Wordless Wednesday

The conductor & the caboose.

Strollers & Tents

Aubrey got a babydoll stroller about a month ago,
and we just figured out how to put it together,
why must putting kid's toys together be so difficult?!

My cousin gave the kids his old tent/playhut,
and they love playing in it!

Funky Dog

We live in a very wooded neighborhood and often see a variety of creatures from squirrels & chipmunks to raccoons and owls (well, we don't really see owls,
just hear them at night).

On the way home from lunch today we saw a new animal, a groundhog, in our neighbor's yard.

I stopped the car in the driveway so Luke could see the groundhog, we stared at him for a few seconds and he back at us, then we went inside.

Up until this week I've never actually seen a groundhog in person or if I have I don't remember,
but we've seen two this week alone.

Later in the afternoon we went to the store,
and as we were pulling back in the driveway,
Luke asks, "Mommy, where's the Funky Dog?".

I said, "what Luke?!?".

Again Luke says, "where's the FUNKY DOG?".

Trying to hold back the giggles, I told him that he must have gone home to be with his family.

I guess, in a way, he kinda does look like a Funky Dog

October Happenings

Here's what we've been up to so far this month.

Much to mommy's delight, Aubrey has finally decided to play with some girl toys...I was afraid all she'd ever play with is cars & trucks :)

Just in the past couple of weeks she's started carrying around her hello kitty purse, and she's also found several other bags, lunch boxes, etc to use as purses.

She has become quite attached to her bunny lovey since we took her paci away several months ago, if she's ever upset, Mr. Bunny is the one thing that will comfort her.

Notice, she had to have a ball with her too...
can't be too girly

Aubrey, our climber, has figured out how to
climb into the baby swing
For some reason, she loves to just sit in there & watch everyone...little does she know, she's going to be booted out of that swing in a few short months.

Can you guess who dressed Aubrey
last Sunday for church?!?

Luke playing his Toy Story matching game


Luke has started learning to hide God's Word in his heart, this is the verse we started off with.



By far, my favorite picture of the month
Luke was singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star in the car,
and when I looked back at him this is what I saw.

Random Videos

This isn't a video, but it's the first time in a long time I've gotten a good picture of Luke.

Usually when I tell him to smile, he gives me
a weird fake smile & won't stop moving.

Back to the Videos...

Luke having fun "blowing" on Aubrey's belly

Aubrey has finally started walking in the last week,
she can walk all the way across the room,
but won't "perform" for the camera,
so here's a couple short videos of her walking.






Aubrey was quite amazed by Luke's new tractor toy

Labor Day Weekend

We spent Labor Day weekend in Indiana
visiting Ryan's family.

The weather was magnificent, '70's during the day and low '50's at night, it was a shock to come back to scorching temps in the south!

Although it was beautiful outside, for some reason I only took pictures when we were inside.

Aubrey playing at the gate

Kellen chillin' in his jumper
Bigg playing dominos with all the grandkids

For some reason the kids were all into blueberries that
weekend, they went through 2 boxes in 2 1/2 days
Bigg trying to teach Aubrey to share the blueberries
Even Kellen got into the blueberry eating action
Aubrey giving Bigg some lovin'
4 generations of Sparks' men
(Grandad, Ryan, Luke, & Bigg)
Granny, Granddad & all the greatgrandbabies

The weekend ended with the BEST fireworks show I have ever seen, and it was put on by none other than
Ryan's Dad, uncle, and cousins.

There were fireworks going off non-stop for a good 30+ minutes and they were all really big and colorful!

Bigg & the kids singing the national anthem
before the firework show
Aubrey & Daddy watching the fireworks

Mr. Chatterbox

Recent conversations with Luke:

Luke was watching me fix my hair one morning and upon completion, he looks at me and says excitedly,

"Mommy's hairs looks pretty!".

Luke was staring at Ryan's face, he then points

to Ryan's nose, and says very seriously,

"Daddy, that's yours nose, your big nose."

During dinner one night, Ryan asks Luke

if he wants some more Lima beans.

Luke thinks for a second and replies, "ummm...I'm sick".

This morning Luke was playing in the basement

for a while, after he comes upstairs,

this was our conversation:

Luke: "I want my yellow golf pub (club) up here."

Me: "Ok, just go downstairs and get it,

then bring it up here."

Luke looks all the way down the stairs, then up at me and says, "I'm berry (very) tired of this, you go get it".

Me: "I'm 'bery' tired too, if you want it, you can

go downstairs and get it".

Luke loves his little sister very much, he likes to give her a hug, kiss and say, "I wuv Aubrey, I take care of her".