September and October Fun

Well, usually we wait for some BIG event to post any news or happenings in our family, but since we don't have any one big thing to post, we'll just post some of the smaller events in our lives.

Daddy ran a race in Mooresville.  First he ran a 1 miler and then he ran a 5K back to back.  It was really fun to watch him and he was super fast.  Mom searched all over craigslist to find us this super fancy double stroller.  It goes with us everywhere and we love it.

Usually Daddy doesn't like the pictures we take of him running but since these came out so great we decided we had to post them.

Jamie's uniform lately:  brown blanket, socks, and shoes (only).

Caroline had a rare moment of silliness so we felt compelled to document it and let the world see a different side of her.

 

I was going through some of our pictures and I don't even remember taking this one... but I love it.

Any Leggat Lady knows the joy of pink foam rollers.  Of course, I have hair like Mama's so within 5 minutes all the curls are gone.  It's fun to try though.

Caroline's uniform lately:  this crown... it goes everywhere.  Sometimes we add a tutu for extra flair.

Aunt Leesee and Uncle Porter took us on a boat ride to thank us for letting them stay at our house for a month.  I have no idea whey they were the ones thanking us, but who are we to decline a ride on a boat?  Could I be any cuter?

Who's the real captain here?

Me, that's who.

Doesn't Aunt Leesee look great?

 

  

Must be all that relaxing.

And now for the gratuitous pictures of our kids for no particular reason at all... 

Mom has been doing a lot of sewing for her Etsy shop lately.  I get to reap the rewards of being her guinea pig.  This little number was created late one night and early into the next morning for Orange Day at school.   

What can I say?  I'm my mother's daughter.  Plus, what three year old girl has lots of orange in her wardrobe?  Certainly not my fair skinned blonde.

One of my favorite pictures EVER!

Man that boy loves a camera... Caroline was pretty much over the photo shoot before it began.  But she's a good sport.

After Daddy's last race, Caroline has been begging to run a race of her own.  In particular, she's asked if we can find one in which she will get all muddy or all sweaty.  We finally found a race for her, but it was unlikely that either of her wishes would come true.  It was a 50 yard fun run in Cornelius, she literally had to run around two sides of a grassy town square.

Here are a few pre-race photo ops.

And they're off... Caroline and Daddy had an interesting strategy, start slow, continue slow, finish with no one else around and get better pictures than any other kid there.   

Mission Accomplished!

Caroline's running form is more of a prance/skip than the normal jogging stance.  Take a look at this kiddo in action.

October 8, 2011

Phew, that was a tough race.  Everyone knows that fast runners definitely need their bananas and water at the finish line.

 

We're also including some long lost video footage we somehow never posted.  Enjoy!

July 21, 2011- A Surprise For Caroline, Caroline gets a surprise for her birthday from Aunt Leesee.  Aunt Leesee is on speaker phone but thanks to Mama Caroline has no idea what is in one of the packages.



July 28, 2011- One Of Jamie's First Words, I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone that knows us that this is one of Jamie's first words.



August 5, 2011- Water Bottle, One of the reasons I love my husband so much is his ability to come up with creative and inexpensive games to play with the kids.  This is no exception.


August 13, 2011- Jamie Does Too Walk, James was taking steps back in May, but he hated every second of it.  There was no opportunity to get good footage to show the world so we figured we would wait until he really enjoyed walking to show everyone.  It took a while, but here is James walking with a smile on his face.



August 25, 2011- Animal Sounds, One of my favorite things that James used to do was meow like a cat.  The sound was more like "m-ow" with a southern accent.  This video caught it just before James decided that the sound was really "meow."



August 26, 2011- Dancing With Her Eyes Closed, Caroline does all her dancing with her eyes closed, this should prove interesting at this year's dance recital.


July 21, 2011- Stuck, Another favorite of mine is that James used to go around and intentionally get stuck and call for help.  Here is one of those moments.