A Quick Trip

We all drove up to Northwest Iowa for the quick weekend.

We got out of a school a bit early on Friday and were able to leave by 3:00. 

We made great time and were to my parents by 8:30.

Steve just spent the night and then drove up to Spencer to hang out at 

the Spencer Fair with his family while they showed cattle.

Mom then drove Aubrey and I back to Spencer on Sunday afternoon.

The girls liked standing on the chair
looking outside, mostly at "Toby" the dog!

We traveled to PUMPKIN LAND in Orange City
Saturday morning with the Wynias, Grandma and Jessica.

Having fun playing on the play toys.

Weeee!

"Can I take your order?!"

Checking out the animals...goats, llamas, horses.

They could even feed them some corn!

The animals pulled them right out of your hand
so Grandma hung on tight with the girls.

TRYING to get a picture of all three....haha,
that will never happen.

Not quite tall enough...

That's better, girls!

Standing in the corn maze with the tall corn.

So fun to walk/run through the "Munchkin Maze" together.

SO FUN!

:)

Then they got in the wagon,
while grandma pulled them to go pick out
their own pumkins from the field!

These look just right!

Thanks, grandma - how fun!

The kids with their freshly picked pumpkins.

"How tall this Fall?"

Camryn took this pic of us...not bad.

GREAT pic of Grandma with the
three grandkids.

Grandma had great dress-up clothes!
What more could a 2  year old girl want...
princess dress, dolly, wings, Dora, and a wand!

Even BETTER to have a cousin to dress-up together with!

Eating pizza in the living room.

An after supper activity.

Reading with Grandma

Reading with Grandpa

Aubrey singing - videos!

Aubrey being her typical silly self dancing and singing.

This first features the "bounce beam," the "ABCs,"
"A is for Apple," "thank you so much," and the "Animals Came Two by Two!"

This one shows here stubbornness

and "The Lord's Army!"

Sunday with Curt

Curt decided to drive up to hang out with us for the day!

We went to church, had lunch here, 

the girls took naps and the boys 

watched football. 

We played games, dress-up, read books

and had fun with Uncle Curt

and ordered in pizza for supper.

(I apologize, the camera is still not quite working)

Aubrey has big shoes to fill

to fit Uncle Curt's boots

Trying them on with her shoes first...

maybe they would fit better

YAY - dress-up time!

Putting the dress-up clothes on Uncle Curt

(what a good sport)

Combing his beard with her brush ;)

Smile, guys!

After I do laundry, Aubrey always likes to put her panies away.

Today we caught her putting them ALL on.

Layer after layer of panies!

Oh dear, Aubrey Dawn :)

Aubrey-isms

Sorry for the lack of pics lately. We just haven't been up to a lot

other than the daily grind and my camera is a bit on the fritz.

Anyway, here are a few "Aubrey-isms" stories that you might find enjoyable.

1-"This Girl is on FIIIRREE!"

There is a song by Alicia Keys that sings, "This girl is on Fire!" and

Aubrey must have picked up on my singing it occasionally.

Just recently Steve introduced Aubrey to the Wii

game Mario Cart. One of the levels had fire, so naturally

Aubrey belts out, "This girl is on FIIRREEE!"

Because her girl "Peach" was driving through the fire.

So stinkin' cute :)

2-"Much Better, Daddy"

The terrible twos are in full swing the with temper tantrums

and wanting things her way.  Well, just tonight

she was refusing to listen and follow directions.

She wanted to take 6 markers and a coloring book

to go potty and we said NO, but she refused

and started walking to the potty anyway.

So Steve told her that she was going to get a spanking.

So she said, OK!

Steve swatted and she turns around with a huge cheesy smile

and says, "Much better, Daddy!"

She drops her markers and book and heads straight to the potty!

WHAT?!

I feel like she is exactly how I was for my parents

and now it's payback...oh my, what a sassy pants! 

3-"Ouch, I need a bandage!"

Aubrey has recently found an old pack of band-aids

and has been calling them "bandages."

She decided to take them outside while she was playing hopscotch

just in case she might need them.

She then decided that it would be fun to

pretend that she would get hurt while hopscotching. 

So she'd go through the whole thing,

fall down on the ground,

and say, "Ouch, I need a bandage"

and Steve would come play Dr.

and put the "bandages" on her leg...pretend, not really sticking. 

This went on for quite some time...interesting ;)

And then there were four...in March!

Yes, its' true, we are expecting baby #2 in March!

We have a strict plan to follow since basketball is 

all winter of course, so March it is once again :)

Since it will be scheduled, right now the date is set for March 12

(one day after Aubrey's birthday!!)

The CRAZY thing is, too

that my sister Ashley is ALSO expecting in March!

In fact, our original due dates are only

TWO DAYS apart - craziness!

Labor Day

We went to Grandpa and Grandma Betty's house for the

later afternoon and supper.

Hanging out outside in the beautiful weather!

Aubrey got to hold baby Noah!



Climbing trees with Daddy!



Who's up there?!



Favorite Sayings and Things to Do!

Since little Miss Aubrey is ALMOST 2 1/2 she is learning so much every day and making us laugh each day, too. 

Here are some of her favorite sayings:

1-Yes my do! (yes I do)

2- Just teasin'

3- One mo time! (one more time)

4- Silly head

5- Little bit of my show? (when she wants to watch her shows)

6- Woooow!

7- Play dress up with me?

8- No way!

9- My bunny wakes! (her "alarm clock" that tells when she can get up)

10 - Braids please Mommy (she needs a braid(s) in her hair each day lately)

11- Thank you SO much! (followed by a bow)

12 - I'm so proud of you (when WE do something good :))

13- What's that noise?!

14- Please can I have ____? (she has learned that if she asks in a sweet nice voice that works :))
15 - We'll see once.
16 - Much better (how her tummy feels after she goes to the bathroom)

Things she loves to do/play:

1- ANYTHING with princesses

2- Read books - a lot (she memorizes them and can fill in the blanks or retell it back)

3- Coloring with markers, colored pencils...

4- Play dress up

5- Puzzles

6- Sitting on her bed and playing in bed.

7- Barbies and Babies 

8- Watch TV/Movies (she could watch it solid if we let her...Dora, Princess Shows, Mickey Mouse...)

9- Lego's

I am sure I forgot some, but she sure keeps things entertaining ALWAYS :)