A Blog from the Fog: November 2008

Movies by Mark

Hunter and Leah

Hunter the Piano Man

The Girls

Just to explain......Reese and her 2 very best friends were painting in the kitchen the other morning and the sun was beating in on them and was right in their eyes. They thought the idea of sunglasses was great....et voila:)

Cousins

I'm always sad after a visit with my sister......sad that we don't live closer together so we could see eachother more often. And the kids. We always have such a great time when we're together. She and Thing 3 were here for a visit this past weekend and it was just perfect. Yes, 2 of 3 kids were teething and one was caught in the midst of the terrible 2's, and no, we didn't do much of anything while she was here, but it was still just perfect. We just hung out and were moms, sisters and kids.

Reese has been HATING baths for the past little while, but she was more than thrilled to have Leah join her in the tub. Here they are post-bath watching a little Dora.

I'm in disbelief that this little guy turned 6 months old this weekend:( He was in for his needles today and received a clean bill of health. He's a healthy 17lbs and 14 oz, not nearly the porker that his sister was at his age, but he's tall (in the 90th percentile) and has inherited his father's "bison head" as we like to refer to it (also 90th percentile).

I think Leah was going in for a kiss here.

Yes, she's cute, but it doesn't hurt that her mother ALWAYS has her dressed in the cutest duds!

I mean, they're just too cute for words. Please note the rosy red cheeks and drool sodden shirts. Think they might be teething? I also have to say that Hunter is beginning to look more and more like his Grandad. Could it be the sweater vest and bald head??

Leah is on the move....and she's fast! Poor Shan has her hands full.....and then tag on Thing 1 and 2! I've said it before and I'll say it again, Shan, you're a brave woman!

Here are the 3 cousins just as snug as bugs in the back of the truck. They just barely fit!

Future Figure Skater???

Reese has really taken to watching figure skating on TV with me. Yes, I'll admit I'm only too pleased about this as I spent most of my childhood on figure skates. But I truly didn't force her to watch with me, it was just on TV and it caught her eye, and she just LOVES it. I'm not sure why, but she does refer to it as "roller skating." I caught her doing a little dance the other day and it looks to me like she picked up some of these moves from watching Skate Canada. But watch how she holds onto the handle of the freezer as if it's a ballet bar. Could we have a ballerina on our hands???

Halloween

Halloween 2008 was a whole lot of fun at our house. We did our best to build it up for Reese since this was the first Halloween where she could understand what it was all about. She woke up that morning and the first thing out of her mouth was "We going trick or treating NOW????" She eagerly jumped into her Minnie Mouse costume and paraded around most of the day in it. We only visited 5 or 6 homes but she was very quick to catch on. I fear she may have her mother's sweet tooth.

Here she is with her buddy from down the street dressed as a butterfly. It was so cold that evening that the costume was sadly hidden by her coat . Couldn't hide those ears though:)

Here's Hunter showing off his sitting skills with Lola. He was only in his costume for about 5 minutes as it was pretty tight and arguably a titch on the "girly" side.