Halloween Party

We love Halloween! It is our family's absolute favorite holiday. And, as such, we have a fabulous tradition of dressing up together. So, this year I was so excited when I came up with the idea of the 'Three Little Pigs' and the 'Big Bad Wolf' and 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Of course, then I felt incredibly retarded when Chris reminded me that they don't really all go together- oops. But, it was too cute anyway...




I just hafta post these darn cute cupcakes, too! Tho I am tickled to death at how great they turned out, I did just copy them from the Family Fun mag. Which I love! Anyway, I digress- How often do things turn out just like the picture? Never. At least for me. So, you must go check it out, because these creepy crawly cupcakes are so easy and so cute and look just like they're supposed to. (It's worms on dirt, just in case you didn't get it :))

Jamus Boy

Yeah for a two-month birthday! I have no idea where the two months went- but there they did. We had a check up and all today- 13.7 lbs. 5% for height and 90% for weight... how does that work? I guess we grow 'em big and short. In celebrating this momentous occasion, Jamus slept for twelve hours straight last night- wahoo! I don't ask for anything else. He's quite the babe to have around. The kids love it and Jamus never gets so excited as when he can be near Lo and Brads and hear their voices. Pure joy.

TAGAROO

I've been hit!

Rules for Tag:

*Link to the person who tagged you
*Post the rules on your blog
*Write six random things about yourself
*Tag six-ish people at the end of your post
*Let each person know he/she has been tagged
*Let the tagger know when your entry is up

'Random Things' about me...

1- I drink almost a gallon of milk a day
2- I can tie a cherry stem into a knot- in record time!
3- I've never done a cartwheel
4- I can connect any situation back to a Seinfeld episode
5- I love McDonalds
6- I took the garter off of Chris' leg at our wedding, and he threw the bouquet

You're it: Melissa, Gomer, Rae, Staci, Alyson

A re-do preschool moment

We did find a preschool for the kids. It just so happened to go smoother than we had anticipated. Which means that they ended up starting the same day we went to go look around and it all worked out just miraculously- don't you love when things go that way. So, I had to re-do our moment of excitement since we really didn't get a picture of Bradly's very first day of preschool, or of Lorenzo's first pre-k day. Yes, maybe this is obsessive, but if you know my mother at all than this is totally normal. It was recently the kids first day to have a 'show and tell' tho. So, that's where I documented the "firsts" for this year. Lorenzo spent the whole morning going through his room and bringing out any old toy to show. He was so excited. I tried to get him to take his harmonica to play for the class, but that was a little too out there for his comfort zone. So, he ended up with a train whistle. Brads was only too set on showing off her picture she had taken with Princess Belle. She keeps telling me that next time she sees Belle she can go take a picture by herself. Last time she drug Dramme Fara up with her. They are loving it and of course the first thing that I always hear about is the snack of the day- try guessing who volunteers this information so readily...

Ode to a brother

"Hey ma, remember me? I just came home from a mission..."

So, in our month of complete chaos,

(We did manage to pack up all the kids at least)

there were a few huge events that we were able to cram in on our way across the country. One being that Uncle Chaddums came home from his mission to Milwaukee! As I was talking to the kids about getting to see Uncle Chad soon I asked them if they remembered who Chad was... Lorenzo replied by asking, "is it the one with the all the holes on his face?" Well, yep, they remembered him :) Boy, oh boy, do we love Chad. I have to throw in that is wasn't always that way for the two of us. But, I am so happy to say that he's one of my best buds. Who else could you have a deep fat fry party with, and who else would take the kids and teach 'em to play the drums before they can even walk, and who else could tell the 'bahama mama' story in such a way that you pee your pants? Only Chad.

We also made it to Boise for Uncle Thadius' wedding! He was on the verge of being a menace to society- luckily Amanda saved him. Unfortunately, between the three kids and taking pictures with everyone else's cameras, I find that I have no pictures of this awesome day. Bummer...

With all the happenings, Chad kept teasing that everyone forgot he just came home. So, maybe we did (just kidding!)... He wouldn't let us. But, Chad, it looks like this ones for you alone- here's your moment in the sun! Though you'll never be the F.C., and though you only made it to the wallpaper once, I figured a spot on our blog would be a step in the right direction. Love to a brother.

'Just Do It'

Our family has recently adopted this slogan as our new family motto. Chris and I have talked extensively about our adventures to come and realized that too often we let having young kids keep us from doing things. There is always housework and naps and it's a bit of a struggle to spend an afternoon at a museum or to try and keep little ones entertained while adding some culture to your life. So, we just hafta do it! It's crazy and difficult, but we miss more by staying home and cleaning up all the cheerios off of the floor. There's 'No day, but today'...

Falls Church (our new hometown) had a Community Farm Day on Saturday. Our house is in total chaos. The kids still don't have sheets on their beds. We have all the tops to our lamps, but none of the bases- which leaves all the rooms without light at nighttime. I haven't come across the silverware box yet. It's a madhouse... and so, we left it all here and closed the door behind us as we headed to the Farm Day. The house will be in the same condition tomorrow, and probley next month. We all had a blast and the kids got to ride on a hayride, paint pumpkins, pet animals. Of course, all is fine and good till you try to drive the three miles home in ridiculous traffic. We reached our house an hour later. So much for 'just doing it'.

On the road again

Which in essence translates to:

the backseat full of carseats, chris calling everyone he knows cause he's bored while driving to dc by himself, the airline expecting a four year old to sit by themself on the plane, a newborn who isn't sleeping through the night yet, chris calling to let me know he finally found the letter 'z' for his solo "ABC" game, lorenzo and bradly getting excited for a new everything- like a new house, a new church, but most importantly- a new mcdonalds-, mel not losing baby weight at all this time, an apartment much smaller than our previous house, neighbors stopping by the first night to ask us to be quieter, a five hour roundtrip to the closest walmart (which is only ten miles away, but takes 45 minutes to get there, and then the return route is not by way of the getting there route), having to buy a storage unit to move out half the boxes that just got moved in, chris paying $38 for a haircut, jamus not wanting to sleep in a bed since he is now so used to being rocked by the car or the plane, lorenzo and bradly wearing princess shoes on a hardwood floor (above new neighbors), HAVING AC, panera the starbucks of dc, preschool that costs as much as rent, mel putting all the furniture together while chris watches the kids, a new brand of milk, chris paying $38 for a haircut, a preschool miracle as we got the last spots at the rec center, liberals now living in obama country, unpacking and repacking everything you can live without, chris working the same hours as the kids go to preschool...

I'm pretty sure that I'll slot preschool and work hours as my naptime- that just seems to make it all okay!