our blue-eyed boy taking his bath.

movie night!  picnic on the living room floor with grilled cheese sandwiches, hot chocolate with marshmallows and candy canes...what a life!

we are enjoying our 4-day thanksgiving holiday weekend!  we needed some downtime, to say the least.  yesterday was spent cooking and consuming a fabulous dinner put together with the uffelman family.  the kids played, conversations flowed and we had the best time, a always.

we have so much to be thankful for.  here are some thoughts from the boys..

max is thankful for the whole world, his family, his house, the grass, vegetables and fruit..
brent is thankful for our family and friends and the 1980's..
finn is thankful for his mommy, daddy, his brother and his daily vitamins..

i agree with most of the above. i'm thankful for our family and friends, our health, our surroundings, our jobs and so much more.  we are very, very blessed.

happy thanksgiving!

the day before thanksgiving, the kindergarten class put on a thanksgiving program for all the parents.  the kids were dressed up as native americans or pilgrims in costumes made from brown paper bags.  we started off in the community room where the teachers asked the kids questions about the pilgrims, the mayflower and how thanksgiving came about.  each of them said out loud what they were thankful for.  max said that he was thankful for his little brother.  after that, they served a feast of fruit, cheese and crackers.  lastly the kindergarten class led a prayer in the church in front of the entire school.    

finn is a chatterbox nowadays and has expanded his vocabulary quite a bit lately.  some of the things he says;

"stay away" (nice..)

"me do it" (we hear this a lot)

"can i try"? (so cute!)

"can i play"? (adorable)

"sit down, mamma" 

"are you ready"?

"hi everyone"! (as he enters a room)

"come on guys"

our finn..

more green, mamma

most days, it isn't the easiest task to get finn and/or max to eat their vegetables.  the other day, we served broccoli with dinner.  max usually eats it but finn isn't a fan.  however, this very evening, finn said; "more green, mamma".  proud moment.

October 31st...already!  What happened to the month of October anyway?  It just flew by.  Today is Halloween.  GiGi's birthday.  Emeline had her baby girl!  Her name is Rowan which is so cute.  Congratulations Eme!  We went trick-or-treating with the boys and they had such a fun time.  With it being a school night, we kept the candy collecting to just over an hour and had the kids bathed and in bed by 7:40pm - simply awesome.  Max wore his Batman costume for the second year in a row.  There really was no question about it from his perspective.  Finn had two (hand-me-down) options; to be a tiger or a monkey.  He talked all week about being a monkey but then last minute, he changed his mind and wore the tiger costume.  Except for the hood part.  He is scared of it.  Still, he looked adorable.  At first, Finn was hesitant as to the whole trick-or-treating part and told us "I don't want to go to door, I stay in car" but as soon as he understood that people would give him candy for coming to their door, he happily joined in and ran from house to house.  His Halloween basket became rather heavy after a while but when offered help to carry it, he answered; "no" or "mine".  Okay, okay.  Nobody is going to eat your candy.  Until tonight when you have fallen asleep and mom and dad taste a few pieces of course..  Pictures to follow.  Maybe tomorrow.  Happy Halloween!

photos from a recent visit to a pumpkin patch!