Day 673

For our trick-or-treat extravaganza, we headed over to the Deemer house. We really lucked out with the weather, dry and even warm for October. Both kids did very well, if though we did have to carry them most of the way home.

Day 672

Along with Miss Carrie, I took the kids - dressed as Cinderella and Buzz Lightyear - to see Disney on Ice. The show was very well done and I thoroughly was entertained. The kids did pretty well - Parker especially. After about 5 minutes Kaitlyn was ready to go home. However with some judicious snacks and bribery, they both managed to be well-behaved through the whole show.

Day 671

For the whole month of October I've been participating in a LayOut A Day challenge (or LOAD). My goal was to get my Alaska album finished - here is my 29th layout. I've been doing really well, but I don't think I'll hit my goal because my Alaska album is going to be WAY more than 31 pages.

Day 670

After dinner we made some pumpkin sugar cookies with help from Kaitlyn and Luigi.

Day 669

Kaitlyn's Cinderella costume arrived in today's mail and she had to try on all the pieces - shoes, gloves, headband - however, I think she may have liked the purse the best.

Day 668

Here's one of the Blazers coming down the aisle next to Les new seats at the home opener at the Rose Garden.

Day 667

After much deliberation, Parker has decided to be Luigi for Halloween and his costume arrived today. Les was a little concerned that Parker didn't want to be Mario, so I ordered Les a Mario costume to wear on Halloween.

Day 666

Parker's skills with drawing are getting better and better. Here's is version on Mickey Mouse.

Day 665

In honor of her pending birthday, Les converted Kaitlyn's crib to a toddler-sized daybed. Her afternoon nap was pretty successful - she only fell out once and we'd put a bunch of blankets down just in case, so no injuries.

Day 664

Today is the fall festival at day care, so we sent the kids to school in their Halloween shirts. Parker was having nothing to do with getting his picture taken. Kaitlyn was a little angel - this picture shows her lovely scraped chin that she got falling on her face a school earlier in the week.

Day 663

(this post may end up being posted twice . . . I remember doing it, but it seems to have disappeared . . .)

Parker has quite mastered brushing his teeth before going to bed - now we just need to work on getting the full two minutes of brushing.

Day 662

With Kaitlyn's pending birthday, she will soon be moving out of Miss Tina's class at daycare. Here's a picture of her cubbby before she heads off to preschool.

Day 661

Grandma, Mike and Andy met us at BJ Willy's for a belated birthday dinner. Afterwards, we walked over to Cold Stone for some ice cream. Both of the kids wanted to sit with Uncle Andy and wanted nothing to do with mom or dad.

Day 660

Kaitlyn has once again provided guest photography today - this was the only photo that actually had a head in the shot. All the others were mostly feet and midsections.

Day 659

Parker has been less than enthusiastic about baths lately, so to change things up a bit I let the kids use my big soaking tub for their bath. I still had to coax Parker in, but once they were both in they had a splashing good time.

Day 658

To celebrate my birthday, I volunteered my time to the Girl Scouts ICAN conference at Camp Mountaindale. I was serenaded by my sister Girl Scouts for my birthday and even got chocolate cake.

Les had the kids to himself for the evening and suprised me by taking them both to the pre-season Blazer game.

Day 657

Miss Carrie came over for to watch Supernatural (Les was having his Friday poker game) and brought me some lovely birthday flowers from her mother's garden.

Day 656

Since we set the big TV up in our bedroom, Parker has been enjoying a little evening xbox time with Daddy.

Day 655

Les, being the best husband, sent birthday flowers to my office a few days early. Because he knows that the best part of getting flowers is showing them off to your co-workers.

Day 654

Parker's current favorite food (for some time now) is peanut butter and honey sandwiches. He's become quite proficient at making them himself - however, sometimes the bread tie trips him up.

Day 653

Kaitlyn helped cook up some rice to go with dinner. However, the highlight of the evening is when Parker sat and ate an entire serving of green beans without a fight. Fingers crossed that becomes a trend.

Day 652

Les and Parker went to Grandpa's to watch a little football. Parker skipped his nap (he was having too much fun), but fell asleep on the way home.

Day 651

(Okay, so I know it's a super blurry iPhone photo, but . . .) The kids have been having so much fun playing on the treadmill. Parker especially likes running as fast as possible.

Day 650

Les' new treadmill arrived today. Les will be training to be part of a relay team running a 36 hour race in Florida in January. As a member of the team, he received a free treadmill in exchange for agreeing to be filmed training and running the race. Go Team Les!

Day 649

Okay, my turn for a hair cut. I ran out to Stacy's during work and the just went home early. We went a bit lighter and are officially growing out my bangs.

Day 648

Really what could be more fun that being pushed around by your sister while you sit in a laundry basket playing with an iPhone?

Day 647

The kids' school pictures came back today. I can't believe that we got such a great shot of the two of them together. All of the pictures turned out really great, but by far this was my favorite of the bunch.

Day 646

At lunch time, several co-workers and I walked down to the Bankcorp Tower to watch Kennedy (Pam's daughter) play with her school's Marimba Band. Although the weather could have been warmer, it was a great excursion to break-up the work day.

Day 645

While Kaitlyn and Les were at Grandpa's, Parker went to get his first professional hair cut. I couldn't believe how good he was - even the stylist commented on how well-behaved he was for his first visit. Parker was pretty excited for two reasons - he got to watch the movie Cars while getting his hair cut and then afterwards got to pick out a pick out a candy treat.

Day 644

While the kids took their naps, Les worked on staining the railing of the front porch.

Day 643

Slowly but surely the house painting is being completed - here's the street view of the garage.