I Love Fishes Cuz They're So Delicious!

Back when Little Lion was Flower Power's age, I bought LL a Goldfish Halloween costume. I dressed up as a Cat and Mr.E dressed as a Dog. The dog chased the cat, and the cat chased the goldfish :) I kept this costume over the years. I thought that this was a great gender neutral costume. I also thought it's be a great photo op for Dena. Here is my delicious fish!
Now to compare. Here is LL one month younger than FP. Think they are siblings??

In my last post, I left you in suspense wondering what my funny story was since so far, it's just been a shared costume. I took out the costume before the photoshoot and Little Lion was fascinated! I told him that he wore this costume when he was a baby like Flower Power, and she was going to wear it now. Well LL was not having any of that! He decided HE wanted to wear the costume. So yes friends, my almost 5 year old attempted to wear a 6-12 month goldfish costume. I was laughing so hard I had to take pictures! Here he is trying to put it on. Good thing the bottom fully opened.
Trying to get the arms through the arm holes.
Whew made it! It just fits :) haha
Needless to say, LL decided he did NOT want to be a Goldfish for Halloween :) He has settled on the Red Angry Bird. That costume fits him MUCH better!!

9 Month Photoshoot!

Yes I know Flower Power is only 3 days away from being 10 months (eekkk!!). However, I just got her 9 month photoshoot pictures from Dena at Everyday Moments Photography. Seriously Dena is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!! And Flower Power is cute which makes a winning combo of pictures!!! Here are some of my favorites!!









So sweet and precious!! Love that girl! Love that photographer!! There are a couple other pictures from this photoshoot, but they need their own post since I have a funny story to go along with it:) Stay tuned!!!

Halloween Preview

My household is BIG into Halloween! And if you have been following my blog for years...yes years...then you know we have an outdoor extravaganza just like at Christmas time too. To give you some prospective, here are the bins, 7 to be exact plus a few things too big to fit in the bins.
Mr.E has to organize and draw charts as to where all the decorations will go outside hence why they are out before October starts. While Mr.E was spray painting pumpkins and new graveyard fence, Little Lion, Flower Power and I tried out a few of the new Halloween costumes. Here's Princess Flower Power.

Little Lion as a swashbuckling pirate.
And now the scary portion of the post!! Flower Power trying to put in vampire fangs.
Little Lion as Jason.
The scariest costume of all.....Princess Vampire Mommy!! EEKKKK Hide your children:)
To not leave you scared, here's a cute picture of the *normal* kids:)Let the Halloween festivities begin!!!!

Jumping in the Rain

It was a rainy afternoon. So when the weather finally cleared we took the kiddos outside for a little fun with just enough water on the porch to jump.

Fun Family Time!

Poor Baby;(

Flower Power has her first cold;o(
Which means little sleep for Mama!!! Trying to keep my eyeballs open....
Maybe I should have posted a warning!!! haha But I am beat!

Love Fall in Florida!

The weather is starting to cool down in the evenings here in Florida. You know to 85 :) We love playing outside as a family and especially love it when the temps are perfect like they are now! Here is a typical evening at our house. Little Lion kicking around the ball.
Playing on the swings. Big brother is a great pusher!
Flower Power loves her swing! And just for fun a comparison picture from June and now. Yes she has gotten chunky and tall in 3 months!!! She loves her some real food!!!

Can't wait to enjoy this weather for the next couple of months!

Champions!

Here is a picture of Little Lion and Mr.E ready for the Orlando City Lions vs. Harrisburg Islanders championship soccer game! They have gone to many games this season and have enjoyed the Big Boy time with Mr.E's brothers.
Orlando City WON in the most riveting game EVER as my husband told me:) They even bought season tickets for next year.

Mongoose!

Have I blogged about how much I LOVE Target???? I'm sure I have a few times:) My most recent deal was a Mongoose bike for Little Lion for $18!!!!!!!!!!!!! 75% off baby!!! I was actually looking for the Spiderman bike to get marked down and had gone to a few Targets, but instead found this one! Little Lion and Mr.E were extremely excited!
LL even helped put it together.
Since it was dark out once the bike was finished, LL had to take the Mongoose for a spin around the house:)

Yes readers, I do know LL should have a helmet on, but how could he wear it when Flower Power has it.
Can't wait for both of them to be cruising around the neighborhood!

First Day of PreK!

Yippee! The day has FINALLY arrived!! School is here! Little Lion started PreK today. He woke up excited that he was going to school, but then quickly realized Momma was going to take millions of pictures and rush him through his morning routine. Here his is eating breakfast...happily.
After getting dressed and teeth brushed. He HAD to play some Monopoly. He's obsessed!
I decided to try and get pictures outside in the back. In LL's mind that means play soccer.
Finally it was time to go. We got a few good ones in the front. See the excitement on his face????

Little Lion is ready to go into school! Me too!!
LL had to find his apple to show he was present.
Finally in class and time to play Playdough!
I'm sure his first day is going to be great. He wasn't even concerned I was leaving which is good. I feel confident he is ready! Plus Mommy is ready to spend some time with Flower Power alone :)

Meet the Teacher

PreK is almost here!! Mamma can't wait!! Little Lion on the other hand is probably ready to stay home some more:) He starts school tomorrow. This is the 3rd year LL has been at this preschool. He is the big man on campus:) Last week we went to Meet the Teacher. Here is how we entice (bribe) the teacher.It says Wishing you a Marvelous and Magnificent school year with M&M's.
How did I get Little Lion into the classroom? With his favorite past time...weather! I think he's going to be a meteorologist when he grows up. He checks the radar daily!
Then he saw Dad's favorite store play area...Home Depot!Then he decided to warm up a bit with his teacher Mrs.Jennings by showing her the weather:)
See too obsessed with weather to look at the camera!

I'm sure he'll do great this year! I look forward to this being his last year before he starts the BIG school with all the fun he'll have:)

9 Months!

Whoa! Flower Power is 9 months today!! That means we are heading to ONE quickly!! Seriously where does the time go?!?!?!
Flower Power is such a sweet girl! She continues to talk (babble). FP likes to voice her opinion and everyone knows it! She is pretty friendly with people. Her favorite toys are her shopping cart, xylophone, my cellphone, and most recently a soccer ball. She thinks she can walk which means crawling is out the door. She always pulls up on us and grabs our fingers so she can walk to where she wants to go. FP is going to be a move and shaker! She enjoys dancing and waves her hand whenever a good dance song comes on. FP loves watching her brother and trying to do whatever he is doing. Hence her new love of soccer. She even kicks the ball. No teeth yet, but lots of drooling and chewing. I suspect they'll start this month. Flower Power is definitely a girl! She really enjoyed putting on this dress and shoes and bow. What have I gotten myself into??? ;)

We'll be taking some official 9 month pictures with Dena again soon. I'm sure she'll be as cute as ever!!