Emma the Red Nosed Reindeer

Emma had her mall dance performance this past weekend. They performed to "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" while wearing antlers. It was adorable. Here are some of the pictures:

A visit to Santa

Every year our local grocery store has Santa come and see the kids while sitting on a throne of Coca Cola 24 packs. They also let you take your own photos unlike the mall where they make you buy one of theirs. The kids also got to decorate their own Christmas cookies. Kyle wasn't interested in seeing Santa this year, but he was willing to go for Emma's sake. What a nice brother. ;) This particularly overbearing Santa was having none of Kyle on the sidelines, though. Here are some pictures of Emma loving it up and a slighly uncomfortable Kyle.

Blog slacker

I've been quite the slacker with the blog lately. I don't really have an excuse, other than I don't have much of interest to say. We got the kids retake photos back from school the other day and they turned out much better than the first ones. I also did some Halloween/fall scapbooking and took a couple pictures of the pages. We got the Christmas decor and lights up before the snow hit yesterday so we are thankful for that....or at least Rob is because my ass wasn't going on the roof anyway. ;)

Emma's birthday

Emma turned 6 years old last week and we had a Madagascar 2 birthday party for her last weekend. The movie was cute, but really busy....like the theater was sold out and we had to sit in the front row. I made some cupcakes and we had ice cream too. Here are some pictures, although I don't think she is looking at the camera for any of them ;)

Random

The other day Emma got into the car after school with no backback and no jacket. She handed me a note from her teacher saying that that she (the teacher) was taking them home to wash because some other kid had puked all over them. Gross!!!!...but nice that the teacher was going to wash them, and not me. ;)

Here are some photos of the kids on the inflatable slide at Night Eyes with their Halloween costumes on:




And one from actual trick or treat night:

Apple bobbing

Here is a video of the kids apple bobbing at our playgroup Halloween party. Thanks Steph!

Fall Festivities

We had quite a busy weekend filled with a Halloween party and the pumpkin patch. Here are some photos:

Performance photos

I love her grumpy face in this one. ;)

Cheering Emma

Here is a youtube link to Emma and her cousin Shaylen's cheer performance at Shay's big brother's football game.

New car

So we are now the proud owners of new Honda Civic. Youch, car payments, but what a sweet ride.

Things that go bump in the night

Some soccer pics

I'm a cheapie, so when the professional photographer takes the team pics for sports, I stand to the side and take my own. So I always have a bunch of "off to the side, not quite looking at the camera" photos. ;)

My car

Last weekend Rob went up to my FIL's to play golf. He parked our car in the driveway and then went in to have coffee with his dad. They decided to take my FIL's truck to the golf course......are you following this story?...can you guess how this is going to end?....that's right, my FIL forgot our car was there and backed right into it. So although though I wasn't even there, I am the one who got to make/take phone calls to/from insurance people, get estimates from body shops and get a rental car. UGH! So today I took it in and got a rental car that is nicer than my real car. ;)

The victim

The attacker

Table pics as promised

We finally got the chairs for our table and here are a couple of purdy fall time pictures:

Patrick Murphy vs. Russell Crowe

I heart Gaelic Storm. :)

Stop Hitting Yourself

Butt itch

So we've all had an itchy butt, right? But, I can't say as I've ever fallen asleep mid scratch.......

So my hair is the same color as a door...what of it?!

Pics from our trip to Saylorville

Here are a few pictures from out trip a couple weeks back on Rob's cousin, Steph's pontoon boat. It's a pretty sweet boat, with a potty, grill and overhead cover. The kids had fun being pulled behind the boat....and Rob too. It's really hard to get a good picture, though.

First day of school

Today Emma started kindergarten and Kyle started 5th grade. Both had a pretty easy time of it, reminding me of when my brother and I started kindergarten and the 5th grade.....only one of us had an easy time with that, though. My brother had a shit fit and had to be carried into the school over the principal's shoulder to my utter 5th grade embarrassment. None of that for Emma. She was a trooper and couldn't wait for me to get the hell out of there. I ran some errands and then came home. I was waiting around to see if I'd cry or get emotional about my baby starting kindergarten. Apparently we're both cold hearted bitches. ;) Kyle was cool about it too...like being patient and helpful with Emma. Interestingly enough, he is in the same class with my niece, Andrea, so I got a quick pic of those two before class started.