Halloween!

Hiccup and Tinkerbell ready to hit the town!

My awesome grocery bags - turned lanterns all lit up.

Our art: T for Tyler and a spider on a web.

Ward Halloween Party=sweet!

Happy (belated) Halloween!

A Halloween Birthday

We're baaa-aaaaack...for now, at least :)

So, four months late is better than never, right? Tyler turned FOUR (I still can't believe it) this last October, and we had a spectacular Halloween birthday party in our backyard with a bunch of his costumed friends.

We did give them fair warning...

It was so much fun, and I am being super lame just posting pictures without telling all about it because, let's be honest, I stayed up til 3am the night before finishing the treats and decorations, so I can't really remember all of it. Either way, I'm pretty proud of myself for pulling together some sort of blog post, and judging from the pictures (thanks, Eve!!) we look like we had a good time.

We love you, Bubba!

We are blogging failures! In the meantime, here are our January favorites:

Tyler's new shape puzzles:

This waffle box. Or, rather, Jamie's easy chair.

And our latest addition to the family: Pierre! (Dad: He's alive!!) This thing followed us home from Goodwill. It earns its keep by singing "Hot, Hot, Hot" whenever we pass it, successfully freaking us out at night. And in the morning when Tyler shoves it in my face while I'm still sleeping. Welcome to the family, Pierre!

November!

(Halloween and birthdays to come - camera cord still MIA!)

Lucky girl Jamie had her 15 month check up yesterday, complete with six shots and blood work. She has been one sad and sick little girl since then. We spent most of the night cuddling in her rocking chair, trying to break her fever. Better one feverish night than polio, right? Today she is still clingy and quick to cry, but she's starting to play on her own again.

One of the nurses gave Tyler a blue tape measure, and he has been measuring everyone since then: I am 72, Jamie is 104, and McKay is 7.

We took down our Halloween decorations on Wednesday to Christmas music. Didn't you know? On Nov 1 it becomes legal to listen to Christmas music at any hour of the day. Or all hours of the day, if you live in our house.

Happy November everyone!!