Yeah…I’m with the band

Before we get to the real deal costumes, I thought I would share some of our other festive pics of the season.  These next couple were taken under the persimmon tree on the compound.

S, R, M, J – in their new glow-in-the-dark pj’s
**The first time they wore these to bed…Rocco cried and cried when we turned off the lights.  Poor little guy was so afraid of the mysterious glow illuminating from his body.  He didn’t glow all night ;) and we got a good laugh out of it!

  Awww…sweet Sloan loving on Rocco!  Happy Halloween little Lambes!

And Happy Birthday to our Big Pop – the best Big Pop (or pig pop as they would say) in the world!

We started brainstorming on ideas a few months back on what to dress the kids as for our Halloween party.  Of course, we are still in the phase where they have no opinions and WE get to pick their costumes…which is OH SO much fun for me!  I know in a couple of years it will be different (still fun though, seeing each of their personalities shine through.)  So we went through the list , Wizard of Oz characters, 3 little pigs and big bad wolf  - funny to think of Sloan dressed as the wolf, but not quite what I had in mind, um…let’s see…what else….well anyway, there were a lot of choices.  How do you decide?  So pretty often we get comments or questions about the kids’ names.  Many people say how they sound like rock star names or ask if we named them after rock stars.  No, we didn’t.  But we liked the idea :)  And that is how we got to this…

Guns N’ Rattles (because New Quads on the Block wasn’t cool enough for daddy)

They really got in to playing the part…haha! (Front to Back: S, R, M, J)

They even come with their own stage names…

Sloanie Sloan – our pop princess!

Roc-O – our classic rock guy, complete with bandana and smokey eyes!

MJ – our pop guy, Justin Timberlake inspired with fedora and skinny jeans!

Lil’ Jag – our punk rocker, complete with green faux-hawk and tatted sleeve!

Rock on sista!

  Diva and daddy

Rockin’ the guyliner!

Down and dirty!

Just a swingin’

Oh MY cute baby booty in skinny jeans!

Who says punks can’t play football?

Lookin' for some groupies

Some other cute costumes at the party…

  Baby Cash as a bag of cash and his parents, the bank robbers

Disco diva and Pocahontas

Rylee Shaine as pink cat

Evan as Guns N’ Rattles’ Agent

Trick or treating - rock and roll style….   

“Make way…band coming through”

Daddy and Sloan leading the pack– the girl got it after the first house when she saw the candy go in her pumpkin.  She was not letting go of that pumpkin…no way!

Jagger with Grandaddy – he was doing his thing!

Madden and Nanny – having a good time!

Grandmama & Rocco – our pokey man

  Lil’ Jag: “Hey…where’d my bus go?”

Sloanie Sloan checking out her loot

“Hurry Daddy, the paparazzi spotted us!”

Hope y’all had a safe and fun Halloween!

Love,

Kami (a.k.a. G N’ R’s #1 fan)

Pumpkin Patch Kids

Remember this from last year…..

2009 - Jagger, Rocco, Sloan, Madden

Today, we went back to the same pumpkin patch for some new pictures. 

2010 – Sloan, Madden, Jagger, Rocco 
(Geez guys – can I get one smile, PLEASE? Same expressions as last year…LOL)
     Love it!

Okay guys…so it’s not QUITE as comfy as our choo-choo wagon!

Rocco: “I see you!”

Jagger Cole

Sweet boy

Hay Madden!

Sloan

My funny girl!

I love making new memories with the kids.  And this week we are gearing up for our big Halloween Bash!  I can’t wait to share this year’s costumes with you, but until then here is last year’s…

Cutest lambs EVER!

Love,

Kami

Future Tigers

We had a fun time watching the big game on Saturday even though OUR tigers didn’t bring home the victory.  It’s OK Tigers…we’ll get ‘em next time!

2028 LSU Defensive Line
(Rocco, Jagger, Cash, Gavin, Madden)

Our newest cousins – Cash and Gavin
Can you handle ALL that cuteness?

S, R, M, J

Jagger: “Go Long!”

Hope you have a great week!

Love,
Kami

Four Little Lambes at the Zoo

I can’t believe we waited this long to bring the kids to the zoo.  Right now they really love looking at animals in books and they know alot of the sounds they make so I just knew this was going to be a great age to take them.   I was so excited for their reactions to see real LIVE animals.  Not to mention we have been having great zoo weather!

 

I think tigers are probably the most popular animal in our household….with no influences from momma & daddy, I promise!  So when I realized the tiger exhibit was the first one, I was anxious to show them and hoped that the tigers were awake.

At the first exhibit, they were sleeping.

I think Sloan was the only one that really noticed the sleeping tiger

At the second exhibit, the tiger was walking straight towards us.  Notice the body language:
Sloan & Rocco – watching & maybe even leaning in a bit
Madden – If he wasn’t strapped in, I know he would have been out of that wagon SO fast!
Jagger – Also wanting to jump out the wagon.  Make no mistake even though he was pointing at the tiger, I will tell you he was crying all the while saying “Tiger, Tiger!”
I really wish I had video footage of this.  The pic just doesn’t do it justice.

Roc and Sloan and a little monkey

Pretty walk through the nature trail!

Waiting for the otters to come out and play

There’s one!

3 cool dudes!

After the tiger scare, Jagger did pretty well with the rest of the animals.  Madden, on the other hand, did not.  He was just a little uneasy of every moving non-human.  This was a bit of a surprise to us because he is not usually frightened so easily.

This was pretty much Madden’s face (and he had the whine to go with it) when we said “LOOK at the _________!!!”  It was actually kind of funny…my poor buddy!

 

Rocco entering the hippo

  Madden finding it much more fun to be playing on the playground away from all those stinky animals!

What a great memory this zoo trip is! Can’t wait to make many many more!  Maybe we’ll go to the New Orleans Zoo next time. 

Love,

Kami

The Big Move

Ahhh…feels good to be blogging again.  So this time I have a perfectly legitimate excuse for my blogging hiatus.  We have moved!  As you may know, moving in itself is a very daunting task and to do it with four toddlers in the mix…well let’s just say I underestimated how hard that would really be. Whew…am I so glad that it’s over! Before we left, our good friend Chad Keith took these great family photos in front of the kids’ first home for us to remember and show them when they get older.

  Great memories here!

So sweet!

 This is one of my favs – even Lucy made the pic!

For those of you that know us, you are probably not too surprised to learn that we are now living on the “compound.”  For those that may not know us or know what the compound is, let me explain.  The compound is our fun way of calling the 8 or so acres where my mom and dad and both of my brother’s families live.  This was not always our plan – to live on the compound, but I will say we are very excited about our children growing up here.  I can’t think of anything better than being close to family.  And I know – this doesn’t work for every family, but it really does work for ours.  We are currently living with G.G. and Big Pop (how awesome are they – I mean talk about completely shake your whole peaceful, semi-retired life to the core, right?) while we build our forever home on the compound.   So so exciting! 

So what does life mean while living at G.G. and Big Pop’s our new home?  WELL, let’s see…

It means our VERY own playground.

It means playing with our 6 cousins EVERY day because they live right next door.

It means getting a little dirtier.

It means sleeping in cool new bunk beds (just Madden & Sloan in the bottom)

        

It means more visits to Grandmama’s and Grandaddy’s because they are even closer to us now!

It means group baths in the big tub (even though it breaks momma’s back!)

It means swinging in the cave!

It means getting a little extra lovin’….because we were so deprived before!

Yeah, I would say they are pretty much loving life right about now!

Hope you have a great week!

Love,

Kami

Painting with Pudding?!?

and enjoying the medium…

Have a great weekend!

Love,
Kami