Rest of October

Here are some other random moments from October...

Hanging out dressed to dance


Taking a rest from tea pot spinning


Toy pick-up gone awry




Jack going down the slide is about to give Gramby a heart attack.


V. proud of his efforts


Taking a quick morning nap in the middle of the floor


He was curled up on the couch pillows reading, but of course he'd moved by the time I got the camera.


Cuddling in the chair together.


Showing off his new found skill of eating an apple off the core.


Clara, Molly, and Carmen at their preschool fall picnic.


And now to November! :)

Boston Visitors

We will be caught by the end of the year!

Early October, we had some excitement - visitors from the North. The Barnes family came down to NC for a week and visited us on their way to Emerald Isle. It had been about a year since the last time the kids were together, and it was great to see them interact, especially now that the "babies" aren't so little anymore. The Friday morning they came over to play was gorgeous. We played outside on the swingset and had lunch on the patio.

Lunch!


The "babies" - Adelina (20 mo) & Jack (17 mo)


Swinging on the swingset




Jack's unique flirting methods with Adelina (when he wasn't batting her pigtails, that is).


Clara showing Caleb her room.


Hugs goodbye.


The deal sweetens. :)

Fun with Photobooth

Brec and the kids were having fun playing with photobooth, a photo/video program for the mac. Here are two videos they created with the fishbowl lens. The first is a longer one, while the second is much shorter.



I'm gonna eat you!

Christmas Card Outtakes (Edited)

Yep, that's right. It's that time of year again when I get to stress - not over the perfect picture - but of ever obtaining a picture in which both children are looking at the camera. This year so far has proven to be no different than last year. Here are some of the beauties taken so far. (Edited 12/8/10 to add a few more pictures.)

Never Thought I'd See the Day...

...that Clara's nose would be healed. For 21 long months we despaired of ever seeing it wound-free. Then after hitting rock bottom one night (which consisted of discovering a "picture" painted in blood on the shutters above Clara's bed), we began the long, slow road to recovery. Here is our journey in pictures...

January 2009


February 2009


March 2009


April 2009


May 2009


June 2009


July 2009


August 2009


September 2009


October 2009


November 2009


December 2009


January 2010


February 2010


March 2010


April 2010


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June 2010


July 2010


August 2010


September 2010


October 2010 aka rock bottom

November 2010!!! Ice cream celebration in honor of her beautiful no-picked nose!