Picture Day at School

Emily had picture day at school this week and this was her outfit. With her "super-big-grin" phase she's going through right now, I wanted to get a picture of her that I knew we would like. And here it is -- isn't she beautiful?! :)

Halloween & Trick-or-Treating

This was the first year that we took the kids trick-or-treating. Alex (dressed up as James Dean) had no idea what was going on -- he just liked seeing all the dogs on their leashes! Emily, however, LOVED getting candy! She was a little upset that the big bowl of candy we had in the kitchen was being given away to the kids coming to our house. But after we visited a few places, she understood what was going on. And you should have seen her just struttin' her stuff -- she was the prettiest little Dorothy!! :)

Preschool Fall Party

As you can see, Emily went as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz for Halloween and her Fall Party at school. She LOVES The Wizard of Oz and couldn't wait to dress up as Dorothy! (We got this costume from a dear friend whose daughter wore it last year -- isn't it beautiful?!)

I got to help at Emily's school for her Fall party. Her friend Chloe went as Dorothy too -- aren't they cute?! (As you can tell, Emily's in her "big-cheesey-grin" phase. Pretty, huh?!) :)

We had different stations the kids could go to (crafts, games, snacks) and they all seemed to have a great time tracing leaves, decorating cookies, and even putting their hands in spaghetti to find toys at the bottom!

When You No Longer Hear A Child . . .

. . . Go check on them immediately! They're ALWAYS getting into something! This time it was a box of tissues! :)

"Hey, Mom! Look what I did!" ;)

We LOVE Autumn!

Last weekend it was 70 degrees and we got to play outside in the leaves -- it was wonderful!!! :)

Emily's new hiding place

She emptied out all the cutting boards from the cabinet and crawled on in. It's only 9" wide -- I had no idea she could fit in there! It reminded me of "A Christmas Story"scene ("Daddy's gonna kill Ralphie!")! :)

Alex's First Word

Alex has been talking for a while but not really saying much. Mostly just babbling like, "uh-huh", "whooo" (like an owl), or "doe-doe-doe". Well, while Ben & Laura were here, Alex got really fussy at one point and reached for me and said "Mama". He's said this and "Dada" before but never actually directed at one of us in particular. Well, that night was different. It was so sweet!! :)

Vist from Ben & Laura & Isobel

Sorry about not posting in FOREVER! Life has been crazy with Emily having a sinus infection, myself also having a sinus infection and bronchitis, visits from friends, Halloween and just general craziness (not to mention still having problems connecting the camera to the computer). But a solution might have been discovered -- we'll see if it lasts long term! ;)

So, as you can see, Ben & Laura came down two weeks ago with Isobel and we had a good time. Uncle Ben had his hands full in this picture -- aren't they cute?! :)

And for some reason, the laundry room was where the kids liked to play that weekend -- we're not sure why. Maybe because of the nice view to the backyard? Regardless of the reason, they enjoyed themselves and each other! :)