Halloween

Amber was going to be a princess, but I didn't finish her costume in time, so she was a "moocha-bear" instead. Matt was a musketeer complete with a makeup goatee.

At the Fair

We went all out at the county fair this year, with our all ride wrist bands. Matt loved the big slide and after a few minutes, the carousel was a hit as well. He tried the dragon roller coaster, but got let off after 2 times around the track.

I even got Chris on the Gravitron!

That yellow thing around Chris' neck is a duck call, which makes an annoying sound that the children love.













I even got a few ribbons~ check the knitting page for details. Hopefully next year will be just as fun for everyone.

Fun at the pool

Chris found a new girlfriend:Matt learned to jump into the pool. (With 3 adults standing guard):
And Tater learned to captain a boat. (With Uncle Mike providing propulsion, sorry Ben!) :

Emergency Exits

What do yo mean we can't sit in an exit row?! We were the only ones who listened to the entire safty talk.....

Party

Some highlights:
Matt and his flash cards



Amber walking

and us girls testing out Matt's toys(quality control is important...)

We had a good time with family and freinds and Matt (and the rest of us) enjoyed playing with our new toys.

Nostalgia

As I half carried my three year old to bed, and the intricate bed time routine that followed (yes of course Mr. Train and Mr. Truck will come too. Your flash cards? Sure. Thirsty? OK, fine. Yes, I will snuggle and read you Hop on Pop. Old MacDonald? I guess. No really, I am leaving now, good night. "alright... *pout* nigh-nigh mom, luv you"


I recalled earlier years where getting him to sleep was much, much simpler:

At the zoo

Tatertude: Matt got to go into the petting zoo, while Amber had to sit on the sidelines.

How I spent my Spring semester

Many long hours spent in front of this NMR machine, controlling that large metal cylinder by this antiquated computer and interpreting the squiggles produced by this ancient plotter printer. Then handing in the reports of analysis based on NMR and IR spectroscopy and discovering just what exactly was in my tubes of unknown chemicals. Fun, no?

the long awaited B-Day pics

OK, I am a slacker and these should have been up 2 months ago! Gunslinger fans "I cry your pardon"

in the party dress opening presents

awaiting our princess cake complete with tiara

The wake of destruction left behind by Princess Tater (with a bit of help from her frosting thieving brother and their friend Joe)

Spring break...

Well, last weekend Aunt Kris brought us some snow to play with... little did I know that we would soon have our own. This is how I started my Spring Break. (Now I can honestly tell my children that I had to walk in the snow to get to school.)


P.S. Pictues of Amber's birthday party will follow sometime this weekend!

Avatars

Okay, here is mine...

Happy New Year

Lets start the New Year off right, squeaky clean!