes. Stay tuned 😉
homemade halloween costume ideas


And for any who were bummed that there was no Kids Say last month, this month should hopefully make up for it!
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Kingston–“I want two million dollars….in tickles.”

While Evangeline was holding Desmond, he started drooling and she said “eww! Him’s crazy!”

Me–(a question for school) “What would you do if you were given a cat as a present?”
Kai–“Give it back. Or donate it.”

Kingston saw a lawn care guy parked across the street from our house, smoking a cigarette in his truck. Kingston said “Cool! That guy is blowing bubbles!”

Liam (talking to Kai)–“I just saw steam coming from your foot. Like you stepped on something really hot and now there’s steam. Or maybe it’s just a piece of hair.”

Kingston hurried up and flushed the toilet after Kai went potty and Kai (in a frustrated voice) said “hey! That was MY pee!”

Kai–“Everything is awesome! Even booties are awesome…’cause they make you go potty.”

I was quizzing the kids on different animal baby names. Kai got excited and wanted me to ask about horses next. You could tell he just KNEW the answer. So I asked what baby horses were called. He yelled “UNICORNS!”

I asked Evangeline if she wanted me to kiss her boo-boo. She told me no so I made a sad lip. She asked “You crabby, mommy?”

(During school)
Me–“Back in the 1200s…”
Kai–(interrupting me) “Is that when you were born?”

I was setting some pieces of cake on the table for the boys to eat. When Kingston saw me, he yelled “Guys! Get over to the table! Something’s happening!”

Kai–“I can hear my heart beeping.”

Desmond has a cold that is producing a lot of snot/boogers.
Kingston–“Hey! Why is Des so nosey?”
Me–“What does that mean?”
Kingston–“You need to sneeze him.”
(AKA–use the bulb that we commonly refer to as the ‘snot sucker.’)

Me–“What did you learn about in Sunday school today?”
Kai–“It was Luke….not the Luke from Star Wars….Luke from God.”