Thanksgiving 2008

Lots of stops. Lots of Family.

Jake

I just had to write this down before I forget. Jake just pulled me in to watch a little section of this cartoon and told me, "Look at the details. It has so much texture." Film school anyone?

Two Years with our Coco Girl

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Hard to believe it only been two years. Hard to believe it's been that long. Ya know? We celebrated with cake and ice cream and we watched the video that Justin made of our first trip to Russia.

The Boys

Just a couple of cute pictures I had to post. The first one os just any old morning. This was of course after I said, "Okay, now get dressed we have to get to school." The boys clearly heard this as, "Put just your pants on, find a cowboy hat and wrestle on the floor." Wyatt has been so into Legos lately. This is one of his creations. Of course, THIS is when Jake decided he wants to smile nice for the camera, NOT during the Christmas card photo shoot fiasco.

The Apple Store

You would have thought that Jake had been to Disney World after a scout field trip to the Apple Store. All three kids went and even the non-techno addicted two had a ball. Those Apple guys know how to get kids going. They got t-shirts made cool pictures, got water bottles, played some game called Spore that Wyatt is now begging for.

Chloe and the ABC's

Chloe has been really into letters lately. She's known the letters and soubnd for sometime, but lately has been wanting to sing the ABC's and now has learned to write her name. She needs help remembering the order the letters go in, but can do such a good job of writing it! Here's her first official one:
And here she is singing the ABC's

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My Voting Buddy

My little voting buddy. Wyatt was so excited to go and vote with me. He wanted me to shake him awake if I had to. It was fun to have him with me.

La Salon de Chloe

Chloe gave herself a chop on Halloween, so she now has another cute little bob. I figured this was as good a time as any to grow out her bangs!

Halloween 2008

Halloween is a lot of work! This year it was really a lot of work for Justin. He made both of the boys costumes. Wyatt changed his mind so many times! First he was going to be Indiana Jones, then Mutt Williams (Indy's son and sidekick) then it was Ghost Rider and finally he settled on Anakin. But, not just any old Anakin. It had to be the Anakin from the Clone Wars. So, here's the picture I gave Justin:

Here's the completed costume. He is a genius! He really amazes me. I have trouble assembling the costumes that come in a bag. I truly could not figure out where a part of a pirate costume went on a kid I helped get ready at school.

Jake, in true Jake style, wanted to be The Killer Moth. He's one of the lesser known Batman Villians. Remember last year's lesser known Pokemon character, Gengar: http://sallyfoo.blogspot.com/2007/10/happy-halloween.html Well, here's the picture I gave him:

Here's the completed costume!Chloe stared Halloween as the Little Mermaid or as she says, The Little Moomaid. Here she is with her friends and Miss Pat:

Here are the boys and I headed back to school after going home to get ready. The whole school marches in a parade around the neighborhood. Justin picked Chloe up so she could enjoy the parade and the parties in the boys classrooms.

Before the kids left, snow white came to the door and Chloe, in true diva fashion,made a quick costume change.Then, the whole neighborhood went trick or treating. I stayed home to hand out candy. Jake went for a little while to help Katy Morris trick or treat. But, then came home. He has pretty much never wanted to trick or treat, but I always make him. I finally decided that he's 9, he knows what it's about, if he doesn't want to do it and doesn't care about candy, then who am I to make him go. Sometimes it's like I snatched some 50 year old science professor from him college and made him pretend to be a little kid and he's very annoyed by all the nonsense I put him through. ;)

Party Day

What a day! We had a party with the boys in Wyatt's class and scout his scout pack from 9-10:30. It was a "Boys' Brunch." We had donuts galor, hot chocolate, chocolate milk and fruit.

I think Chloe jumped more than any other kid. I had tio stop her to make her eat. She loved it!
Then at 2:00 the family party started. Chloe had a ball playing with her cousin Joey and Ian and Sam.
Wyatt had more fun at the family party I think. He was a little overwhelmed by so many kids, I think.
Doesn't she have the most gorgeous eyes?
Auntie Missy and Coco:
No fancy cake this year. Grandma Lynn couldn't come and I am lucky I pulled off the party between the three kids and the full-time job.

The night before the party our wonderful neighbors, the Meeks and the Morris' gave Wyatt his present, a long board. He was very excited!