Wordless Wednesday: I Can't Even Eat Breakfast Without My Mom Taking My Picture

September Recap Via Instagram

We started September off with a short camping trip.

 We did a lot of bike riding....

 ...got yummy snoballs...

 ...made popcorn over the campfire...

 ...did a little geocaching...

 ...and went to the beach one last time!

 I got a sunburn...and it was not pretty!

 I decided to start using my crock pot more...but then forgot to buy chicken:)

 We celebrated Eli's 4th birthday.

 The fall is all about football in the south!

 We had a fun barnyard brunch birthday party:

 Grant had a sore throat so we went to the doctor and wasted a couple hours for them to say it's just a virus.

 I took advantage of the fall like weather and headed to the walking track.

 My blog disappeared for a day {and scared me to death}!

 We had smoothies for dinner on a busy Wednesday night.

 I got a much needed pedicure...

 ...and treated myself to Starbucks while shopping at Target:)

 We took the Airstream to our annual family reunion....

 ...and I took this picture of the boys again:

 I started following along with She Reads Truth on YouVersion.

 I went back to Target again:)

 Eli cried when I picked him up from school because he wanted to stay!

 The photobooks that I order from Shutterfly came in the mail!

 I made some yummy chicken and dumplings in the crockpot.

 I wore a new dress with my pretty turquoise sandals.

 Henry and Grant played football....

 ...then we watched the Bulldogs play football.

 Eli decided to add a little graffiti to his arms and legs on the way to town.

 I took some meds that made me sick so I ate tons of saltines trying to make myself feel better.

 I played around with the new panorama option on my iPhone:) SO MUCH FUN!

 The boys' pee wee football team was in our local homecoming parade.

 The boys went swimming at a birthday party...at the end of September!

 Silly Eli asked me to "unwrap" his banana for him:)

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Eli's Barnyard Brunch Birthday Party

My baby turned four a few weeks ago. Thinking about it almost makes me cry...because really four is not a baby anymore...it's also not a toddler either. Four is officially a preschooler which means I will soon have a 'schooler' and I will be left all alone with no kiddos at home!

Despite the tears {that I almost shed}, we had a SUPER fun Barnyard Brunch birthday party for Eli.

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Here's a quick look at the party:

I bought a little over a yard of black and white gingham to use as a table cloth. I wanted to have a more elegant, less kiddie look to the table for this party and black and white with pops of color seemed like the way to go. Jason brought home an old pallet for work for me to use as the backdrop of the table. I slapped on a little bit of white paint and added a cute bunting to it. I think it gave the table the perfect barnyard feel! 

 I found some cute cow print napkins and I bought red plastic-ware for a little more color. The cute chalkboard came from Hobby Lobby and I added some colorful washi tape to the frame.

We had a fun and yummy cereal bar set up with five different kinds of cereal and milk in a big drink dispenser. It was fun {plus SUPER easy} and what kiddo doesn't like cereal!

 I also fixed small mason jars filled with chocolate milk for the kiddos. I added a white cupcake wrapper to the top as a lid to hold the cute orange and white paper straws in place.

 We had Chicken Feed aka Chex Mix...

 ...Pigs in a Blanket {that I bought premade because I knew I wouldn't have time to make them the morning of the party}...

 ...and fun licorice Wagon Wheels:)

 I also set up a table with a couple of sodas and some yummy orange juice, along with the birthday boy's cake and some cute cow print plates.

 This is the same cake design that Henry had for his 3rd birthday. Eli saw it a couple of weeks ago and decided that he wanted one just like it:)

 Farmer Eli in his overalls and his straw hat had a SUPER fun time at his Barnyard Brunch Birthday Party!

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