Motley's Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday, the kids and I went to Motley's Pumpkin Patch in Little Rock with Brian and Jamie, and Mom and Dad.  It was a lot of fun!

The girls....

 Kamdyn relaxing on the hayride...

 Feeding the goats at the petting zoo.  Cooper decided he would just rather watch.

 My little pumpkins! 

 Kamdyn...

Cooper riding the cow train...he always has his tongue out or some silly expression on his face when I try to take his picture.

Giddy-up, Tulip!

This is a common scene with my kids....fighting over something, which usually leads to hair pulling and wrestling on the ground.  I'm not kidding.

Watching the pig races!  The kids are still talking about Jimmy Dean, the green pig, winning all three races! 

On a side note, Cooper absolutely loves sausage!  I asked my dad when we were leaving the pig races if I should tell him that sausage comes from pigs.  I think I'll save that bit of information for when he's older!

The kids loved the hay pit!

Kam posing on top of the hay pit...

Searching for the perfect pumpkin...

The kids and I on the hayride.... if you're wondering where Mark was, he "doesn't do pumpkin patches!" 

Mimi and Pop with the grands....

After the pumpkin patch, we had lunch and did a little shopping before heading back for Parker's birthday party.  The kids went on another hayride and rode a horse there.  Needless to say, they were filthy dirty and tired (although they didn't know it!) by the time we got home that night.  As Kam said, "we had a big day!"  and what a great day it was!

Bismarck Homecoming - Part 3

This should be the last of the homecoming pictures, I promise!  

Kam and her teacher, Mrs. Mac, whom she absolutely loves!  Mrs. Mac was so sweet and came down to see Kam in the locker room before the pep rally began earlier that day.

I tried to get a full-length shot of Kam up close.... not a very good one.  Notice my shadow on her dress!

Kam was super excited to see Kamryn and Kylie before the evening ceremony began...

The prince and princess...

I'm pretty sure Kamdyn dragged Levi down the field.  They didn't practice what to do on the football field so they just got quick instructions before everything started.

Levi told his mom after the ceremony that Kamdyn was "bossy!"  His mom told him that's what girls are supposed to do!

Anyone besides me notice that Kamdyn has her hands on her hips in most of the pics?  One of my close friends daughter was a sophomore maid but somehow I cut her out of the picture (that's her fuschia dress at the far right).  Kamdyn loved her dress the most she said.   

As close to a group shot as I could get... love the colors of the girls dresses!

Kylie, Kamdyn, and Kenzie...

More pics with Levi after the ceremony.... a princess' job is so hard!  As I mentioned in a previous post, Kam was stuck on Levi like white on rice!  She knows a cute boy when she sees one!

Papaw Sonny was able to come down for the night ceremony and game...Kam was excited to have him there!!

 Kam and Pop...

Kamdyn with Pop and Papaw Sonny....

Playing with the lion again... I think he gave her a kiss at one point and she just squealed.  She was loving her some Bismarck Lion that day!

Cooper did not want to cooperate for a family picture so this was the best we could do... notice my mum?  I felt so special!!

We were thrilled to have almost the entire family there to see Kam.  Brian and Uncle Ronnie played at Hector that night (which is forever away!) so it worked out perfectly that almost everyone was able to come. 

Kamdyn and Kamryn....best cousins forever!!!

Kamdyn and Aunt Donna...

Madison and her blue tongue....Of course, the kids wanted concessions out the wazoo (is that a word?) and at one point, Jodie came back with about 15 ring pops for the kids.  Yes, there really are that many little cousins!

Kamryn teaching the girls a few cheers....I think the kids had a great time playing and watching the cheerleaders and, of course, the lion. 

Kam giving her Mimi some love... and that's Campbell passed out in Maddie's arms!

It was great to see some familiar faces and old friends at the game. We finally left after half-time and all headed to Pizza Shack for dinner.  The adults were starving and the kids were totally wired from all the cokes and candy.   It was a very fun, but totally exhausting day!!  The princess' mommy needed some rest!!!

Bismarck Homecoming 2010 - Part 2

This will mostly be a picture post as I want to look back when I'm old and remember Kam's day as princess!

Once we got over Sybil's meltdown, we headed to the gym for pictures before the coronation and pep rally.  We had to be there an hour and a half to two hours before the ceremony so we had entirely too much time on our hands in an all-white dress!

We took tons of pictures of Kamdyn and Levi....

 Don't they look adorable? 

 Kamdyn and Mal....

Posing with the lion.... the lion actually entertained Kam and Levi for a good amount of time while we were waiting...

They had pizza for the homecoming court, which tasted great, but made me extremely nervous in an all-white dress.  I didn't let Kam get within 2 feet of me with that pizza for fear of what would happen to her dress. 

As I said, we had a lot of time on our hands so we took lots of pictures and tried to keep the kids occupied and clean!  This is Levi's dad's motorcycle and we thought it would be a great photo op.  I'm thinking this picture looks like "runaway bride" to me!

More pictures!  I had to include this picture because of Kam's pose... If you know her at all, you know this is her standard pose.  I think it cracked everyone up because I heard several comments on it.

Can you say future prom picture?  We all just died laughing when they struck this pose because it so looks like a prom picture!  Levi's mom said that we need to save this picture for about ten years down the road.

Back outside again.... I really like this picture!

In all the time we had to kill, we had a few issues with Kam's slip.  Because she wouldn't pull it up, it kept showing below her dress.  We took it off, put it back on, and then ended up ditching it because, well, you know how Kam is!!  She stomped off from me several times while I was trying to talk to her about it before everyone started arriving.  



In this picture, Mark had just told her to "mind her momma!" and then got a kiss from her.  So sweet!

While we were waiting to come out, the elementary students were walking in to the bleachers.  Kam stood at the top of the stairs and waved and talked to all of her friends who came in.  I told Mom she acted like a preacher shaking hands and waving at everyone.  Her friends just oohed and ahhed when they saw her (we were standing at the top of the locker room stairs) and Kam was just eating it all up!  Some of the kids from the upper bleachers were hollering at her and she just waved and acted like the princess she was!  She kept turning to me and saying, "it's like a dream, Mommy!"  Those moments were priceless to me!

I actually missed watching Kam and Levi walk in because I had to wait in the lobby with her so my view wasn't as good as the rest of the families.  While we were waiting, she was talking non-stop to the girls in front of us.  She told the girl in front of her, "I hope you get to be the queen!"

My camera battery actually went dead at this point (wouldn't you know it?!) and thankfully, JJ had hers so I was able to take more pictures.  I'll post those later.

Kam really got into the pep rally and stood up and danced when the girls did.  They were so sweet to her and actually grabbed her hands and danced with her!

Afterwards with sweet Sydney...

At this point, we had a little over an hour to run home, freshen up and come back for the night ceremony.  I'll post those pics next time!

Bismarck Homecoming 2010 - Part 1

As I mentioned earlier, Kamdyn was chosen to be the homecoming princess this year at Bismarck.  When I told her she was chosen she gasped and had that ahhhh! look on her face before saying, "what's that?"  Once she figured out that she was a princess and there was  a prince, she was very excited about it (I honestly think I was more excited--what can I say?  I'm a proud mommy)!

Her hairdresser was doing one of the senior maid's hair also and they were gracious enough to just let us come to their house to get her hair done there.  Saved me a lot of time driving and little did I know how much I would need the extra time! 

At this point, Kam was having a good time with the girls--just talking and laughing about anything and everything in that non-stop way that is Kamdyn.  I can't say enough how sweet the girls were to her.  They even gave her a "future BHS cheerleader" shirt.  Kamdyn was having the best time talking to them and playing with Annabelle, the puppy, whom she fell in love with!

Things were still going well at this point....

And then Sybil was unleashed!!!  It all started when Lindsey began putting Kam's hair up on her head.  She asked Lindsey a hundred questions about it before she even got started.  Kam is so particular about her hair now and I can't tell you how many mornings she and I have come to blows over her hair.  I tried to prepare her before we went by telling her that she had to wear a crown and that more than likely her hair would have to be up.  She seemed ok with that then...

At first, she started crying.  The girls quickly reassured her how pretty her hair looked, etc. but that didn't help at all.  Before I knew it, she went ballistic...and I am not exaggerating!  She was shouting at me that it was all my fault (which seems to be a theme lately) and that Lindsey was making her hair "look awful!"  She kept swiping at her hair and I know Lindsey had to start over several times.  The more we tried to reassure her, the more upset she became!

Now had we been somewhere where I could have taken her out and spanked her, I would have!  I was beyond mortified and honestly didn't know what to do.  She threw a fit unlike I have ever witnessed...she even took a swing at me when I leaned down in her face to try to calm her down. 

Lindsey was great and did the best she could with Kam acting the fool that she was.  I think the girls were a little surprised and the other mom was very understanding.  I think she felt bad for me!  We left and headed home to finish getting dressed before leaving for pictures.  We only live about 5-6 miles from there and I can assure you that I let Kamdyn have it the entire way home!  Then we had  a "come to Jesus" meeting once we got home and she calmed down eventually!  She was very apologetic later and then acted like her hair was the greatest!  Of course!! 

I have to remind myself that she's only five and that she doesn't see these things the way I do. I also thought dress shopping would be fun, but trying on 15 "poofy" dresses with a five year old is not all it's cracked up to be!

Happy Birthday, Papaw Sonny!

Happy Birthday, Papaw Sonny!

We love you and enjoyed your visit this weekend!  Hope your day is great!!