November News slow but fast

We went on a hike to Mount Mitchell

When we got home Miles discovered his tool box

Then after naps one day we went to the park where he discovered the slide.

While for breakfast one Sunday morning Isabella discovered the proper way to eat a cinnamon roll to only eat the icing.

We dressed as twins for turkey day as we gave thanks for all that we have been given, even a reindeer nose from falling off the step outside of Nana and Papa's.

We played with our cousins from Jersey, George and Tori and Jackson too.We went to the children's museum which was lots of fun to go grocery shopping, play with the crane and now we must get ready for the joyous Christmas season.

Haunting Hoglunds

This year I had planned to be Ariel for months before then I at the beginning of October I decided that I wanted to be Annie for Halloween but Momma had already made my costume. She told me I could be Annie for my school Halloween party but the week of that party I decided I wanted to be Sleeping Beauty. It is a good thing that I have a stash of costumes in my dress up suitcase. Since I had to be Ariel I decided that Miles should be my sidekick Flounder. We had a great time for Halloween trick or treating and I actually like getting the candy the best! Miles is clueless where the candy is concerned because he does not get to have any this year. Maybe next year--when I am Annie, Momma is Ms. Hannagan and Daddy is Daddy Warbucks, Miles will be well I do not know just yet maybe Punjab. Here are a few pictures of our Halloween Festivities.


Flounder giving us the full effect.


I have to go find some thingamabobs.

Instead I found Tommy.
Must they embarass us at such an early age?

I can walk for Miles....

I went from being held by my Nanny Jenna at the beginning of October to walking. That is right everybody - I AM WALKING! I know I can hardly believe it too. In the beginning of October I went to New Orleans and Nana's crawling around then 2 weeks later I went back to Nana's and she was just as amazed as I was I was no longer taking little steps I was walking. I am all over the place now from talking on the phone.

To eating a cookie on the go. I can even get into the pantry if the door is not shut all the way. Momma and Daddy are enjoying my new found independence as much as I am. I often like to lurk around the corner just to see what is going on and flash my fabulous smile to get a good laugh or smile out of everyone.

Isabella's 1st Homework Assignment

When I went to New Orleans this pass October, everyday after we picked Kalee Jo up from school she would have to do her homework before we could go jump on the trampoline. So when we got home I would pretend that I was doing my homework just like Kalee Jo. Then it happened out of the blue - I got a homework assignment to work on. I was so excited to finally have homework to do. Here I am working on my assignment.

Bike MS

In case you were unaware of this bit of information Daddy has been spending the majority of his Saturday mornings training for the bike MS 100 mile ride. Daddy decided to do this ride for our Great Uncle Tom who has MS. It was a very special an important ride because all of the money that Daddy raised goes to research MS. Nana and Papa came to Greenville to help us cheer on Daddy, Mr. Tripp and Mr. Bobby as they finished up the 100 mile ride. We had alot of fun on the weekend with them at the 'race'. Way to go DADDY!

When September Ends

It has been way too long since we had a post, sharing a blog was supposed to get rid of this problem but apparently it hasn't worked. The End of September meant:

An end to Guiding Light. This means no more singing 'Only love can save the werld, only love can save the werld' during the opening credits. Momma was crying for the last show which I thought was crazy. Since Lulu and I were there to comfort her it helped her tears go away really fast. Taking the Halloween crates out of the attic was next on the month end agenda. We do this each year so we can get ready for Halloween. Momma wanted to try on an afro wig from the costume box. Doesn't he look cute with curly hair? At the very end of the Tommy and Anna came over and we had a mini-not so slumber party. I know you are saying 'What the heck is that?' Well I got to stay up late until their Mom and Dad came to pick them up. We had lots of fun watching movies and eating popcorn. while Miles and Anna played.

Cheeseburger in Paradise

We went to see a Jimmy Buffet tribute band this past weekend, I was a dancing machine with my friend Maura. We had so much fun but unfortunately our time out was cut short because Miles started acting like an animal and Momma said 'Let us get out of here before people start giving us dirty looks.' Maybe it was because he had to much to drink - what do you think?I just had to share with you Momma's latest creation for me. She even made a matching dress for my baby. I just love that she has started sewing me clothes now I have one of a kind outfits that no one else has. That is just too awesome.

School Again?

Today was Isabella's first day of school. I thought it was going to be great getting Momma all to myself but to my surprise I was very upset not to have Abella with me this morning. As soon as we dropped Isabella off at school and Momma put me in my car seat I started screaming. I was calling for Daddy by saying 'Joe' and for Isabella by saying 'Abella'. Isabella left her friend Betty in the car to keep my company but she was not a whole lot of fun. Momma took me walking with Ms. Tina, Maura and Sean and shopping. I had a lot of fun shopping trying to get out of the stroller that the store provided. Momma was not to impressed with my sly tactics but she did not give up trying to shop. Next time I will have to come up with some new tricks. When we picked Isabella up at school I was a much happier little man and I decided it would now be time to behave so I slept in the car on the way home. Isabella had an awesome day at school and was glad to see some of her friends from last year. She was not too happy with Betty though because she 'Puked all over her clothes' and she had to get her clothes changed as soon as she got in the car. Dang ole kids.

A New Do For Me and You

Miles was in desperate need of a 1st haircut even though we loved his long blond locks. Since his 1st birthday we were wanting him to look like a little boy. In honor of the big occasion I took it upon myself to fix my hair as well since Momma said Miles would be the only one getting a haircut. Here he was watching intently as the hairstylist was getting the water bottle, comb and scissors ready for the first snip. He was surprisingly well behaved up until she took out the clippers and started trimming his neck. She actually got a little bit higher on his neck than Momma and Daddy wanted but as we always say it will grow out.I certainly could not let Miles take all the glory for the day so I requested that my seamstress (Momma) make me some more clothes. She has been making me skirts but on this day she told me she was going to create a new design and make me a pillow case dress! In honor of the completed project we had a photo shoot.

Two Little Hoglunds - the NEW Blog

Momma has put her foot down having both Miles and myself fighting over the computer to edit our blogs is just too much! She told me to create a blog that we both could make posts on. I felt that the best time to do that was now. Even though I should be in bed right now I am instead updating our blog. I do not want to get into too much trouble so I am going to keep this short and sweet kind of like us--that of course depends on who you might ask. I have been keeping Momma busy making me clothes. She has made me many skirts and a really cute pillow case dress. I keep telling her to make clothes for my babies but she hasn't yet. I asked her to make some gloves for Lulu because I am not allowed to put my gloves on her because when the cold weather gets here they will be no where to be found according to Momma. Believe it or not I listened to her and put them up. Mainly because she has started this new counting thing and if she gets to 3 off to 'rest' I go. I often have to count to 3 for Miles but he NEVER has to go 'rest'. He had to go rest tonight though because Momma was trying to finish dinner and he was being a little crabby, so we put him in his room for a 'rest'.
Miles has been quite demanding lately because he is teething. We can see one of his teeth trying to push through his gums. We say a little prayer every night that it pops out. Miles has also been doing alot of climbing lately, he can make it all the way upstairs in under 2 minutes. He has become a growler, he growls at us and then starts laughing. We think it is funny so we just laugh at him. I have a busy week as I have to start preparing for my preschool to start next week so I really need to get to bed because I have to wake up early in the morning to prepare my body for getting up and moving earlier. So good night and spread the word about our new blog.