Rameses says, "Go Tar Heels Basketball!"

My mom has been wanting to go to the UNC Basketball Museum for the longest time, so we made the trek to Chapel Hill this morning as a family. I was the only one who had been before, so it was fun for everyone to experience. If you're a Tar Heel fan, you'll love it! And if you're not a Tar Heel fan, that's a shame :) You should still go and consider it an educational experience in the greatest college basketball program of all time.

Who needs to wait until snack time when you

can just chew on the stroller strap?

Our little Tar Heel fan in training

Kisses from my handsome boy

Mommy and Joshua in front of the

Tyler Hansbrough case

Leah-bug may not understand the

excitement of Carolina ball yet, but

she will soon enough!

I love to kiss those chubby cheeks!

My mom may be one of the only

Carolina fans that gets louder than

I do during the games!

Look at all those championship trophies and rings!

Grandma and her favorite little people

Daddy and the munchkins

We LOVE the State Fair!

Fall has always been my very favorite season for so many different reasons, and one of those reasons is the North Carolina State Fair! I grew up in this state and the Fair has always been something I've looked forward to attending each year. Now that I'm married with children, it is even more fun to see everything there through Joshua and Leah's eyes! My mom always comes up on a Thursday night, and David takes that Friday off so we can all go to the Fair together--so fun! Going on a weekday morning is the best because there is a lot less of a crowd to deal with, and the weather was perfect! We ate lots of yummy food, Joshua enjoyed the rides, we saw animals and exhibits, and got the kids home in time for naps. Mom and I went back later in the evening to see the News Boys in concert--they rocked it out! Already looking forward to next year :)

David taking a picture over his shoulder

of Leah on his back :)

My little camera ham--love that big toothy grin

and crinkly nose!

Joshua and Mommy on a car ride

Joshua on a hot air balloon ride

Grandma and Joshua on the train

Love these two SO much!

These two are so cute together--

two little peas in a pod!

Hugs from Grandma

Me with the best mom in the whole wide world

Tickling Joshua to get a smile out of him

for the camera!

So lucky to have her :)

Cutest. picture. EVER.

Family shot taken by Grandma--

such a fun day!! :)

Playtime and markers

I found these pictures on the camera this morning...David must have taken them during some playtime with Leah-bug.

They love to play hide and seek :)

Cheesy grin!

Looks like someone found a Cheerio

she dropped during snack time...

...and apparently it was still just as tasty. Sigh.

And this is what happens when Joshua gets

his hands on his markers unsupervised.

And apparently Leah got her hands on a purple

marker herself...and tried to eat it. She did a

little makeover on her face instead.

I guess that's what Mommy gets for trying

to unload the dishwasher while letting the

kids play in the living room alone :)

Joshua's birthday party

I can't believe my little guy is 3 years old! Where has the time gone?! I'm so proud of what a sweet, bright, loving boy he is and we are so grateful that he's part of our family :)

We had a big cookout on his birthday and all of David's local family came, along with my mom, dad, and brother. We grilled out hot dogs, my mom made her AMAZING baked beans (seriously...I promise they are the best you have ever had, and I have many Isgetts willing to vouch for that!) and potato salad, and chips. I made my first from-scratch cupcakes from the Magnolia Bakery (in NY) recipe for their Vanilla Vanillas (the recipe is on the Food Network website) and they were awesome! The kids all enjoyed playing outside in the backyard and all the adults enjoyed chatting it up :)

Joshua wearing two birthday gifts: a new

UNC cap from Mommy & Daddy and a

new ECU jacket from my Aunt Sydney

(Grandma and Leah are lurking in the

background)

Sweet cousin Ellie (who will be turning 5 next

weekend!)

Handsome cousin Will :)

Doesn't Janie look so inquisitive here?

(I love that you can see Joshua chilling

behind her in his new Cars camping chair)

**Sarcasm warning**

I'm not sure if you can tell in this picture,

but Leah is a TOTAL camera ham ;)

And she loves her big cousin Sydney

(who is a high school freshman this year!)

What a cheeser! :)

Joshua loved this musical card from

Grandma and Grandpa that played

Rascal Flatts' version of "Life is a Highway"

(I've been hearing this card A LOT this past

week between Joshua and Leah!)

Mommy and Joshua "oohing" and "ahhing"

Leah enjoying all the gifts and wrapping

So...Joshua cries every year when we sing to him.

I think it is just too much attention for him.

I held him as we sang this year and he was doing

okay (although, he was whispering "Hi, Mommy"

as we sang, which is what he does when he's nervous).

There were no tears during the song, but when

everyone cheered and clapped at the end, he burst

into tears and sobbed into my shoulder.

Maybe next year...

And just so we don't end this post on a

sad note, we took the kids to the Farmers'

Market yesterday and let Joshua pick

out a pumpkin for our front steps...

here we are with the chosen one! :)