The boys' new setup

Nathan and Jaden got a PlayStation 3 for Christmas and they already had an XBox 360, so we set up the TV that was in the basement not being used next to their tv so they can play both and not fight over whose turn, etc. They love it and can't wait to have friends over.

We've learned something new!

Santa's Lap

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while but I lost my camera-computer cord. This one is a picture of a picture taken with my cell phone, so sorry about the low quality but you get the idea..

Tricks and Treats

Allison wasn't happy about dressing up for Halloween. The monkey costume was out of the question. This one was, too, but I forced her to wear it because I'm mean like that.

Daddy taking the girls to a house.

Kitty and Snow White

It was so cold and windy that this house gave out candy through the window

The boys and Joe. Nathan is a goalie, Jaden is a "teenager" and Joe was a hockey player. I gave Joe a black eye.

Octomom was handing out candy this year

mommy and daddy's loot

Allison's loot

Catie's loot

A look into our home tonight

Nathan's a sickie. Let's hope it's not hamthrax.

Jaden's a cutie.

Allison the princess.

She loved getting her nails polished.

Sweet sisters. Lately they are the best of friends.

more fun with girl hair

pumpkin farm

having fun with girl hair

yellow

purple

red

brown

green

blue

black

James

Catie has a new boyfriend at school. She tells us she's going to marry him. His name is James. Every day she tells us something new about James. Last week it was that James eats pancakes at McDonalds every morning before school and can we go to McDonalds before school? A few days after that it was that James can make fart noises with his hands and his armpits. She was truly impressed and enamored by this. Yesterday it was that James can go invisible and can fly. Mind you, she really believes this. When we tell her it's not true, she cries and tells us it is true. She told me he told her to stop looking at him. Today she told us that one of James's brothers got a flu shot in his eye. I can't wait to meet this boy.

Catie, the hairdresser

Catie has taken an interest in hairdressing. Today she decided to work on a beautiful young model and I've published the results below. You'll notice her gorgeous model does an excellent job of highlighting her beautifying skills.

Allison's animal sounds

Take one:

Take two:

Knuckles:

It's Allison time!

Julie's already over-thinking Halloween, but in her mania, she reminded me of Rubie's Halloween costume from two years ago that is now in my possession. Lucky Allison! She even does monkey noises! Sooooo cute!

Our Newspaper Star

Not the greatest picture of her, but we so love our little star

My big girl's first day of school

My sweet Catie enters the world of school. Poor thing. But isn't she adorable?!





The tag on her backpack is how her teacher keeps track of what bus to put the kids on. Each kid has a tag.

When we got there, there were already around 15 kids in line and it just so happened that the girls got there first, so there were a handful of girls followed by a handful of boys. When she had to take the end of the line following all those boys, she was not happy.

The little girl behind her is the friend that she made today. When asked what her friend's name was, she said, you know, that little short girl that was behind me in line. I guess it's asking too much for a name.


This is how Allison felt about Catie going to school