L.O.V.E.

 21 Valentines day cards 

signed by GABE!

how long do you think that should take before you excuse yourself 

and go slam your head in a door 

because it would be less painful? 

 im not sure how long it "should" take 

 but it took me about 5 minutes,

i feel me and homework have a long road ahead of us,

 as it teaches me yet again
another lesson in patience!

and its adorable how hard he concentrates on every letter and how his tongue follows along proving he is laser focused, but i am not kidding when i say it took a good 90 minutes for him to fill out every last one of those lightning mcqueen  V-day cards and so help me......
i LOVE him!

we go all out for the "day O' Love" here at the Echols house.

toys and candy waiting when big and middle woke up was mind blowing. 

gabe even score his very own bottle of "cheers" which he thought was pretty amazing!!!

he reluctantly saved it for our special high class valentines day dinner!

as i said, no expense is spared. 

unless you count plates or forks or knives or cups as an expense

then i guess some expenses where spared.

but i got the very bestest most expensive plastic table cloth i could find on the dollar isle.

this style of family eating is not for everyone. 

say if you value things like manners and napkins and such,

but if you wanna blow some little kid minds throw pasta and sauce in the middle of the table 

and go to town with your hands.

to quote gabe "what is happening?" 

it didn't take him or mr. mac long to get in the spirit of things.

{it was just another meal time for mac}

  

we invited nana nancy and grandma-great over since they were dateless 

and quickly conceded that the no fork rules only applied to those 80 and younger. 

it didn't take gabe long to forgo fingers all together and move to a dog style of consumption.

but what are you gonna do? tell him to use some manners? 

you should probably just join him at that point and at least keep your hands clean. 

and while we are on the subject of holidays that are often over-hyped and under-delivered.

a very sneaky leprechaun broke in and turned our milk green. 

that was the beginning and end of it!

#saintpattysdayfail

i sure hope the easter bunny gets his her act together!!

packs punkin patch

I hate when you go to a place, much like this here packs punkin patch,

 that i swear is designed not for the purchase of .28cent/lb pumpkins 

but for perfect picture opportunities around every corner

and you FORGET your fetching camera, so you have to rely on your constant companion, the iPhone. 

{run-on sentence anyone}

what would we do without this technology?

the quality of the photos suffer but the subjects are still breathtaking! 

 thanks to grandma great whos been jonse'n to take the boys to the pumpkin patch since last year.

we got out on a monday night to enjoy this A . M . A . Z . I . N . G fall weather

and fight the other FHE'rs for the rights to a cart and the perfect pumpkin. 

luckily arron and gabe made it through the hay maze..twice! 

pumpkins were purchased 

and despite the HUGE oversight by this gal with the pregnant brain...

precious fall photos were captured, downloaded and now documented. 

 

so feel free to carry on fall, i've got things under control!

sorta.