Pumpkin Patch

Every year the Buda Methodist Church loads up a grassy area in downtown Buda with tons of pumpkins. Anneliese has been asking when the pumpkins were coming for quite some time and a couple of weekends ago they finally arrived. She was so excited! Last night the girls put on their Halloween shirts and we headed to the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkins. We ended up with a pumpkin for every member of our family, including Maggie.

Of course, we had to take advantage of the photo opps first. Ainsley slept right through all the excitement but Anneliese cooperated and smiled pretty.





Pictures of the carving of the pumpkins will come soon.


And I just have to share Anneliese's very first official school photo. She did a great job!



Have a great weekend!
Love,
the Noskas

Cute Quote

Here's a heart warming quote to get your week started:

This morning at 6:25 a.m. as I sit feeding Ainsley, Anneliese looks over at me and says "Momma, I love having a sister." My heart instantly turned to mush!

I've been told many times to keep a journal of sweet and funny things Anneliese (and eventually Ainsley) says so that I'll remember them in my old age. In an effort to do that, I'm going to try to do a better job at blogging these kinds of quotes.

Have a great week, everyone!

Love,
the Noskas

Homecoming Week '09

This week was Homecoming Week at St. Ignatius and Anneliese got to enjoy all of the fun Homecoming activities - including the dress-up days.

Monday was Western Day.


Tuesday was Crazy Hat & Sock Day. Anneliese took that to mean Crazy Face day as well. ;)


Wednesday was Green & Gold Day. Anneliese got to wear her very first mum! Thank you to my very good friend Natalie who made it for her. She was thrilled to have it on. She also got to see her very first pep rally with cheerleaders and a bobcat mascot. I didn't get any pictures of that but when I picked her up, she was grinning from ear to ear!


Thursday was Sport Jersey Day. She got to wear her SHS jersey with Grandpa's name on the back and she was very excited to get to show it off to her friends. She's true to the blue, baby!


Friday is Mass day so there's no crazy dress-up day since they all have to wear their Mass uniforms. Anneliese enjoyed her first Homecoming Week tremendously!

Ainsley's still doing well. Not much to report with her because she still mainly does what babies do best - eat, sleep and poop! She has had a few firsts:

First tummy time together with first time on her play mat:


First time in the Elmo chair:


First time in the swing:


And first time wrapped up as the true baby burrito:


Anneliese is still being a great big sister and enjoying every photo opp possible with Ainsley.

I have to say that this first one was totally not staged. I was making Anneliese's lunch one morning and when I went to fix her hair, this is how I found her. She is so sweet!




Love to all,
Brandon, Jennifer, Anneliese & Ainsley