Halloween!

We had a blast on Halloween. Annabelle went as a leopard girl, and Jack was Superman (or su-ma, as he said it.) Ryan did a great job painting Annabelle's face like a cat. It was gone within about 15 minutes, but at least I got a picture!
Jack enjoyed trick-or-treating, we had to carry him from house to house, but as soon as he saw Annabelle and our friends run up to the house, he got down and chased them. He enjoyed getting his own candy out of people's bowls- he'd take 3 or 4 at at time. It was pretty funny! The rain even stopped for us, and it was rather warm out!

All four of us are getting over a bug- it hit us all at the same time. I guess it's best to get it all over with. We're gearing up for our visit from Grandma Carol, Papa Stan, and cousins Eric and Sierra for Thanksgiving. Annabelle is really looking foward to having them here! I'm sure Jack will have a blast tormenting the older ones as he tries to do what they're doing.

Pumpkin Fun

Here are the obligatory Fall photos!

Blog Slacker

I'm a blog slacker- I know. Here's recent pictures of the family:)





Things are good, busy as ever. Jack and Annabelle spent a weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Barge's house with Cousin Charlie last weekend while Mom and Dad went to Pullman. We all had lots of fun :)

Silly Boy

Jack climbed into the dryer. Yep, the dryer.




He also put on Annabelle's shorts. By himself. After he colored on himself with a green marker.

Oy Vey.

To the Park

I just wanted to share some cute pictures of the kids at the park a couple of weekends ago. :)

Spider Boy

We now call Jack 'Spider Boy'. He climbs everything. I am not exaggerating. EVERYTHING. He's a wild man! Grandma Chris was here over the weekend, and she just kept shaking her head and laughing at him :) Here are a few pictures from recently, showing his amazing 'spider skills'. We sure do have our hands full with this one.







And this one is just cute!

A busy week

Long time, no post, I know. It's been a whirlwind of excitement around here!
First and foremost, Annabelle is now officially a Kindergartner! Last Tuesday, Ryan brought her to her first day. He unloaded her supplies, helped her hang her backpack up and then Annabelle turns to him and says, "Ok, Daddy. You can go now." WOW!
Then, I was able to pick her up from her first day, so of course I cried when she walked out of her room... she says, "Mom, I liked it. I want to ride the bus home. And I want to have hot lunch." Ok, then. She's really growing up! At any rate, she loves school, and her teacher is great. Hooray!

I am back at teaching after a year and a half off. I'm teaching first grade, part time. It's a huge jump down from fifth- but it will be fun. Jack was in daycare full time while we figured this all out- I was lucky to have the time to be back in the classroom full time to get ready and spend the first full week with my students. We've started the schedule that will become 'normal' for us this week.

So our lives got busier and fuller overnight. We are all excited for the changes!

Here's a few random shots from the past month

Jack now knows what ice cream is, and can say it. He'll go get the scoop, and start banging on the freezer saying, "ice cream"! Papa Stan, arent' you proud?

Our Cougs may be having a rough year, but we sure had fun at the game in Seattle!

At the fair last month

Hanging out in the laundry basket