Coco... look at what I found!!

We took a walk to the back yard the other day and Kali found a little branch off of a tree... and then thought it would be funny to smack the ground and threaten to smack Coco-Baby with the stick! He actually appears to be having fun with it... maybe because she never actually made contact with his head like I'm sure she intended too! Kind of rough play but cute none the less!

Enjoy the weather before it's gone!

With Christmas comes the very long aisle of animals that sing and dance to Christmas songs! Kali has taken a serious liking to these little fellas! Here she is pushing her newest doggie around in her stroller the other day. The temp outside was 50-ish and we weren't about to let it go to waste. I had to stop and push his paw occasionally... she loved it!

Crazy bath hair!

Check out that crazy hair do!! Kali's hair is getting so long and when we get lucky she lets us put it up dry too!

Target Shooting

Nathan has a bee-bee gun that he has hardly ever used. The other day he brought it up and so we set up a target just off the patio and here we are. Nathan went dove hunting with Mike, Grandpa Coldwell, Uncle Chuck, Uncle Chad, and Uncle Ray back in September. We're hoping to get him into a hunter safety course soon so we can be sure that he respects the power of guns.

Daddy had to make sure that it was working right! :-)
Nathan taking a shot.

Kali wanted a turn! She had to stay on the "observation deck" while Daddy and Nathan were target shooting. She was not too happy about it but we got through it eventually!

Kali said "Nathan how come Daddy's shots are closer to the middle?"

Nathan says "See look... Mine are in the middle... and Daddy's are NOT!"

Alone Time

Sometimes when I'm cooking or cleaning in the kitchen, Kali makes her way to Coco's Corner! As toys have moved into every corner of the living room... Coco's bed has made it's way to the kitchen. This day Kali found her little hat from California Nana, of which is way too small, and I just had to snap some pictures. This is what she does when she has her alone time, her quiet time. She seems to have such a good time with such a simple "toy". Funny girl!

She caught on that I was snapping pictures! Check out that look!!

YEAH!!

Okay so most you know know that Mike works in the residential design business.... and most of you know know not so lucrative that market is these days..... and also most of you know that he's in school for Web Design. WELL... today Mike went on an interview for a job as an entry level programmer at and E-Commerce company. You know, the companies that set up the ability for on-line shoppers to punch in that little number at the bottom of your plastic card to buy something off of a website. Anyhow, it's the start of something wonderful! Just in time for Christmas too!! :-) Cross your fingers guys... we could really use another steady paycheck.

Halloween Night

Okay so we all have an idea of how we want things to go right? Well they didn't go how I planned, that's for sure! I had to work on Halloween and dressed up and had a good day. When I got home I found that Nathan wasn't feeling well and didn't want to trick or treat. Kimberly had taken off to hang out with her friends down the street, and Kali wanted no part of her costume!! So, no pictures of the ladybug costume... yet! I don't care what the season, if I can get her into the costume again I will take a picture and post it. Kali did get to go trick or treating and had a good time! Uncle Ray, Aunt Tisha, Kaelyn, and Joseph all came over and we went trick or treating up and down the street. Kali wore her pumpkin shirt and matching pants and yes still looked cute! I am posting the picture of her and I from the Halloween party the Saturday before because this is what she wore. I was wearing my scrubs last night but still the wings and antenna so it's almost exactly the same! In the middle of the night Kali woke up and was cranky but at the same time was begging for "Trick or Treat!" I guess that means she had a good time??

Pumpkin Patch Sweetie Pie!

I took Kali to Johnson's Farm last Tuesday. It's a pumpkin patch/petting zoo and lots of other stuff. Kimberly and Nathan seem to be getting too old for the pumpkin patch, so it was just Kali and me while Nathan was at school. She had so much fun!!!

She LOVED LOVED LOVED the chicken house!
She kept chasing the gray and white one pointing to him and saying "I want dat un!" So cute!! She eventually caught up to him and was able to touch his back. That got a big giggle out of her!

Inside of the barn was a bunch of little surprises. This was was a little donkey. Kali wanted to take him out and love on him. Go figure they said no! :-) We also saw a little pony, baby chicks, and a new litter of piglets! I was afraid to take pictures of the piglets because the huge mama pig was laying up next to the babies on the other side of the gate and I didn't want her to charge at me. She was soooo big!

Goats were her favorite... she loved it that they would get up on the fence and let her hug them. I was a big nervous when they were up in her face and so I wasn't able to take a picture of that... I was afraid of one nibbling on one of those cute little ears!!

She was a huge fan of the big pumpkins! And look at how cute she looks sitting on them!

I wish I could have filmed her running through the patch. She kept oohing and ahhing at so many different pumpkins. Even the ones that were smashed and eaten off of got her attention. The biggest crowd pleasers are by far the "baby punkins" for sure. She ended up picking out the cutest little round pie pumpkin. She caries it around the house all day long. I tried to put it out on the porch and she wasn't having it!!

To get up to the actual pumpkin patch we got to ride on a cart pulled by a tractor. On the way up Kali thought she was hot stuff and stood the whole time. I had to hold her hands and so there is no picture... but here she is riding back. She was too tired to stand! :0)

One quick plane ride before we head home for a nap!