daddy's eyes

No doubt about it, this little one has daddy's eyes.

Student of the Month

I used to think people were crazy for putting "My kid is Student of the Month" bumper stickers on their cars. Gag.
But maybe the blog is the modern bumper sticker... and I am just as obnoxious.

Alli received this high honor for her exemplary behavior at school. Maybe because she is brilliant too.
Andy and I attended the award breakfast at her school. We applauded all of the star students... two from each class, grades K-6.
Alli grinned ear to ear as she accepted the certificate.

"The 'A' in my name looks like the Eiffel Tower," she noted.

(We did not get a bumper sticker, but if they had given us one, we might have actually put it on our car... that's how crazy-proud we were!)

pigtails in action

Pigtails!
June finally has enough hair to make two pixie pigtails on top of her head!

I know, I know... sort of a Hallmark milestone.

June still loves the jumper. Recently she has started to crawl the traditional way (instead of the worm crawl), though she seems more interested in vertical movement... she is pulling herself up on everything. June loves to stand, and she is so proud of herself.
June is a chatterbox. She babbles and giggles all day long.

CANDY OVERLOAD!

Last night was trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.
We met up with some friends for pizza and then we went up and down the street trick-or-treating. Chicago goes all out for Halloween, and the homes on this street were decorated festively... glowing lights, spider webs, carved pumpkins, monsters and skeletons... such a fun atmosphere.Because the homes are close together, it didn't take long and we didn't have to go far to fill our bags.
June enjoyed all the action from her perch in the stroller. Alli and Ruby walked, dragging their loaded treat bags behind them.
Of course the best part is coming home and laying out all the loot... surveying the sugar... sorting it and trading it. Alli made neat piles of each type of candy. Snickers won... again.
June couldn't believe her eyes! She was surrounded by colorful crinkly stuff! Awesome!
Ruby lined her candy up one by one.
June found a stray Rolo and popped it into her mouth... wrapper and all. By the time I found the candy, she had a chocolate mustache and beard and she was holding a little lump of sticky foil in her hand.
Today, I woke up to, "Can I have a piece of candy?" And yesterday morning too.
Now we have to figure out how to distribute the ton of candy that the kids collected. All at once? Stretch it out?

spooky stuff

I am tired. I was up late last night putting the finishing touches on a witch skirt and a rainbow-heart-fairy-princess costume. And then June wanted to party all night... or fuss... I'can't remember.
All that exhaustion paid off. Aren't they cute?
June rocked her pumpkin dress at the school party... her pumpkin costume was too hot in the boiling classroom.
Ruby's shirt used to be plain pink. The rainbow was one of my late-night projects. She was delighted with it. I bet you've never seen a sweeter rainbow-heart-fairy-princess!
Andy sported his mullet wig for the picture. Creepy. He forgot to take it to work. Don't worry, you can see him in it tonight at the church party!

I am dressing up too.

We have a full schedule of Halloween fun... school, church, pumpkin patch, trick-or-treating! I am getting a sugar-rush just thinking of it all!

Let the Halloween celebrations begin!

the latest on the three girls

Alli was having a difficult time going to bed a few nights ago, and I asked her what was wrong. Through her sobs she said, "It must be the changing weather!" Sometimes it is hard not to laugh at things like that.
Alli has recently learned about the concept of tattling. This morning on our way to school Ruby and Alli were chattering away and I was tuning them out until Alli said, "Mo-om, Ruby is tattling on me!" That's a two-way street, dear.
Ruby had an ear infection this week. She never complains until the infection is raging... poor thing. She missed one day of school. After her doctor appointment, she changed into this awesome outfit...


And we went to the park. It was easy to keep track of her.

Ruby and her friend found "treasures" at the park: sunglasses with only one lens and a fairy wand.June recently had her 9 month check-up. She is growing like a weed. She is not quite 17 lbs... and nearly 27 inches. (For those of you who like percentiles, that's between the 10th and 25th.) Maybe she's a little weed, but she's growing.
I can't get enough of her jack-o-lantern smile!

news

You may have heard a rumor...
We bought a house! (But it is not in or near Chicago.)
We are moving to Columbus, Ohio!
We are thrilled to have family nearby. We are so excited to have an attached garage and a yard (though we may not have grass until spring).
We will miss our friends in Chicago, but we are looking forward to many new adventures in Ohio.
The house will be done in December... so stay tuned...