Dear Daddy,

Dear Daddy,
I wanted to tell you happy birthday! There are so many things I love about you daddy. I love that you are my best friend. I know I tell you all the time that you are my best friend, and i mean it. I Love that you take me to get donuts before school. I love that you let me come with you whenever you have to run errands, I know I make the trip ten times longer with all my pee breaks, but you still take me every time. I love that I am your "BIG man", and that you watch all the boy shows with me that mommy and Claire don't like. I love that you are never shy to show me just how much you love me, you even let me rub dog dog on your nose in front of anyone. I love that you cried just as much as I did my first week of school, that means you were going to really miss me! I love the stories you tell me, especially the ones about Batman and Joker. Your stories are much longer, and way more manly than mom's zoo stories. I love when you put me to bed and you hold me and pat my back. I almost forgot... I love when you make milkshakes with me and Claireb at night. I really love when you wrestle with me daddy, i think that is my favorite game. Daddy most of all I love you for just being you. I want to be just like you when I get bigger.
Love,
Your baby Boy CORBIN

DIIIIAAAAADDDDYYY,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!!
I love you so much too daddy. I love that I am your princess. I love that you know how to put bows in my hair. I love that you go shopping and bring home cute clothes for me even when mommy doesn't ask you to. I love that you sing to me. I love that you always tell me just how pretty I am. I love that you made me the most beautiful pink princess room in the world. I love that you can never really be angry with me... As long as I say "DIIIIAAAADDYYY" I am good as gold. I love that you play horsey a million times in a row with me. I love that you sit on the couch and watch Barney with me. I love that you are so proud of Corbin and I , and that you brag about us. Mommy told me you whipped out your phone at a party this weekend and showed off pictures of us... I love that you will read the same book over and over to me. I too love making milkshakes with you and at night. One big milkshake with three straws, what could be better? I love that mommy says I am just like you beacause I love pizza and queso.. oh and hot cheetos. Daddy, I love being your big girl... Even know baby #3 is coming soon, and is going to try to take over, I will let her Know I am your BIG GIRL, she can be your little girl.
I love you !
CB (Claireb)

Daddy,
I cannot wait to meet you. Happy birthday!!!! I cannot wait to be your baby girl! Tell Corbin and Claire to move on over, I will be here soon!
Love,
baby #3.. PLEASE GIVE ME NAME SOON!!!!!

Chris,
Happy Birthday! I love that you love your family more than anything in the world, and that you always put us first. I love that you love our children so much, and make them so happy. I love that 12 years ago I knew you were the person I was going to marry, and we stuck together and made it work. I love that you and I have the most beautiful, smartest, happiest children. There are so many things I love and appreciate about you...I hope you have a very happy birthday!
Love,
Sara

More decorating pics!

So Natalie took some more really cute pictures last night. I had to steal them off of her blog. The kids really had so much fun... Here is another one of Corbin coloring his pumpkin with Chris.



Here is Sophie making hers look all girly and princess like.

June just had fun dumping all the craft stuff all over the place...


I helped Claire with her pumpkin while Chris and Corbin made the Batman pumpkin... Ours was very artsy to say the least... the more junk on it the better...

Can you tell WHO has the artist for a parent... hmmm.....

OCTOBER FUN!

October is my far one of the most eventful months for our family! We have a lot of birthdays this month, and a lot of weekend fun stuff we like to do in October. My little brother Joseph and his fiance are having an engagement party next weekend, we are very excited for them!

This is a pic Of Grammy and Claire from the big October birthday party we had at my mom's last Saturday. We celebrated 5 birthdays! Sunday My in-laws had a very nice birthday party for me too!


Here is Maw-Maw with all her great grandchildren from our family... Come January two more little girls will be on her lap... Corbin is so outnumbered..

Last night my brother Jimmy and sister in law Natalie had the crew of cousins over... The cousins all decorated pumpkins which was really a lot of fun. Later this month we will have our annual carving pumpkin day. Before we decorated pumpkins Natalie took Halloween pics of the kids.. they are adorable!


Corbin and Chris making their Batman pumpkin!


I love this picture. Corbin really loves Batman so much. He wouldn't take any pictures without the mask...He said they were his eyes.

My two precious little kids.


Natalie was pretending to be Elmo the whole time she was taking her pictures... it definitely got her to smile.


Thanks Aunt Natalie for a night of fun!

Thank You!

Do I have the best little family or what? Chris, Corbin, Claire and baby 3 made my day very special. I love them all so very much. Thank you to all my friends and family for making my birthday so special! If having birthdays didn't mean getting a year older I would want them more often. This is the first birthday where I have heard that I am getting old.... oh well! It was a great day and I am excited about the rest of the weekend's birthday plans! (I don't think I have ever had so many birthday cakes in my life. My sweet friend Missy made one, Chris and the kids made one, then there is another today)

Happy Birthday Mommy!!!!!

We wanted to wish you a very Happy Birthday to the best mother, wife, and friend a husband and our children could possibly wish for. You are selfless, loving, patient, and do everything you can in every way to make our lives better and never ask for anything in return.

We love you so much and hope you have a great day...even if it did start at 3:30 am when the house alarm went off and sent Corbin into a terrified screaming fit... :)

So last night, Corbin, Claire, and I took Sara to the Aquarium for an early birthday dinner.

The kids were very excited because they were going to see all of the fish...and of course the first place we walked into upon entering the restaurant was the Gift Shop...luckily we were able to escape without damage (that part came after dinner) and we headed upstairs.

The kids loved the huge aquariums with all of the big fish.

As difficult as it was, we managed to wrangle the kids into sitting down and as usual Claire did a good job of eating and Corbin was force fed a few scraps of food before escaping to get a closer look at the fish.

...and the kids posed with promise of a prize from the gift shop...

As we were leaving, Corbin, Claire, and mommy hand in hand, we spotted the sea turtle and shark snuggling together taking a nap. The kids loved it.

After the kids each picked out a stuffed animal to add to the vast collection at home, all was right in the world and we set off for home. It was a fun night and a great way to spend a birthday dinner with mommy.

We love you.

A HOT day at the zoo!!!!!

We spent Saturday morning at the zoo! All I have to say is it was VERY hot! The kids had a great time, and as parents when your kids are happy you are happy too! I think the part that they loved best was feeding the ducks and turtles. We brought a bunch of bread to feed them. Claire and Corbin both thought that was pretty great. Claire liked looking at the animals from a distance, she wasn't to sure about being up close and personal with them. Corbin on the other hand LOVED the kids petting zoo. He really liked brushing all the animals.
This is a little pre zoo pic that I thought was so funny. The kids like to take all the cushions off the couch, why I have no idea. They do this a million times a day. Our next couch will have cushions that cannot come off. They decided to gather all the babies from the house and play with them. They really do play together a lot. Corbin kind of tells Claire what to do, and as long as she listens all is well. As we speak they are playing hide and go seek. Chris is sitting by me on the couch and Claire has come to hide under our legs every time. Corbin is catching on.
Pretty girl.
Claire loves elephants. There is a Barney episode with zoo animals that we watch over and over. Her favorite part is the elephants.
This is how they watched the meercats.
Chris and the kiddos.

Claire likes to do EVERYTHING that Corbin does. She climbed right up next to him at each animal exhibit.
Here they are feeding the ducks and the turtles. The zoo did a really good job redoing this pond. The kids really liked this part of the zoo. This is the only part of the zoo, which is probably why I liked it the best too. I am still baffled that when my mom was a kid it was FREE to go to the zoo. Now it is 10 bucks a person for adults and 6 for kids. baffled.
Despite the heat we had a really fun day! We packed lunches and had a little zoo picnic. The kids both fell asleep in the car afterward which is always a bonus for us!

Weekend Fun!

Most Sunday mornings I take the kids to my mom and dad's house. Chris stays home and does the yard, and gets his manly chores done. The kids love going to Grammy and Pa's house. We eat breakfast and play outside. Today we also walked to the park in my parent's neighborhood. This is Claire eating a biscuit outside...
I got these suckers for the kids. They trade every couple of minutes. I know it sounds gross to trade suckers, but it keeps them happy and that is all that matters to me.
Mom was reading Corbin this book. Claire cannot let anything happen without her being right up in the mix. She climbed right up in Grammy's lap to steal the spotlight...
Corbin loves the park. He is pretty self sufficient at the park these days which is nice. He just runs all around doing whatever makes him happy!
My precious boy!
Sophie riding the horse at the park
This is a one seater stroller that quickly became a stroller for 2. They were worn out after the park and didn't want to walk home. Corbin just climbed on in with Claire...
Sweet babies.
Last night I thought we would try making our own pizzas. The kids thought it was pretty cool. I got each of them their own to make. Smart move on my part! They actually turned out pretty good for being made by a 3.5 and 1.5 year old.
Afterward the fun continued with making our own ice cream. Corbin had more gummy bears on his than I have ever seen. Claire put M&M's on hers, and ate them off one by one. They didn't eat much of the ice cream, but definitely ate all the candy off. We had a fun weekend here at the Barrow house!