Dress up

Brynn has finally taken to wearing a princess dress that I bought last year from the Children's Place clearance rack after Halloween. She can wear this dress all day, every day, in fact, she wore it almost all day Thankgiving Day until I made her change to go to her grandfather's house for dinner. I managed to get a picture of her and Dylan sitting nicely together---too bad I already had our Christmas cards already made because I would have definitley used this one.

Letter to Santa...

You decide....naughty or nice?

32 weeks...

The countdown has begun for the new baby...Dylan took this pic of me over the weekend. I'm feeling very large. I'm also posting a 4D pic of the little one that I had done last Monday at the high risk ob. I can definitely see Brynnie's nose and upper lip but the rest of the face looks so much like Dylan. If we could only decide on a name now...

Baby #3

The room is finally ready! While Stephen was away we were busy getting the house ready for Poley Baby #3. Dylan and Brynn had the same nursery decor since I was too cheap to go out and buy different bedding when Brynn arrived. This time the baby is going in a completely different bedroom and I decided to go with a hot air balloon "theme". It's very cute, neutral and something that no other child is probably going to have.

Manhattan

I purchased Radio City Christmas show tickets months ago when I got a fantastic deal to buy one and get one free! I wasn't feeling so great last week but after seeing my doctor and thinking long and hard about walking around Manhattan, I thought I would be okay to make a day trip as long as I didn't walk a ton or stress myself out. I absolutely LOVE the city and could spend days just walking around looking at the buildings and now, the decorated store fronts. Dylan shares my love of NYC and couldn't wait to see the Rockettes again this year. Instead of driving down to the show and spending a fortune to park, we caught the train in Middletown and enjoyed the ride. My nephew Ryan and sister Michelle came with us. Again Dylan was all smiles the entire day and passed out on the train ride home. It was so much fun. I'm looking forward to taking Brynn next year.

Make your own Thomas the Tank

After we left Let's Paint, I surprised Dylan. AC Moore had an AD in the Sunday paper that they had a child's project PAINT YOUR OWN THOMAS!!! Now what little boy is more in love with Thomas the Train than my little boy? I didn't mention to him where we were going until we got there because I was afraid that I mis-read something or the local AC Moore didn't offer the children's craft project. I was wrong. When we got there, there was a table set up with little wooden trains for the kids to paint. I thought Dylan was going to explode with excitement.

Let's Paint

Stephen was in Canada for 11 days and I knew I had to get a game plan together to keep myself busy and keep my children entertained while he was gone. It's not very often that I get to do one on one things with the kids. My goddaughter visited two weeks ago and I promised her we would have a special day together. Last winter a group of friends got together and went to Let's Paint, a pottery place to make Christmas ornaments. Dylan has been asking to get back there and I thought it would be a great opportunity to work on some ornaments and Dylan and Jess could make something special. They enjoyed painting their pottery pieces and our finished products should be ready in a day or two!

Yo Gabba Gabba

Okay I have to say that this is one of the wierdest shows on Noggin. I don't get it but the kids absolutely love it. Brynn does the dance that one of the characters do and Dylan sings all of the songs. I guess that it's really no different than Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, one of the shows I watched as a kid but it's quite bizzare...

Christmas pictures

I was less than pleased with Sears yesterday. Since the baby will be arriving soon and complete bedrest is right around the corner, I wanted to be sure that the kids got their Christmas pics done as soon as possible. Dylan did not have school yesterday so I thought it would be a great opportunity to head to Sears Portrait Studio & get some holiday shopping done also. What a nightmare our trip was. The studio triple booked appointments and we had to wait 2 hours before the kids even went in for pictures. My little princess was not happy so I only was able to get one good pic of the kids together for Christmas and one picture of Brynn by herself. Some pics were okay but not what I was looking for. I'll be working on taking my own Christmas card pic this year I guess...

Halloween '08

Oh Halloween! Unfortunately Stephen and I were very sick with the stomach virus Halloween Day. I was not feeling well but determined to take the kids to atleast a couple houses to go trick or treating. We got to 4 or 5 places during the afternoon. Brynn carried her little sack around pushing it at everyone as if she was saying "Fill 'er up". Dylan had the whole "trick or treat, smell my feet" song down pat. Thankfully my mom is up here visiting and my sister offered to take Dylan with them to Trunk or Treat and to the local firehouse for their Halloween Party. Brynnie had a horrible cold so she stayed home with us and gave out candy. She really liked seeing all of the kids come to the door trick or treating and handing out candy. I think she enjoyed wearing her flower costume the most though because she would have worn it to sleep that night if I would have let her.

Carving up the pumpkins

My job is to take the kids to pick out their perfect pumpkin but it's daddy's job to carve the pumpkins with the kids. Stephen doesn't say much but I think he really enjoys doing this with the kids. Dylan is at such a great age because he drew his own face (even though it was so tiny you couldn't really cute the shapes out), he described exactly what he wanted and Stephen cut it out for him. I was excited because Dylan had sensory issues in the past and actually put his hands into the pumpkin to clean out all of the guts. Something little like that made my day. Brynn watched as daddy designed her happy pumpkin and Dylan's scary pumpkin. We really love making our Jack o Lanterns!!!

Day 2 of the snow

The snow lasted longer than I had expected it to so Dylan and Brynn were able to get outside the day after it snowed to play. This was only the 2nd time Brynn ever got to play out in the snow. Last year she was sick most of the winter with RSV so I didn't bring her outside to play much. She had such a great time riding in the sled and just throwing snow. The snowsuit she is wearing is the snowsuit my father in law bought for Dylan when he was 9 MONTHS OLD!!!!! Yes my little peanut is wearing a snowsuit that her big brother wore as a baby. It fits her perfectly and even though it's camo, we accessorize it with lots of pink.