Yet Another Pants-less Picture...

....but it was all for a good cause!

Q: How Do You Fix a Broken Jack-O-Lantern?

A: With a pumpkin patch! (The kids think this is uproariously funny.)

Carving in progress....yes, we're a little late on this. Finished product to be posted when they get all the guts out. At the rate they're going, I think they'll finish up in 2013.

"All You Need Is Faith, Trust, And a Little Pixie Dust"

We have a semi-sick Policeman here this Halloween, but that didn't stop Tinkerbell from dancing her wings off at dance class this morning. (As we headed out the door she shouted to Matt, "Goodbye, Tinker-Daddy!")




Wardrobe malfunction in progress....

And we're back!


We are taking the day off from preschool to rest up in time for Trick or Treating tonight. Hope you enjoyed this little preview of half of the cutest Halloween duo in town!

When Liam's Away, With Wheat We Will Play

The sound of a little chair scraping across the kitchen floor is a familiar one around here. When something is happening at the kitchen counter - anything at all - Sarah wants a close-up view. Grating cheese, slicing an apple, peeling potatoes, cracking an egg...putting a piece of bread in the toaster...you get the idea. The point is, Sarah is very interested in all things cooking, and spends a lot of her day dragging a chair around!
Yesterday afternoon Liam had a play date with Nan to bake some gluten free buns. With Mr. Sneezy out of the house it was the perfect opportunity to let the flour fly and get Sarah involved baking "wheat cookies" (known to the rest of the world as just "chocolate chip"). I'm not sure if it was because the two of them weren't fighting over pouring and stirring, or if it's just that gluten free cookies are exponentially more stressful to bake (they kind of are), but this was a really fun baking experience. And as Sarah is demonstrating here, we didn't even burn the bottoms!

Cookie goggles...

Finally Fall

Fall got a pretty wet start this year, but over the last week we've finally been able to enjoy some bright, crisp days. We saw a short break in our scheduled activities this morning, so we dashed outside to jump in some crunchy leaves!


And play hide-and-seek...


Yes, this shot is just as posed as you think it is...


Daddy drove by on his way to work, so the kids crossed the street for a kiss....


And then we hopped on one foot for a while. Just because. We're crazy like that.


I tried to recreate one of my favorite pictures of the two kids, but by this point they were a bit bored...

I couldn't get them both on board...


And then the sillies set in...

It got goofier and goofier...

...until I promised them pancakes for lunch if they would give me just one nice smile.


They do like pancakes.

I.T.

I've never been terribly interested in technology. I use it. And when it works, I'm happy. When it doesn't....I lose interest. Fortunately I've always been surrounded by people who "get" how technology works behind it's glossy shell and can "set up," "fix," "recover," and (big admission coming here), "install updates" when necessary. Thanks Matt and Mike! :)
But is there a "best before" date on keeping up with the latest tech advances? I'm not taking any chances, so I'm raising a small IT department. They are confident. They are efficient. They have taught me more ipad shortcuts than I care to admit here. And they do it all while looking oh-so-cute in jammies and pigtails. Here are my new hires:


*Edit: Yes, I know that's an iPhone, not an iPad!

Searching For Shells

Nope, not seashells. Rifle shells.* I love this photo of Sarah and Nan...


...what I don't love is the sound of brass shells clinking in the dryer, more than a month later! The kids must have scooped a hundred of them into their pockets!
* If you're wondering why....just.....why....(???) we had an opportunity to try out the Olympic biathlon shooting range on a recent trip to Whistler. No, the kids were not anywhere near the line of fire. And yes, we were all pretty good shots! :)