All Things Leah

Our lives now can be found enjoying the Fall season: school (and all that goes with it), less sunshine, cold mornings, needing a jacket outside (or for me, a coat!), baking, checking out the awesome spider webs all over outside our house, sports, and my favorite...long hot showers! As the seasons changes, so do our activities. We find ourselves becoming more lazy, and doing things inside because we're all wimpy.....yes, even Matt! This blog is dedicated to Leah and the creative little mind she was blessed with!

(Leah going to her first day of preschool!)

Daddy Dress-up

Leah loves to dress up. (I think it's that age...) Anyway, she wanted daddy to play dress-up with her. So, for all you future dads: If you get all girls, you're not off the hook! You just get to dress up as Strawberry Shortcake instead of a Ninja. And for all the current dads: You can laugh because you know you've done something very similar with your girls!

School Bus

It has been said that kids just need basic items to entertain themselves and stimulate their brains. Do you think kids themselves know this? For weeks Leah had asked, repeatedly, for a box. Not just any box. A big box. When asked why she needed one, she replied, "So I can make a school bus and sit inside with my animals". So, when we came across a big box we saved it for Leah. Here was the result:
The school bus was actually cut by "daddy". Don't you just love the mirrors poking off the sides! You can tell he has a creative mind. I think a normal person would have drawn the mirrors on the side of the box or left them off altogether! Hailey was the main artist of the project, but Leah did draw the 2 headlights! She was so proud of them. She also contributed to a few of the scribble marks. (You can't see everything from this picture...sorry). Leah was also the Supervisor, Cheerleader, and Model! It just goes to show, all kids really need is a box....and a grown-up to cut holes, and markers to decorate......but basically just a box!

Well, Matt was on a mission to prove his dad wrong. (Aren't we all like that at some point in our lives?!) Anyway, Matt's dad said it was impossible to get 2 quads into the back of this truck. (It's a shortbed truck). Well, after the hundredth time four-wheeling this summer we have seen quite a few guys who have 2 quads in their truck. So we thought to ourselves, "Why not try". Of course, Matt needed the help from his super-strong wife to lift the quads into the truck. And then had to use her expert advice on where to put the tie-downs. But.....he got it! (Yes, I should give him some credit.) Let's just say I was the "brains" of the operation and he was the "brawn". This was our Labor Day. We really did "labor". How about you guys?

One thing Leah loves to do is dress up in her pink Sleeping Beauty costume. (It was a little cold that day so I made her wear the shirt and pants underneath. So, no, she doesn't not always dress up like that!) We had to walk around the block so she could show all the neighbors her how pretty she was. We only saw one person outside! And they smiled when the saw Leah. Who wouldn't? Right after we got home from our walk, she put her helmet on and went for a ride with daddy on his motorcycle. (The helmet is the one Matt brought back from Taiwan. Yes, it's "made in Taiwan".) So Leah's other favorite thing to do is anything with Daddy. Especially ride motorcycles or quads.

The helmet really does fit her. It just slipped down over her face when I took the picture. I could have used the other picture I took, but Matt had his eyes closed in that one. Go figure! He must have learned from the best.....ME!

"Mom, can we please have a pet?"


Well, we finally gave in last week and got the girls a pet. They've always loved big dogs, so that's what they wanted. They absolutely love him! His name.....BIG BUDDY. I asked them why they named him that and they said because he was so big! That is true since he is definately bigger than Leah! Leah loves him the most. She sleeps with him every night and plays with him all day long! The things you do for kids....








OK. "The jig is up". Yes, your eyesight is not failing you. That is a real STUFFED dog. The best part about it....the girls haven't asked us for a real LIVE dog! Honestly, this is the best pet we ever got! :)