the daddy doll

i am one tired mama! these girls are seriously wearing me out (but i am loving it!)

The girls and I drove down to my parents for the weekend, while Cris stayed up in the Toledo area to watch Alex and Lyndsey rock their cross country meet. My brother and his wife drove up to spend the weekend with us, and we've got 3, 2, and 1 year olds running around all over the place :) Juneau is quite the little rambunctious ring leader, and has made it her personal goal to be the loudest and craziest of the 4 of them. the cousins are definitely having a blast...it's really so fun that that they are all so close in age.

nova took washing Secily's hair very seriously. Secily was a good sport :)
These are my mom's new little puppies...aren't they just the cutest? They are Australian Terriers, and are seriously the best little dogs ever. They love hanging out with the family, do lots of tricks, never roam outside of the yard....and my personal favorite feature....they are bred to be snake hunters! which comes in very handy when you live out in the middle of a corn field in rural ohio...i really, really don't like snakes(another reason Hawaii is my personal paradise - there are NO snakes on the whole island!), and so i am quite pleased to have a bunch of these little snake hunters running around :) If you are looking for a nearly perfect little dog, check out their website....

I thought the kids would all go crazy for the puppies, but of the four kids, there was really only one who couldn't keep her hands off the puppies....

yep, Jbug....

The puppies were quite tolerant of the neck squeezing, and dropping :) They actually loved Juneau, and i think the feeling was mutual!

After we played with the puppies, we headed out for a jam-packed day. We started at the carousel....

And now, Enter Daddy Doll...

Nova loves babies. Her top 3 babies currently are Sweetie Baby, Tiny Little Baby, and Two Baby. Usually one of these 3 accompanies her on her outings. Today, however, she found this boy barbie at my mom's house, and was so excited. She kept telling everyone it was her daddy. She begged to take him with us....and i just couldn't say no. she misses her daddy so, so much, and it made her really happy to have this little daddy doll.

Nova loved the carousel....but i think she loved the popcorn even more....

I looked over to see her "Sharing with Daddy"

Cousins...aren't they just the cutest?

anyway, back to the daddy doll. Nova likes to stick her babies in her shirt like a front pack...It was a bit embarrassing to be the mom of the kid with a half naked ken doll stuffed down the front of her shirt...but what could i do?

Grandma with her grandkkids at the pumpkin patch.

horse drawn wagon ride - a big hit!

picking out the perfect pumpkin (notice daddy doll)

i had to include one more shot of the ridiculousness...The worst part of the whole thing is when she would announce to random people "This is my Daddy"....yeah, i got some funny looks today from strangers :)

We had a great time today with the whole gang...my brother tommy and his wife sonya, with my niece and nephew - secily and micah. best ever :)