Halloween Fun!

Katy Duck (inspired by the book Aunt Kamryn bought her)
Dracula (And yes all the black paint came out in one washing)



We had a Halloween party before trick or treating this year. Matthew had fun with the mummy wrap while Katherine enjoyed the bobbing for apple bin! We also were supposed to have a hay ride but it was rained out halfway through. Katherine would not stand still for a photo so this was the best I could do! Thank you Beste for the awesome costumes

New House

Here is the new house. Still no definite closing date but its looking more and more like after Thanksgiving. We will keep you posted!

A Place for Everyone and Everyone in Their Place

This video is from the first weekend Dad came home. She must have done 4 or 5 times before we got the camera out!

Tired BAby

Katherine fell asleep while running errands

HArd earned Dollar

The boys picked up two full buckets of acorns to earn their "dollars". They begged me to take a picture!

Run Baby Run!!!

Yes I know one of these days very soon I will have to stop calling him baby, but I'm holding on as long as I can. I just love this picture of him flying down the field. He managed to pass everyone, get control of the ball and make a valiant attempt at a goal.

Apples!

Apples? Yes, Apples. Katherine can not be convinced that these big orange things are not apples-even after tasting one! This is round one of pumpkin carving. The kids helped Sydney clean out their pumpkins. Let me rephrase that the BIG kids helped clean them out. The Little ones helped put the guts back in!




A little taste of the "Apple"

A Matthew taking a little break from the pumpkins

Smile!!!!

Halloween Preview

Dracula and Katy Duck, Dance Star tried out their costumes from Beste. As always they are beautiful and once again the neighbors are jealous. Matthew is very proud of his costume!

Rainy Day Fun

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We spent a rainy Saturday afternoon at Zuma (Chuck E Cheese type place) two weeks ago. Katherine had a blast chasing Sydney and Matthew around in between rides.

A Day at the park

Tuesdays are the only days that all three young kids are home so the moms decided to walk up to the park. I was impressed that they were content for nearly an hour!

Free Lemonade for Sale!!!

Those were the cries of the lemonade brigade earlier this fall! I just found this picture of one of their excursions. We must have walked the neighborhood every weekend for a month "selling" free lemonade. You'll notice the chair.. they had those packed for their frequent breaks!

Say CHEESE!!!

Matthew took this great picture!!!

My Little Goofballs!

Need I say more????

Lazy Rainy Day

Since half the cul de sac has the flu and it was a nasty rainy day. We spent the day watching movies, eating popcorn, and drinking cherry limeades!

Weekend with Dad

Matthew had two soccer games this weekend and scored three of the four goals for his team. They won both games much to Matthew's delight. He was also thrilled that daddy was home for the game and it didn't get rained out this time-although it did rain during the game! We also made our annual trek to the Amazing Maize Maze since Daddy was home.

First Trip to VA

We made our first trek to Virginia last weekend to go house hunting and and check out a new school for Matthew. The kids had a blast going on- or is it in?- the bridge-tunnels, going to the beach, and climbing Mount Trashmore. Matthew said he thinks he will like there but he will miss his friends.

House News

We have sold our current house-almost! We just had the inspection on Thursday and are waiting to hear back on that. Once that is settled it will be official. We plan on leaving SC on November 14th. We are not sure where we will be headed to though. We currently have an offer on a house in VA. Unfortunately it went into short sale about the time we made the offer. The offer made it to the bank this past Wednesday. They have 10 days to respond. We are going ahead with the inspection tomorrow (Tuesday). Once we know if we have the house we will know when our move in date will be etc. I will keep you posted.

Has it only been a month?

I'm sure most of you are wondering where we have been. It has been ages since I have posted. We have been so busy and sick that I honestly haven't had the time and energy!
Let's see what has happened?
Sept. 8th Brian moved to VA and then on the 11th Matthew started soccer and Katherine came down with hand foot mouth disease. By that Saturday she had a full blown sinus infection with green gunk coming out both eyes. By Wednesday she had either roseola or another viral infection. That next weekend I had a nasty case of laryngitis. Katherine started with the eyes again so back to the doctor. three days later she was hitting her ear and falling a lot so back to the doctor (trip #5 in 2 weeks) and she had a bulging eard drum on one side and the other ear was half full of puss. Brian then came home for the weekend and suprised the kids. He left Sunday and I went out to dinner with the cul de sac for my birthday. On the way home, Katherine threw up twice in the car. We got home, cleaned out the car seat, gave her a bath and checked her temp-102 degrees. Called the doctor in the morning and they said bring her back in. So in we go-ears still infected but getting better and she has yet another virus. Oh by the way that day I came down with hand foot mouth-mostly mouth! On the happy side that afternoon we sold our house. We just need to make it through the inspection and we are off to VA by Thanksgiving.

A Girl and Her Dog

Katherine has found a new way to pass time. She watches the birds at the bird feeder with her dog. I wish I knew what she was telling him. She just babbles and babbles and he sits and listens to her. We are so lucky to have such a good and patient dog. He also doesn't mind her hand feeding him or even stealing his food!