Halloween came and went.

Dear Emma,

Despite the fact that your mom and dad came up with some really fun, cool, group themed costumes and you were so set against them all, I still love you. Also, you made a great bat, and well, dad did a great job assembling your costume from dollar store merchandise!

Dear Brennon,

You are awesome! Love that all you wanted was a sheet over your head for a ghost, and perhaps some eyes, and mouth. Yup, easy is good. Also, you had the scariest ghost noises ever!

Dear Addy,

You were a great cat, even if your tail kept flipping in between your legs when you ran. Don't you think it's kinda weird that we had a cat following us for a few blocks? I think it is because it liked you and thought you were it's friend.

Dear Dylan,

You make a great Buzz, complete with sound effects of lasers and wings popping out. I am glad you decided you wanted to be him. I am glad we found this costume on ebay pretty darn cheap too.

4 years ago (and some days)... I birthed him.

My Dylan, AKA Che Che. My superhero in the making, the kid that turns even a hot dog into a sword. The little boy that wears a super hero cape to the swimming pool in July. My boy who screams, "don't see me naked" , as he runs around the house in the nude. The boy who is into Wolverine and uses pencils between his fingers as his claws. The boy who wanted a Wolverine cake. Yup, not so easy. BUT, that's okay, because I do enjoy a good cake decorating challenge. So thank you Dylan for the challenge. It turned out...okay... there was a little mishap with my new technique but in the end it's all cake. Love my two October birthday kids. Not necessarily that there is 2 birthday cakes in the matter of 2 weeks followed the next day by a house full of Halloween candy.

6 years ago (and some days)...I birthed her.

My Addy Joy, my little girl, my sweetheart, my dancing queen, my spirited bundle that makes me smile, my kindergartner, my now 6 year old. Wow, I can't believe she is 6 already. I can't believe that she only wanted a chocolate cake with whip cream on top. Thanks Addy! I hope you enjoyed it.

Oh yeah, they started school

Yup, school started this year. It just hasn't been posted yet. Typically, I would just skip it, but since it is Addy's first year it does deserve a spot here on my little old blog. I was able to capture them as they headed out the door. Excited, that lasted a day or so.

Addy all lined up. Well, just for a quick photo and then she was off to play on the jungle gym.
And Brennon was also patient enough to let me take one of him as well.

Emma, well, she is in the other building and what 4th grader wants their mom following them over there to get a photo and kiss them off on their first day of school. She didn't. All is good though. School is good. 2 kids gone all day, 1 kid gone 1/2 day. Some one on one time with Dylan. Only 1 kid to take to the grocery store. Yup, it's all good!