He Speaks!

Rogan is begining to talk up a storm.  His first word was momma.  Woo Hoo!  Since Brice still calls me Boss most of the time, I was pretty excited to hear momma.  Rogan now also says, bubba, dadda, uh oh and my momma.  I think because he loves me the most ;)

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What We've Been Up To

Last Saturday, my friend and former co-worker Reagan and her son Hayden came over to play with us for a couple of hours.  The boys had so much fun and since Hayden is only a couple of months older than Rogan they keep each other entertained and move around the house looking for things to get into.  We went to feed the ducks and played on the playground.  It was a lot of fun.

On Sunday, Brian and I took the boys to the aquarium.  The aquarium was decorated for Halloween and Brice loved it. 

Then yesterday, I let Brice swim in the hot tub.  The temperature wasn't too cool and the tub is not too hot yet so I thought he could play in it for a little while.  He was in heaven.  He is taking swim lessons and is becoming a little fish.  He likes to show me how he can go under water and open his eyes. 

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A Day Out

We're back!  My kids are finally rid of the crud.  Brice cannot get enough to eat today, which is how Brian and I were when we finally got well.  The kids and I have been indoors since Saturday, we have a little cabin fever.  We have been out twice to buy medicine and crackers at Wal-Mart...doesn't count. 

I decided we needed a dose of fresh, cool, autumn air.  I wanted to take the kids somewhere, but I did not want to expose them to a bunch of other carrier monkeys.  The schools are on break and kids are out and about.  Since our immune systems are still low, no need to push it.  I decided on Bass Pro.  Brice could run around a little and we could manage to have fun without swapping germs with all the other sick kids.  It was a big day!

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Texas

We went to Texas last week to visit my parents while Brian was out of town on business.  The boys and I had a great time.  The mall there has a big ol' jumping thing, I do not know what it's called obviously, and Brice loved it!  He thought he was jumping high and to the sky.  We had so much fun watching him on it, we took him twice. 

We also found Brice's Halloween costume while we were there.  I had searched the internet and was unable to find his size, we also searched the Halloween stores here with no luck.  Fortunately, we checked out a costume store while we were visiting and there it was!  He was so excited and even wore it around my parents' house.  I took some funny pictures...but I'll wait to show you those.  We don't want to give away the Halloween costumes before Halloween gets here.

When the boys and I got home, we had picked up a stomach virus and were not feeling too good.  Brian was lucky enough to catch it too.  We did however manage to decorate pumpkins before we all got too sick.  We decided not to carve or paint them this year.  Instead, we bought what I call the "Mr. Potato Head Kit".  The kids includes stick in eyes, noses, mouths, ears, etc.  Brice was able to do it himself with a little help poking them into the pumpkin.  He saw the neighbors' pumpkins decorated with the Mr. Potato Head Kit and wanted to do his the same way.

Other than that, we've all been laying around here feeling pretty puny lately. 

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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM), this year is the 25th anniversary of NBCAM.  We have a very special survivor in our family, Brian's mother Dana.  Take the opportunity to support breast cancer research and help fight cancer by saving your Yoplait lids now until December 31st.  For every lid, Yoplait will donate 10 cents to Komen for the Cure® up to $1.5 million.  We are going to start saving our lids to send in this year.  Yoplait products are common in our household so I chose them as our way to support cancer research.  There are many other ways you can show your support, please visit the following websites for ideas and information.
Yoplait.com
NBCAM.org
Komen for the Cure®

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The Fair

It is that time of year again...the state fair is here!  We love the fair.  We go every year and have a great time.  We eat all the junk food, look at all the ridiculous items for sale at the booths, visit the animals, the petting zoo, and this year we rode some of the rides.  The fair serves as a reminder of what a big ol' melting pot this world is.  It seems people of all sorts come out to the visit the fair.

The boys got balloon animals.

Brice rode the swings

Rogan must have been worried about how high Brice was in those swings!  He looks terrified.

The kids' building had a huge sandbox, legos, building blocks and a driving course.  Our boys only wanted to play with the cars.

Rogan rode a bucking bronco of a rocking horse.  Whoa horsey!

The kids were exhausted after four hours of fun and Brice had to be carried to the car asleep on his daddy's shoulder.  It was a lot of fun and is always our official kickoff to Fall.

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Children's Museum

We have a children's museum here in Tulsa, it's not too impressive.  We have been once before and it was okay and I thought it could only get better...wrong.  The museum did not have a lot of exhibits/areas to begin with and most of the stations look like someone just went to a garage sale, bought some stuff, and set it up.  Brice still has fun and the best parts are the playground and rock walls.  I am quite certain they are going to put themselves out of business.  The museum is a fantastic idea and would probably do well in the area.  Unfortunately, I think they started with no funds and are trying to generate the funding through the admissions and it's not worth what you pay at the door.  A membership works like a gym membership and you pay monthly dues,  no way Jose'.

We went on Saturday because it was $5.00 admission and I think the boys get at least $5.00 of fun out of it.  

In other news, Rogan has finally mastered his fine motor skills and is feeding  himself!  Yay!  My life just got a little bit easier.

Finally, Brice received a Play-Doh kit from his Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell for his birthday.  He's pretty certain it could be the greatest thing since Jello Pudding Snak Paks. 

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