Downtown Holiday Jacket and Pant GIVEAWAY!!!!

Downtown Holiday Jacket and Pant GIVEAWAY!!!! Everyone go, no rush to this blog to see the cutest jacket ever. she makes reversible skirts that are to die for. got my fingers crossed that I win the jacket give away.

These pictures show Piper at 1,2,3 and now nearly 4 years of age at an early birthday party with her grandparents. Her birthday is Dec 3rd. It seems like she has been her for much longer. Cari and I just realized today we had one kid for nearly 3 years before Piper and it is just about that same amount of time with 2+ kids since Piper came home. I can hardly remember having only the one.

The last picture shows her older brother in the background with a bored "I've already done that look" and a very excited Cormac trying to get in on the candle blowing action. We did not get any pictures of the pink vomit (connor threw up five times that day) on Grandma's Carole's comforter and pillow found the next morning. When we found that I realized why Connor wouldn't move to lay on his side of the bed in the middle of the night.

Donald

playing with trains is always better if you're dressed up like Tinkerbell.
Princesses always do their homework.

I love how having siblings affects you. When Piper was little she had a favorite NASCAR driver, because Connor did. She played football even though it consisted of her running around screaming in fear, because she didn't want to be tackled, but Connor was playing so she had to. She loved whatever Connor loved. Now Cormac wants to read the Disney Princess books and boy was he MAD when Connor got to the Belle outfit before he did. I saved the day, by pulling out the Tinkerbell costume. I love that the boys just go about their typical boy activities with the dresses on.

And another project is finished. Some of the kindergarden mommies wanted to learn how to knit so another friend and I taught a simple hat class. this is my sample, it's for cormac, but Connor put it on and said "It's warming my brains, so I can beat Dad at Rummy." And he did!

this is one of those projects that looks much better in person than in a photo. So much better that i'm totally tempted to keep it. I made if for Connor's student teacher who is leaving on Fri. I'm replacing the button with something pretty that I will go buy at the cool knit shop tomorrow night.

Cormac's new favorite book is "Red Truck". Towards the end of the book, there are some kids in rainboots who are "Splishy Splashing" in a puddle. For some reason that totally cracks him up. Every time I read that page he will belly laugh and then repeat "splishy splashing" for ten minutes, laughing everytime he repeats it.

We are proud to introduce to you the Room 107 October Student of the Month. Connor was nominated by his teacher for always choosing hard activities to challege himself. He has learned to multiply and add three numbers together. He has practiced his handwriting and is a champion colorer. Way to go!!!!!!!!! We also just found out that he can read just as well upside down as right side up. He's got some interesting talents, that kid!!

Barrel full of monkeys.

I asked Cormac what he was doing and he replied "Brush hair".

Well, here is the royal family and the scary green dragon who is harassing them. We are unsure of what D is suppose to be and Connor told one of the neighbors that I was an Old Maiden.

fighting off the dragon and saving the bootiful princess.

Roar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At some point I told the kids they could stay up as late as they wanted and eat as much candy as they wanted. They took me up on it!! I went up to bed at 9:00 and have NO idea when they went to bed.