Halloween 2010

Poor little blog, you have been so neglected.  I haven't found time to post pictures here lately.  Lots to catch up from the summer.  But we will start with the present.... Halloween.

This year was the first time that all 3 kids really got into trick-or-treating.  They have enjoyed dressing up in the past and have gone to neighbor's houses.  But this year was the first time that no one fell asleep (Garrett last year), it wasn't sleeting and they weren't scared to be out after dark.  They practically ran from house to house.

Before it got too dark everyone got dressed up and they let me take pictures.

This is one of Garrett "taking flight"...

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Happy Fathers Day

A little video for the Granpas.  The kids are little bit of mess.  But they are cute and wanted to wish Grandpa Green, Grandpa Bob and Grandpa Walt a very Happy Fathers Day!  Notice the director at the end.  Enjoy.

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Halloween

Going to try and play catch up with the pictures here in the next few days.  Would like to end 2009 caught up, at least through Christmas.  But back to where we last left off.....Halloween.

The next two pictures were taken when we were off to take the kids to the daycare evening Halloween party.  There were lots of fun games, prizes, food and of course candy for everyone.
Little Bear is dressed as a fairy princess, "A" is a genie (kind of like Jasmine) and G-mant is a pirate.  He had the arrrrgghhhh mate down and was ready to tell everyone what he was.
On Halloween night G-man actually fell asleep before we could go trick-or-treating.  He was out around 5:00 pm and did not wake up again until the next morning - around 7am.  Guess we wore him out during our photo session on halloween afternoon.  Thankfully the girls were more than willing to share all of their candy with him.

Here are a few more pictures of the girls on Halloween evening as the sun set - just before we left to go trick-or-treating.

Aren't they just adorable?  I know I am a little prejudiced on this topic, but they are just too cute for words.  Take care for now and watch out for a few more posts in the next few days.

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Water Fun

Yesterday the entire family went to a birthday party for one of the little girls in Garrett and Claire's class at daycare.  The Mom was smart and had the party at a park.  Not just any park though, it was a water/sprinkler park.  

There were three areas for the kids to play and have fun getting wet.  There was also a playground.  They had so much fun running and playing.  We only had one small casualty.  Garrett was climbing on this ladder thing and fell.  On his way down he hit his chin and proceeded to put his front teeth almost all the way through his lip.  Amazingly after cleaning up the blood and washing his mouth out he was ready to play again and only wanted to climb on the same ladder.  The boy knows how to get my nerves a going...

Here are a few more pictures to enjoy. 

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Fun in the Evening

Wow, I can hardly believe that it's been a week since I posted any new pictures. I guess time flies when you are having fun. Throw in a case of the Mommy sickies and Father's day and you have a pretty busy weekend.

I am feeling better now and my poor husband has recovered from cooking his own Father's Day dinner. Bless him. Though we did take care of his yummy breakfast. To be honest I think he enjoyed cooking a great meal for all of us.

Anyway, I hope all of you Dad's out there had a great day. Here is a quote that I came across that I thought was fitting for my husband. “Becoming a father is easy enough, but being one can be very rough” by Wilhelm Bush.

The weather has been exceptionally nice these last few days. No rain, though more seems to be coming tonight, and the temperatures have been pleasant. So last night we took advantage of the beautiful weather and pulled the kids picnic table outside for dinner. They enjoyed eating outside. Then we all played and had fun before it was time to call it a night. Below are a few pictures of the kids.

As usual we started out playing with bubbles. The bubble machine has been one of the best "toy" investments that I could have made. No more fighting over the bubble solution and who is going to hold it and no more kids being frustrated when they can't get it to work.

All three of the kids had to get out the trikes. They have decided it is fun to "ride" them up and down the side walk in a train.
At one point after playing for a little while I looked over and saw Avary laying in the grass "thinking".
Here is Garrett walking barefoot in the grass. The littles watched Avary walk barefoot in the grass and decided it looked like fun.
For some reason I think this angle of this picture makes him look a giant.

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My Sunshine

You are my sunshine my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You never know dear how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away...

You are my baby my sweet baby

You need your sleep so close your eyes

Close your eyes and dream your dreams

Go to sleep my baby bye...

You are my sunshine my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You never know dear how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away...

This is what I sing to  my kids before they go to sleep.  I made up the middle verse when Avary was a tiny little baby.  We were on a trip to Florida and I needed her to sleep.  As I rocked her and tried to soothe her to sleep, these words came into my head.  They stuck and I've been singing them ever since.  The only difference is, sometimes in stead of "my baby" I'll say the name of the child I'm singing to.  Or, if I'm singing to the twins, I'll say "babies".  

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Working

It is amazing how quickly the kids can pick up on using the computer. Yesterday afternoon I had stepped away from the desk and came back to Claire and her brother playing with the mouse and keyboard. She was actually clicking away and scrolling through items on the screen. Somehow she had even changed the background picture on the desktop.

I just had to get a picture of the intense look on her face and her holding the mouse correctly. Too cute! (needless to say, she was very upset with me when I took the mouse away from her)

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