Our annual trip to the pumpkin patch was today! (I had a little too much fun editing these photos as I’m trying out new techniques on my Adobe Photoshop.)
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| rilyn |
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| our blue eyed girl |
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| asher |
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| cheese! |
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| cutie |
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| ella and asher |
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| ella |
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| our thinker |
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Archive for the 'Asher' Category
11
Oct
10
pumpkins
30
Sep
10
Go Aggies!
Tonight is the Aggies first Big 12 football game. Of course, here in the Paquette household, that means we need to show our Aggie spirit and dress accordingly! I’ve mentioned before how much I like dressing the kids in Aggie clothes. Here are the girls new season shirts (with bows, socks, and earrings too!)
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| seriously cute Aggie shirt! |
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| who doesn’t love Hello Kitty?! |
And we can’t forget Asher! He has been pretty sick this past week, so he isn’t looking so happy, but mama wants a picture, so here you go!
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| That’s How I Roll |
The girls have lots of Aggie accessories, but Asher gets the shoes. My mom bought him the cutest shoes! They are called Team Squeaks, and whenever he walks, the shoes ‘squeak’. Well, they are cute for a little while, then they can get a little annoying… 🙂
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| You will hear him coming! |
22
Sep
10
busted up
I don’t know if Asher is just becoming a little boy and not a toddler anymore, but Asher is getting VERY WILD. Running everywhere at full speed, not watching where he is going, hitting his sisters, head butting me while I’m trying to sleep in! 😉 On Sunday afternoon, Asher ran into the back of our couch nose first (although the frame is covered by fabric, it is still wood under there!) at full speed chasing a ball. I didn’t see it, but I heard the thump and then I see his face with blood everywhere on it. (His nose immediately started bleeding when he hit the couch and then he smeared it all over his face because he didn’t know what was happening.) It took awhile, but we finally got him to calm down and stop touching his nose. Then on Tuesday at preschool they tell me he walked into a pole hitting his nose again! Ugh! This boy is crazy! Here are my best attempts at getting his bruised and swollen nose. We think it’s not broken, but I’m told by Dr. daddy that I need to take him to peditrician on Friday if it’s still swollen.
I’m sure there will be many more boo boos with this Busta’ Man (our nickname for him since birth and now we know why!). I remind myself, I’ve seen worse. Anyone remember Rilyn’s forehead injury? My poor babies!
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| bruise and swelling on his right side of his nose |
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| the bruise |
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| swelling |
15
Sep
10
Thanks Super Why!
Well, at age 2 1/2, both my girls could sing the alphabet song pretty well. They could also both speak in sentences! Asher, well, you will see in the movie, he doesn’t quite have that down, BUT, at almost 2 1/2 he recognizes almost every letter in the alphabet! Neither of my girls could do that! So, no thanks to me, (he’s the third kid, what can I say?), but all thanks goes to Super Why! on PBS, one of his favorite shows.
09
Sep
10
I’m going to miss this.
This has been my mantra the past few weeks. As a mother with young children, summer is a little too L-O-N-G. I’m not going to lie and say I was sad when it was back to school time. But, at the same time, I do want to treasure and remember that I won’t be a mother of young children for long. As much as I don’t think so in the times of whining, drawing on my walls, tantruming, and sand on my floors, I AM going to miss this. So, maybe this post is just for me today, but I choose to see these pictures as a joy rather than a burden because one day, far down the road, when I’m sending my daughters off to prom, sending my son off to Texas A&M ;-), or maybe sitting alone in a quiet house (which I’m doing right now-ALLELUIA!), I am going to miss this.
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| my living room on any given day (we call it ‘the pit’ these days) |
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| my porch on any given day (there is about that much sand scattered throughout my
floors too if I were ever to sweep it up!) |
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| My couch where Asher sits and eats his snacks. Don’t worry, I’ll brush the crumbs off
before you come over to visit! |
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| We’ve had a couple of these episodes lately. Fortunately, Asher used chalk and not
sharpie markers. So I made him clean it up with a wipe, (which hindsight might of been too much fun for him and encourage him to do this again!) |
And just for fun, I’m for sure going to miss this! (Because in a couple of years Asher won’t be caught dead playing with Prince Charming and Prince Eric! At least I hope so!)
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07
Sep
10
first day of preK!
It was a GLORIOUS rainy morning today!! We started a new season of life in the Paquette household and I am praising God for giving me just what I needed at the right time-rest, peace, quietness. Today is the first day of preschool for Ella and Asher, (and the very first day of preschool EVER for Asher!) It feels different sending your youngest (and last) off to preschool. I’m much more anxious and nervous for Asher then I ever was for the girls. It could be because of his personality or that he’s my baby-probably some of both. As for me, Asher and I needed some breaks from each other during the week. Actually, I think it’s safe to assume that Asher would of preferred me being at his beckon call and at his side ALL day, EVERY day, but I just don’t have the patience right now. (So maybe I had a month long countdown going in my head until preschool started.) 🙂 Asher was crying when we left him, but that didn’t surprise me. I am very interested to hear how his day went from his teacher. Ella is a preschool pro, (this is her 4th year of preK!) and was very excited to go back!
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| ella- 4 1/2 years old |
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| His Buzz backpack that is bigger than him. |
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| New lunch kit from Grandma! and a little unsure of what
this preschool stuff is all about. |
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| preschool buddies! |
Ella and Asher are going to preschool with their best friends and Ella and Anna had to keep the tradition alive and dress alike on the first day. This is their 3rd year doing it!
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| At the donut store with their BFF shirts on! |
Asher is going to preschool with Caden and Malachi. I figure might as well dress them alike too while they still don’t care, because I’m certain the boys will nix the matching outfits sooner than the girls!
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| Three little monkeys sitting on a bench! |
Ella’s class is Miss Robin’s Rhinos!
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And Asher’s class is Miss Brooke’s Bees.
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| Caden and Asher are both in the same class. That could spell TROUBLE! |
Authentic.
Like a brother.
Bear each other’s burdens.
Ties that cannot be broken.
As many of you know, one of the main reasons we moved to Austin was to live in community with our friends whom we met in college. Here we are 12ish years later, MANY kids later, and minutes away from each other. What a blessing to raise our children together, and an added bonus was James, Halim, and Jeff all having little boys that are within 9 months apart. We all visited each other in the hospital room the day they were born and have watched them grow into preschoolers now! (In a couple of weeks they start! Praise the Lord!) 😉 I can’t wait to watch their friendship grow as they become young men! (Malachi still prefers to play with Ella over Asher!) I had the three boys at my house yesterday and miraculously, (it helped that fruit snacks were involved!), I got a decent shot of them sitting together!
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| Caden Richardson, Malachi Suh, and Asher |
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| Asher’s BIRTH day and 6 month old Malachi with proud daddies, James and Halim |
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| newborn Caden, and 3 month old Asher |
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| November 2008- Asher and unhappy Malachi |
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| The three boys swinging this past spring |
And you know how I love to show old-school pics! Here is Jeff, our college friend Carson, (who was apparently very tired), James, and Halim on New Years morning 2001.
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| January 2001 |
23
Aug
10
dancing
We got a new Flip video cam and James was playing with it the other day. He made this ‘music video’ to show a day in the life at our house! A certain little boy who loves jumping off our furniture, a messy-prone girl with marker stains on her dress, toys all over the floor, a certain 6 year old picking her wedgie in front of the camera, and one boy who loves spinning until he falls down dizzy!
08
Aug
10
that hat!
We attended my nephew’s 1st birthday party yesterday and it brought back a lot of memories of my babies on their first party day! There is something so stinkin’ cute about party hats even if most of the time the kids hate wearing it! I mean, who doesn’t love a cone sitting on top of your head with a strangling piece of rubber band wrapped around your neck? 😉
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| Caden was not a fan of the hat! |
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| Asher was not a fan of his hat either! |
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| Ella agrees-NO PARTY HAT!! |
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| Rilyn was apathetic to her party accessory, in fact, she wore it for her whole party! |
05
Aug
10
my one and only is one!
Today my one and only nephew is one year old! I love him so much and he is such a tender-hearted, easy-going little big boy! He usually is smiling and toddling around with a ball! I love that we live close to my brother and I will get to watch Caden and Asher (15 months apart) grow up together! We got to babysit Caden last weekend and of course I couldn’t resist taking some pictures of him! (And I also couldn’t resist letting him try on his birthday present we got him! Go Angels!)
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| Caden |
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| look at those baby blues! |
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| adorable angel |
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the paquettes 