Monday, October 31, 2011

halloween eve

the kids were already in bed - but i attempted to carve lady liberty - Happy Halloween!


can't really tell that it's lady liberty in this picture :(


i visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam on Saturday




Team Victoria (F15)


Graham scored the only goal for his team on Saturday! he was very happy!





halloween parade at the kid's school


helen is excited to march in the parade


jayden is spiderman


helen and her friend


who dressed this girl? - a winter coat and flip flops - geeze! her mother IS ashamed! i told her to grab a pair of shoes... apparently i was not specific enough as to which shoes to grab :)

sweater girl

meet sweater girl! - for some reason, jillian is very attached to this sweater. one night she cried during her bath and i realized that this sweater was laying on the floor in the bathroom. later she insisted on wearing it to bed and then again the next morning after i took off her PJ's.


sweater girl helped me carve this pumpkin in helen's class - somehow i was able to carve this pumpkin with about 5 toddlers on my lap and another 5 or so looking over my shoulders - so much fun!


sweater girl took of her sweater to do some grocery shopping!


sweater girl drives her cart carefully through the grocery store WITHOUT any help from mom - no really she insisted on NO HELP from mom :)


sweater girl is environmentally conscious and super efficient too - she brings her own shopping bag and carefully bags the items while shopping


sweater girl returns her shopping cart and even knows to get her "deposit" coin back from the cart (without any help from mom)


sweater girl turns into wonder woman!


sweater girl helps at her brother's soccer game on saturday carrying their extra clothes

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

8 is GREAT!

graham begins his birthday celebration with a breakfast bar and candle (our family tradition)


can you tell graham is excited about his birthday?




graham and jayden playing with Beyblades (one of Graham's birthday presents)


graham on his way to a surprise location


can you guess where?


Chuck E Cheese!!!



can't believe my baby boy is 8!


getting the tokens :)







jillian spent all her tokens on this bus




yummy buttercream goodness!










Graham's C diploma

Graham is ready to swim for his C diploma!



















he is so proud! .... and so is his mama :)