Farms, Special Lunch Sundays, and Book Fairs.

Once again I am playing super mommy this week. Already today I have observed in a middle school, went to an eye exam, volunteered at Liam's daycare's bookfair, had dinner, read books, and am fixing to start on my homework after Liam goes to bed in a bit. I will be observing two more times this week and volunteering at the book fair one more time so I am swamped, but I love every second of it (except the homework part lol).
Yesterday was a blast and has made today really hard to get back into the swing of things. We went to the Riverview Mounds Century Farm in Clarksville, TN and it was a blast. We kind of felt like we were cheating on the Travis farm, but really we just played here and got only one big pumpkin and a few small ones... were saving the good stuff for the Travis Farm in Metropolis, IL.
Anyway, there were so many fun things to do like a petting zoo, slide, tot play area, barrel ride, hayride, tire jungle, and pony rides just to name a few things. Liam had a blast and honestly Ben and I did too! It was a great time. Here are some super cute pictures:

 Petting the goats.

 Running around... he is the CUTEST!

 Feeding the goats.

 Farm Family!

 Mommy and Son!

 Tractor time!

He was so concerned with what the driver was doing lol and of course steering the whole time. 

For on the way to the farm I made Ben and Liam an extra special lunch:

It may not be perfect, but I don't think it's terrible. I used bread for phenias' face and a marshmallow cut in half for the eyes with raisins in the centers. I used a piece of marshmallow for the mouth and three reeses chips. Then I used pieces of cheese for his shirt and carrots cut in half for the hair. For Perry I used a blue fruit roll up for the body, pieces of marshmallows with raisins in the middle for the eyes, and cheese for the beak. I filled with grapes and oranges! They LOVED it. I want to make Sundays "cute lunch" days so lets hope I keep it up! 

Last picture is of the books bubs got tonight at the book fair:

He choose Silent Night and Apples A to Z. We already read them and are very happy with the decisions he made : ) Yay for a new fall book ! (and a Christmas one haha). 

Mommy on,

Liam's Mommy 

Kanati!

I know, I know I have been MIA the past few days. Lets just say I have been having kind of a rough time lately, but I know it's because I have let school overtake and not made time for myself or for GOD. This IS changing TODAY! Yes, school is important, but not more important then being sane or than God. So that being said I will fill you in a little on the past few days.

Ben saw this puppy the other day and really fell in love with it. He debated within himself  A LOT about whether or not he wanted to get it and I remained a mutual party and didn't give my opinion on the matter.... well he just couldn't get her off his mind so meet Kanati.... pronounced Can-Not- A (like the long letter A):

Kanati! Our little Husky!

 (she was in the shade here so it isn't the best picture ever)

Playing!

Liam was upset and Kanati was licking his tears.

Kanati is such a lovable dog, but I am not looking forward to warding off the chewing habit... huh. This poor baby might as well be considered a rescue though because when we got her she was crawling with fleas. We knew it was bad, but had no idea how bad. We gave her a flea bath as soon as we got home and I bet she had 200 fleas on her... no joke. We had to use our fingernails and tweezers to get them off because they were just everywhere. I was crying, and at times when we hit a huge patch or two that were just a huge moving giant blob of fleas, I was gagging about to throw up. It was so terrible, but luckily she is fine now and will live in a very loving home. Ben is just so in love with this dog.

As I'm sure you know introducing a new member into the family takes time so that has kept me really busy, along with a huge test that I really think that I may have FAILED, because it was the hardest test I have EVER taken. I also spent a whole day almost trying to find fall books for Liam and it was an epic fail. We did get one book, but could not find any that I really liked. Even the stores were out. The biggest downside to living in a big town.... December and our little town cannot get here soon enough! 

I am determined to get things right in my life again so any encouragement or scriptures to look up are welcomed! This to shall past. I know it's because I just let school rule my life instead of God, but I'm thankful that I recognized it and am getting back on track. School is easier when you have God on your side: )

Mommy on,

Liam's Mommy

p.s. Hannah is not being neglected she got a flea treatment and therefore can't have a bath for a few days and her hair needs cut bad.... I didn't want to post embarrassing pictures of her lol. 

Challenges and Peay Pride!

Today was Family Day at APSU! I had to go to get some quotes for the paper, so I decided to take Liam and Ben along too, and I am so glad. I didn't even know there was a such thing as Family Day until I was assigned the story... and it is so much fun. Liam got to stuff a cheetah and put an APSU shirt on it, play on a bouncy things, take pictures with the school mascot the "Governor" for a photo strip with mommy, make a mega phone, and have an awesome picture drawn of him, and he got a cowbell for the game, and a fishing balloon!  The carnival was so much fun.

After the carnival Liam and me came home and made supper and ate. Then we left for the football game. We got there an hour early because I wanted to make sure we could get a decent parking spot! Well let's just say that I'm not a perfect mommy (even though I try to be) and Liam tested me for only the second time in his life. After an hour and fifteen minutes he was throwing a blood curtailing fit because I would not let him run around. Finally I caved and let him walk while I walked with him and he ended up falling on the concrete. I felt like the worst mom ever. Low and behold we ended up just leaving the game at the end of the first quarter : ( The minute he got in his car seat he fell asleep. I hated being tested, but I'm glad I put his needs and safety of going home over my want to watch the football game! I just hope we don't have to many trying moments like that one! Liam did have a lot of fun the first hour before the game started though lol. He was dancing, and yelling through his mega phone, and shaking his cowbell like crazy.

Here are some adorable pics from today:

It was a good day, until the challenging moment at the end, but now Little Liam is sleeping and I am about to start writing my story and then studying for a British Literature class.

Mommy on,
Liam's Mommy 

Free Books, a Haircut, and Shots.

Fall is so close I can smell it! I LOVE Fall! It is most definitely my favorite season of the year, following with Winter. I love the oranges, and mustards, and browns, and reds, and creams! I love the pumpkins and the gorgeous landscape around me, and the hayrides and bonfires. I just LOVE fall. Today was a cooler in the morning so I dressed Liam in an adorable fall inspired outfit! Then we unfortunately had to go to his 15 month baby well check up which consisted of two shots : ( I hate it when Liam has to get shots. Usually he does really good, but one of his today was tetanus and we all know how much that hurts.

Ben and I decided to start a tradition with Liam after I believe it was his second checkup ever... we get Liam a book after every scheduled doctor appointment (like the one's where he gets shots)! Books are a great reward for being good and bring more knowledge to your babies life! Usually we try to have the book with us at the appointment so we can read it for the first time there, however today I didn't have the book yet so after shots we went to get a kids meal from Chick-fil-A, and then we went over to Toys R Us to pick out a book. This time we got:

It was a really cute book about slowing down in life, and being polite, and not always being in a huge hurry. So cute!

Speaking of books there is an awesome program called "We Give Book" through Pearson publishing company. http://www.wegivebooks.org/pages/about-us..... they are trying to promote digital and online reading in today's children and for every  book you read, a book is donated to children in need. There are even two campaigns to choose from to have the books sent to. There are a ton of online books to read (current books too like Lady bug girl) and after you finish one you just click donate book and one is donated! It's awesome and totally FREE. Definitely check it out.

After Liam's doctors appointment we came home and took a nap and then we went to the mall for a bit. I actually bought a few articles of clothing for myself all in smaller sizes (the pants WAY smaller) then the clothes I had on! Ben got his bow fixed up and we got Liam a haircut. He didn't do as good as he usually does, but we made it through looking handsome as ever. We let his hair get WAY to long this time.

I know you can't see his hair very well in this one, but it is way cute. He just really didn't want his picture taken (but I snapped a quick cute one... just not much hair is showing). haha
I am so glad that Liam and I actually got to see each other today! I love him to pieces! 

Artwork Please!

So yesterday was the BUSIEST school day of my life thus far. I woke up and took the Praxis Exam (a huge state test), and then went immediately to school to have my Brit Lit paper looked over. My Brit. Lit professor is the campus deemed Nazi grader, so I just didn't feel confident enough to turn it in without having someone who has had before to look over it. Well that process totaled in 6 hours. I am so glad that I sought out help though because this is how many mark ups I got on one page by the lady who has had this professor before:

Crazy right. The bad thing is, my content was great, but the professor likes certain wordings to be used, and old fashion MLA and stuff like that, so I had to change a lot of stuff. I ended up not even going to bed until 2 a.m. and I still didn't get all my homework for the night done.
Today I was almost falling asleep in all my classes. It was not fun. After class I took a much needed nap and then Ben, Liam, and I went to the river to eat dinner and have a walk. I am so thankful to get to do little things like this with my family. I barely got to see Little Liam yesterday, and only some today so I am thrilled to have the whole day together tomorrow to play, play, play.... and of course craft haha. Here is some of the artwork that he has done at daycare and brought home to Mommy and Daddy:

 Can you tell that Green is his favorite color? 

 Tree Shape painting! 

 Tree handprint. 

 Multi Cultural Marker Art.... HE only put two lines on this one...  Maybe it was because he had a brown marker and not a green one? 

Painting Masterpiece! 

So pretty much I have a little artist who loves GREEN!

Mommy on,

Liam's Mommy 

Can You Say Cotton Ball Butt?

Well today has been a much better day. Other than freezing at school everything has ran pretty smoothly. Liam and me did a special craft tonight and it was a lot of fun. We did cotton ball smashing. Here are the ingredients in case you want to do it to:

Cotton balls
1 cup flour
1 cup water
Food coloring if desired ( if you choose to use food coloring separate mixture in to the appropriate amount of bowls)

Mix all the ingredients together and dip the cotton balls completely in the mixture. Then place the balls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes,let cool, and then let the smashing begin.

This craft is great for hand, eye coordination and giving the child a since of empowerment( which is sometimes a good thing).

 Dipping the cotton balls in the mixture!

 Just out of the oven (and cooled)!

Can you say Cotton Ball BUTT! BAHAHA.

Smashing time! 

This project was so much fun. Liam was kinda hesitant to smash the balls and we think it's because we tell him not to smash up his food, but he did do a little smashing and laughed a whole lot! It was great family fun! Defiantly try it out! 

Happy Birthday ART!

Miscellany Monday!

1.Q is for Quilt! We are so close to being done with our letter book ad it is so bitter sweet. I am so happy that I decided to start this project with Liam and that even though we can't do it everyday we have kept it up. It has brought some awesome memories.

2.Today is Ben's 23rd birthday. I feel so bad because I have not felt good today at all and even had to make a doctors appointment and go to it, but I tried my very best to still kinda make it special for him.

3. This was a super long weekend we just had had and I am going to have a super long week as well. I want it to just be the weekend again already so I can finally relax for a few days.

4. I a starting to get really excited about moving home soon! Plus we have a new game
plan for selling the house and I am pumped about it.

5. My car got in a wreck yesterday : ( Ben backed it into a light pole and the damage is kinda bad. Bad enough that we defiantly had to call the insurance company. : (

6.Perry the Platypus and Candace jello that Liam had with his dinner tonight! I LOVE fun food! 

7. Art work that Liam did today for his daddy's birthday. Ben just loved it. It is a campfire hand print and a deer hand print!

8. I have to get off here because I seriously don't even have time to be typing this very sentence, but really wanted to blog tonight!

Mommy on,
Liam's Mommy