VIP Day

Every year, the kids have a VIP day at school. They can bring a grandparent, parent, or friend to school. This year, Grandma Dot came up for the day. She was Maddie's VIP, John was Liam's VIP and Jackson and I came along for fun.


Someone at school asked if I dressed my boys alike on purpose. They really look so much alike. Their mannerisms, their intensity. Especially, their cuteness!


The kids and their VIPs made a special piece of artwork. It was fun to watch everyone work together on a project.


It was really fun seeing the kids in their school environment. They are so comfortable there and they were so in their glory. They are really doing well at school and they love showing off their stuff.

Nineteen Weeks Old

The dude can sit up! He's mostly at a 45 degree angle, but it is good. He loves the fact that he can see the whole world from sitting. The only problem is that he's so excitable that if someone comes by and talks to him he gets really excited and spazzes out. Then, he falls over sideways or backwards.


Okay, so this is gratuitous cuteness. Love the hooded towel.


The baby loves this little dog. However, when he was done with it, it was so wet it felt like it came straight out of the washer. 

Quote of the Day

Maddie: "Mom! Why can't I get my ears pierced? WHY? Why can't I get my ears pierced like you... and Daddy?" (click here to see what she means...)

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Eighteen Weeks Old

The little man is in denial that he's a baby. Sitting in the seat? No way. I'm on the move. I've got to go.


It is pretty cute how proud of himself he is, though!


He loves hanging out on his stomach. If I lay him down on his back, he immediately rolls over to his stomach! That's unusual for our babies. They usually prefer to lay on their backs. 

Ghoulish updates...

I have put in a few posts, including the Halloween photos. To follow the Halloween shots in order, scroll down to the "Halloween Morning" post and read up from there.

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The morning after...

My poor Isabella has a trick-or-treat hangover. I was opening the mail after we got home from picking her up from school. After about 20 minutes, I noticed that she was completely silent. That is usually not a good sign. She can be rather destructive when she is quiet. I looked up in her room and then up in Liam's room and did not find her. As I came back down the stairs, I saw her lying on the floor, asleep. If you click on the picture and look carefully, you'll notice that she fell asleep while eating a cracker - mid chew! Oh, and yes. She did dress herself today.

Booty...Loot... Treats!

Liam carefully sorts, counts and catalogs his loot. He has a real thing for the candy sticks with superhero images on the box. When he discovered that John and I like KitKats, he tried to offer them to us over and over...


Maddie also organizes her booty carefully. She set aside bags of candy for each of her teachers and one for the guys at John's work. Maddie is always generous in her abundance.


And then there's Isabella. She cares not about sorting or counting. She's trying to figure out how to get the absolute most candy possible into her mouth.


"Whoa! Now WHAT is THIS?"

Trick or Treat!

Just so you know, they are (from left to right) Jackson as Jack-Jack (from The Incredibles), Liam as Dash (from The Incredibles), Maddie as Violet (from The Incredibles) and Isabella as a black cat.

We gave our kids the award for "Most Polite Beggars" in the neighborhood. They said "Trick or Treat!" at each door. Maddie thanked each person sincerely, without any reminding or prodding from John or I. Liam ended each beggar encounter with "Have a Happy Halloween!" Isabella didn't say thank you, walked all over everyone's yards instead of the sidewalk or driveway, and kept whining that her legs were tired. Oh well. Two out of three ain't bad.


Jackson did not particularly care for trick-or-treating. It was cold. He kept eating his mask and when the wind blew directly in his face, he sucked in his breath like a dog with its head out the window. He didn't cry or fuss at all, though. He just gave up and went to sleep until we got back home.


Jackson: "Fine. If you guys are going to take thousands of pictures of me and not give me any of that candy, I'm eating Bella."

Halloween Morning...

Isabella gets to wear her costume to school today. She is so thrilled about this costume.


Liam and Maddie are not allowed to wear their costumes to school today (which didn't stop from Maddie from wearing a mask and Liam wearing a wig anyhow). Instead, they left their costumes laid out on Liam's bed so they made sure all their costume parts were ready. You know, superheroes have to be ready at a moment's notice... 

Not your ordinary anniversary...

Candlelight dinner... soft music... exchanging romantic greeting cards...

No. These are the anniversary celebrations of normal people. Then, there's us.


We spent our anniversary at the costume shop, trying to figure out what last minute costume we were going to throw together to wear to a Halloween party. This is not new, though. Since we got married on October 28 and we're a bit... dramatic, our anniversary celebrations are always intertwined with Halloween.


Overheard during our Halloween preparations:

Johnny: "Honey, will you do my eyeliner?"
Kat: "Should I spray my hair black, or is it black enough?"
Johnny: "Man, this black lipstick is terrible!"
Kat: "My left hand is lazy - will you paint my nails?"


Grandma Dot was kind enough to drive in to see the kids and babysit while we went out. We really had fun...