Reagan's First Haircut

A non-excited Reagan is about to get her first haircut!

Reagan got her first haircut today! I never thought she would ever have enough hair to cut, but she finally needed a trip to remove some of the "baby hair". One of my girlfriends from college does our hair. Stacy always does such a great job with the kids.

Reagan did great! She sat up in the chair by herself and didn't move at all. No fits or tears! Of course mommy had to take pictures for the scrapbook. Miss Stacy also gave me some locks of hair for her scrapbook too. Payton got a haircut too, and he did great as well.

Thanksgiving Camping Trip

We spent the week of Thanksgiving camping in our new camper on Lake Ouachita. Mamaw and Papaw Dumas joined us, and we had a great time. We were pretty close to Gree and Pal's house (my mom) so we went there and had Thanksgiving Lunch with family.

As most of you know, our little Park passed away three years ago this past week. Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd, was the anniversary of his passing. There is still not a day that goes by that he is not missed or in our thoughts. We love you little guy - our angel in heaven! You changed our life forever! Thanks for allowing us to be your family!

I couldn't go without saying something about him................

Park's Pen Now Has A Blog!

Park's Pen is my "hobby"/business that I sell on ebay and locally, and I now have started a blog for all of my recent shipments.
Check it Out!
www.parkspen.blogspot.com

Our "Happy" Halloween!

We had a great time last night! Our church has a great "Family Fun Night" with carnival games, bounce arounds and pony rides. They even had a little area with preschool games for the smaller kids. The kids were great and both experienced their first pony ride. It was really a fun night!

Our Great Weekend!

We had a great weekend camping with couples from church at Marval Family Resort in Gore, OK. It was a great place for the kids with a great playground and activites. I think we had around 10 families that camped and when you add in all the kids we had about 50 people together.

Saturday Payton and Mike went on a hayride and planted "magic" pumpkin seeds. Then a couple hours later Payton and I went back to get the pumpkin that had grown. He was so excited picking his pumpkin. We then took them back and let him paint his pumpkin. He loved that little pumpkin so much that he slept with it Saturday night then brought it over to our bed during the night.

Both kids had a great time playing with all the other kids. Saturday night the kids were able to dress up in their halloween costumes and go around to other campsites and cabins and trick or treat. They loved seeing all the decorations and of course the candy was great too. The Razorback game was played on a large 20 X 20 screen so we were able to set in our lawn chairs and watch the game.

It was a great weekend and we enjoyed being with the kids and our great friends!

So Long September - Our Month In Review

I cannot believe September has came and gone! September seemed to be a busy month for us, but I cannot think of really anything significant that occupied our time. Mainly kids and schedules.

Payton continues to go to preschool during the week from 8-11:30. He really seems to like it however last week I did have several mornings where I left him screaming and crying on the floor or in his teacher's arms. That was a little unsettling for mommy, but he did fine as soon as I left. On the third day of his episodes I finally realized that his tantrums were not because he dislike preschool it was because the "Letter of the week" was still "A" and it didn't change each day to the letter he wanted. What fun I have with my intellectual child.

We have made several trips to Toys R Us in the last couple of weeks purchasing poo-poo in the potty rewards. Payton has done great going to the potty. Several times a day we all get to go and scream yea around the potty. Payton has done so well we have now forgone the reward system however Payton now asks me everyday "Do you have a surprise for me Mommy?"

Reagan is developing and changing so fast. She seems to be jabbering all the time, and at times we are even hearing words......"mine"......"Tayton" for Payton........"to-to" for Toby our dog....."no no" which she is hearing a lot these days....and of course all the grandparent names: Mamaw, Papaw, Poppa, Gree and Pal. She has developed a love for shoes. Shoes from everyone's closet are found all over the house because she gets them and wears them all around the house as she pushes her baby doll in the stroller. It continues to amaze us how different little boys and girls are. Payton is so rough and rowdy, and Reagan seems to be very nurturing and loving. Both kids are extremely dramatic which Mike would say comes from me!

I ran my second 5K this past Saturday. I improved my time by 2+ minutes from my first 5K so I was really pleased with that. It was really neat because the race "Survivor's Challenge" was sponsored by the local Cancer Support House, and it really caused me to reflect back on my cancer journey. It was two years ago September that I finished chemo, and then this weekend I finished a 5K race! wow! What a journey! I am so thankful to the Lord for his healing power on my life! Mike and Payton (Reagan was still sleeping) greeted me home with a decorated kitchen and signs. It was really cute. Mike tried to get Payton to write things for me, but he decided he wanted to write "orange", "brock" and other special words he thought I wanted to see. Then they made me a precious banana smiley face with sprinkles. It was really special to hear them say "way to go mommy".

I hope to post again before November gets here. Happy October!

Our Week and the Skating Party!

We had a good week this week adjusting to our schedule. Payton got to school on time every day. We all are doing well getting up. Honestly Lady Reagan seems to have the most challenge not getting all her beauty sleep, but she will get better as time goes on.

Payton has done well in his "big boy underwear" this week. He went until Thursday without an accident! yippee! He now has had an accident everyday for the past couple of days, but he is definitely doing better with using the potty. Reagan always joins us when we take Payton to the bathroom, so I decided to get the little potty out again for her to start playing with. She is so cute just sitting on it (with her diaper on) while Payton goes to the potty. She even once said "tee tee" while she was on it. Hopefully she will be easier to train than Payton.

Saturday we went to the Children's Choir Kickoff Skating Party. Now that Payton is three, he can participate in Children's Choir at Church. (Mike is already worried about what Payton will do in front of the church when they have programs.) Anyway, Payton had never been skating before so I was so excited about introducing him to a skating rink. As usual, he didn't want to skate. He ate pizza and played for a while then decided to skate around once. He did really good! Of course Mike and I had a death grip on both arms, but no limbs were broken so it was a success. Mommy then put on some skates and Payton helped me skate. It was a great day for everyone!