for my mom

of course my darling little girl helped me unwrap ALL seven pounds of candies!!! she is quite thrilled with the outcome. i chose my largest bowl, and in the long run....am not at all happy with the candle in there, but i think it would be frowned upon if i went to pick up another bag of starlight mints. shame you can't see the bottom of the bowl, because there are candies in there as well. very cute. very sticky. Also, it's so heavy it can't go on the shelf above the TV with all the others.

that little girl, how bout that 'cheese' shot? and yes, of course that's a christmas dress.

Happy Thanksgiving

it started with the breakfast. the kids were a bit aprehensive about eating santa. who would have thought?

daddys little sous chef. that's our second turkey. yes, we had two - and enough turkey to feed an army. long story.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm. dinner. first year i pulled out the good china since riley was born.

turkey makes you tired. out like a light she was. even before.........

this fabulous pie!! (and this was not even the highlight of the dessert table. again, we all must have thought we were cooking for an army. )

A very fabulous thanksgiving day with my wonderful family.

thanksgiving craft

They love their new snowglobes!

i, however, know i am going to be cleaning glitter up for months.

walking in the park

i have this same picture of her when she had just started to walk. she could barely see over the board.

who lives in a pineapple under the sea

they LOVE spong bob.

I love fall

She is soooo my little helper.

here is riley helping. yes, i know there is no rake. he just stands there and looks cute.

aaahhhhhh.......my little girl loves fall too!!!!!

KICKBALL?????

Yes, that is cinderella playing kickball. shoes and all. that's my girl!!!!!

toy magazines

oh....they have bought me so many hours of uninterupted pleasure throughout the days.

i wish they did this quarterly.

and thankfully.....one from the newspaper - one from the mail. Cuz i need two. i'd like a third for spare, but i'm not going to get greedy.

That's discusting!!!!

they wanted absolutley nothing to do with pumpkin carving. could not get far enough away. even after dave gave him teeth to resemble sponge bob.

Happy Halloween

So, now that Halloween is over, i told Adyson she can wear her cinderella dress anytime she wants, but only in the house. She is generally stripped naked by the time she sets her first little foot in the front door.

nobody knew who Riley was.

Shane had to work - so couldn't use the mask or that knife thing. It was a black cape that i could have made for $2.00

max's wings broke as i was putting them on.

And - the most important thing of all - the whole reason for halloween = WHOPPERS. my kids got none!! Not a single one. As a matter of fact - I watched Riley push one out of the way and grab CANDY CANES!!!! you know they were a year old!! not a whopper anywhere.