Moments like these

Having a child makes you look at things so differently. It's so fun to see things in such a fresh light through their eyes and experiences and words and interpretations.

It snowed for the first time this year and J just adored it. She couldn't get enough of the snow, especially feeling it melt on her tongue. She finally planted her tongue in it and just smiled:

This is the best story though. Yesterday I was talking to my friend J who is living in Wales. When I got off the phone with her I started to tell my little J that someday we were going to go on a trip to Wales and we'd have to fly in a big airplane for a long time and then we'd see this new, beautiful place. J looked very concerned and even a bit frightened, which I thought was unusual because she loved the airplane the last time we went on a flight. So I asked her what was wrong. She said, "Mommy, do they have teeth?" Between laughter and tears I then explained to her that yes, whales had teeth, but we were going to a place called Wales that didn't have teeth. It's moments like these that just make my day.


Then there is my buddah bean. Check out this belly:

He is starting to sit up with a little help from the boppy, and he does this yoga move where he lays his stomach flat on his legs while he sits cross-legged, reaches for something, then sits right back up. Who taught him pilates?




Then there is reading time with Poppa:








And I caught the kids holding hands which I just loved and they will probably hate someday:







Thanksgiving was at our house this year with cousin M, K and W. K helped me cook and we had quite the feast. Here's most of the clan at the dinner table:





Hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving. We have much to give thanks for including all of our wonderful friends and family. Cheers to you all!

October blew by

Wow, I can't believe it's November already. My last month of Fridays off before I start back working full weeks. We had some pretty amazing weather in October for the midwest. This video and pictures were taken in late October on a beautifully sunny day.

We had a lot of Halloween fun last month. J got to go to a Halloween party which is becoming an annual event. Here is the crew:Part of the party was collecting pumpkins at the pumpkin patch:
Then the weekend before Halloween we carved pumpkins and J had a blast. Look at this concentration:
Then here are the halloween pics:
The most exciting news is that F is sleeping through the night most nights now. It must be that wonderful rice cereal that he's started eating. And oh boy, is he an aggressive eater. He lunges for the spoon when he sees it coming. Here is his first taste of solid food, check out the blond locks coming in.