Kitchen battlefield.

I believe a home comes ALIVE with children.
Yesterday I was about to make dinner but then got side tracked with laundry. When I came back to prepare dinner this is what I found on my kitchen floor...a battlefield of army men meticulously lined up.
You gotta love kids, there is never a dull moment.
I love my little boy aka 'Army man Jonathan'.

Pumpkins, kids and Candy oh my!

Click on the collage to enlarge.

Tia got an invitation to go 'Trick or Treat' elsewhere with a friend. We were not comfortable with the whole idea of just two girls trick or treating without an adult so we had Tia invite her friend and others to come trick or treating with our family in our neighborhood.
Because we had turned down the whole sleepover at a friends house on Halloween also we let the girls have a movie night.
They watched "To the center of the Earth" ate popcorn, jack-o-lantern pizzas, snow cones and of course CANDY! Party at the Hampton's!!! We had peace of mind and the kids had a blast.

This year Tia was a Snow Princess (just like last year), Jonathan was an Army man and for Joshua's first Halloween he was a Pumpkin.

Tagged for real...

Obstacle course: pass all the rocks, thorns and prickly cacti to tag the Hampton's wall without getting caught.

I've been tagged...

My friend Lydia tagged me. I am supposed to post the fourth picture in the fourth folder in my My Pictures folder and then tell about it. Since Ty & I share picture folders this is what was in our 4th folder however this is not the 4th picture. We only have 3 pictures in this folder (?) and so this is the 3rd picture in my forth folder - sorry.

This picture was taken Dec. 23, 2006 by Ty just a couple of days before Christmas.

Ty had asked Tia to help him wash the Yukon. It was a chilly morning but that didn't stop our Tia, she was so happy to help.

On a side note: Tia likes to "play store" in her room, pretend she's a waitress before meals and "places orders", likes to make posters and charts for various things. She might be shy but she is very creative and loves to serve and finds fun ways to make her work not so much of a chore.

So back to this picture - Tia made a "Car Wash" poster with her playful conditions $5 or FREE and stuck it on the garage. If I remember right not only did she help wash Ty's vehicle but she went the extra mile and washed mine as well.

We love our sweet daughter and can't imagine life without her. She is a joy to have in our home and family. She is a wonderful big sister, a good helper and is such a loving and kind person.

She is beautiful inside and out.

I now tag: my sista Lois, Margo, Mandy, Kista and Tracy.