Our October beach trip

This year, we took an RV and stayed at an RV park in Perdido Key, FL for 4 1/2 days.
This is Z and C looking for hermit crabs and playing in the bay.

M in the bay. Notice the very pink face. We had just spent 2 hours in the ocean and then spent another 1 1/2 hours in the bay. I didn't reapply sun block as often as I should have!!

Z peeking out from under her hat.

C in the bay

Daddy working on "wetting a line" (That's all he did!!)

Looking at the beautiful houses on Ono Island.

Mommy and Z relaxing on the lazy river at our friend's condo.

C..... just chillin'

C zooming down the water slide

Z zooming down the water slide with friend, H, behind her.

M looks a little concerned coming down as her friend, P, watches

We drove over to Mobile to attend the wedding of one of daddy's old friends. The reception was at a golf course so I took the opportunity to snap some photos of the kids.

I love C's expression in this picture!

I asked them to pose for individual pictures and M immediately struck a pose.

Z struck a pose and kept saying, 'Cheese"

C getting low for the camera.

Z, C, the bride, and M

C, standing with all of the boys, waiting to catch the garter.

C caught the garter and proudly wore it this way ALL night! He also believes that he met his future bride that night. He never got her name but called her "flower girl" b/c she had on a floral dress. I hate that I didn't get a picture of her b/c she danced with him 1/2 of the night. Oh! Did I mention that she was 14 years older than him!

C.....having his dance with the bride

C playing "air guitar" and jamming on the dance floor.

All 3 "getting down" (or in C's case, getting up)

Z, C, M saying their goodbyes to the ocean on our last day there.

Z trying to catch something.

M looking for shells

M, in the water. C and friend, L, gathering water for their sand castle. And friend, P, gathering sand for the sand castle.

C working hard on his sand castle. We spent more time with our friends on our last day there. We are so thankful to be at the beach the same time they are. I think it is going to become a yearly tradition!!!

Happy 6th Birthday Z-M-C!!!

On Saturday, Oct. 3rd, we had Z, M, C's birthday party at our church gym. We originally planned to have the party in our back yard but after 2 weeks of downpours, we decided to have it indoors. The theme was "Halloween"!
C with one of his friends on a little scooter car. These were a favorite for everyone.

The King triplets checking out the scooter cars.

Hula hoops and more scooter fun.

Lots of room to run and play!

More fun!

Most of our party guests posing for a serious picture.

Silly faces!

The YUMMY cake made by Mrs. Alverna. (Thanks!)

The cake table

The gift table and drink station (in the kitchen window)

The food table

Posing with their cake and orange mustaches

Singing "Happy Birthday"

Still singing

Group picture with guests who arrived late.

C taking time out for a quick picture.

Z's friend "L" pushing her during the scooter board races.

M going wide open on her scooter.

Opening presents at home with a few family and friends.

Bat Man (a.k.a. Moot Moot)

Ending the night playing dress-up with the Draughon triplets (their bestest friends!!)

Friend "H", C, and friend "P"

Johnny Appleseed Day

Friday, Sept. 25th was Johnny Appleseed Day at their kindergarten. Here are Z and C making their caramel covered apples.
Here they are with their finished apples.

Here is M with a classmate making their apples.

All done!!

Z pretending to be Johnny Appleseed.

C pretending to be Johnny Appleseed.

M is pretending to be Johnny Appleseed.

M posing while some of her classmates are painting.

C painting with apples.

M's 1st caramel apple ever!!

C trying to figure out how to bite it.

Z trying not to bite with her 2 wiggly bottom teeth.

Maggie's busted lip

M fell at school during play time and busted her upper lip and her nose. Her lip looked 10 times worse than this the next morning.
You can see how it is swollen and red.

You can really see her puffy nose and lip now! Poor baby!

She asked me to put these pictures on here so everyone could see her "boo-boo!"

Being silly & wavy hair

C just being silly and wanting his picture taken b/c the girls had theirs taken.
The girls with wavy hair for school one morning. I french braided their hair and told them that if they slept in the braids, they would wake up with beautiful wavy hair. They LOVED it!!

Z's close up

M's close up

Earrings

We had made the offer to the girls several times to get their ears pierced. They always declined, but one Saturday morning, M woke up and asked if she could get her ears pierced that day. We happily agreed and Z decided that she too wanted hers pierced.
After a few tears, here she is with her new gold stud earrings. She did amazing and LOVES how pretty she looks with them. She can't wait for the 6 weeks to be up so she can take those studs out and try on Mommies earrings!!! Oh no!! We have created a monster!

Close up of her new earrings. I would like to say that I have pictures of Z's new earrings but she TOTALLY FREAKED OUT when the lady came near her with the ear piercing gun. No amount of bribing from myself, daddy, MiMi, or PaPa could change her mind. Later she told us that she will try again when she is 10 years old!!!

1st Day of Kindergarten

August 18th was the kids 1st day of kindergarten. They awoke to some fun surprises in the kitchen to get their day started off right.
They are sleepy but excited!

All dressed and ready. I let them pick out their own clothes for the day and was a little shocked by what they each chose but the clothes definitely showed up off their personalities.

New backpacks!

One more surprise! I was their kindergarten teacher for the 1st week and 1/2 of school. Unfortunately, their kindergarten teacher had a personal emergency and was in the hospital for a week. So, it was back to school for all 4 of us.

M in her new classroom

C in his new room

Z posing for me.

All 3 at the end of the day. M was upset b/c I wouldn't let her read a book to the class on the 1st day. She said I was a very mean teacher. C and Z had a great day and thought it was cool that I was their teacher.

Sitting at their desks on the 2nd day of school.

Thrift Store Finds

Z has been asking for a doctor's costume so we headed to the thrift store and found an old scrub top. She LOVED it. She now works for the Magnolia Endoscopy Center.
M wasn't sure what she wanted to be until we found a brand new Pizza Hut shirt. I had my old name tag from when I worked at Pizza Hut (sad but true) and we have a Pizza Hut cash register and play food that completed her outfit.

C also wanted to be a doctor. He now works at UAB West.

For $1.50, I have 3 happy children!

Family get-together at Gran's house

Z-C-M-cousin D- and our old dog Buster
Karen, Gil, and son D. They are the reason for our get-together. They flew in from Spain to spend a month with Karen's family.

Cousin Tammy, cousin Karen, and C looking at pictures on the camera.

Cousin Trey, his new wife, and son S.

All of the kids spent the majority of their time playing air hockey. M actually beat almost all of the boys.

Me and Gran

PePaw, MeMaw, cousin M, and little M with her mini Sprite.

M, cousin M.E. (who was born a month b/4 our kids) and Z showing off their Barbie dolls.

Another day at Celebration Park with friends

M coming out of the "car wash" at the Splash Pad. We spent the day there with some friends from church at the end of July.
Our little friend, M.E.

Our "Big Kid" friend, A.K.

Our same age friend, C, who loved sliding down the wet side after it rained on us a little. He landed flat on his booty right after this shot was taken.

C going down the wet slide. He went flying off after this picture was snapped.

M.E. again

M.E., big brother C, Z, and M at the tornado

Eyelash picture of C

Eyelash picture of M

Eyelash picture of Z

Eyelash picture of M.E. sleeping

We ended the day with C taking a nasty fall on the concrete. He scrapped his knee and ankle.

He scrapped his elbow so bad that a volunteer fire dept. worker (who luckily was there) had to go get his medical kit and wrap his arm.

He also scraped his ribs. Poor fellow. His day was done!