September....At Last

The Kidlet turned 7 this September. Once again we had 2 parties. First we had the family party. Pictures follow...

She gets her favorite things to play with! Puzzibits!

Her cousins gave her a card that played "Happy Birthday to You" sung by cats. I think she liked it....

She also got that scooter she's been begging for.

Her surprise Darth Vader cake!


Then we had some of her friends over for yet another party. We are insane, I do believe.

This time around I made a Beach Party cake.



She recieved Twister as a gift. It sure came in handy!

This is one of the Kidlet's friends. She absolutely cracks me up. She's welcome at our house any time she wants to come over. She rocks!

The poor boy in the back was the only boy who came. By the end of the party he was hiding from all the girls. Those girls sure were pestering the hell out of him!

And because I simply can't leave you without at least a few MP3 pictures....

Look! I knitted a Jayne hat! Only in miniature size this time! Maybe it's just me,

but I think he's much cuter than Adam Baldwin...

And It Has Begun

Look what MP3 figured out over the weekend.

We are dooooooomed!

In other news....

It's s......sn.......*sigh* White fluffy stuff is still falling from the sky. Really big and puffy and wet and "packy" today. After much begging and pleading I finally got The Kidlet to go out and enjoy it (someone should after all). She's out of school for the whole week due to parent/teacher conferences and Turkey Day. Lucky little girl....lucky Mystery has someone to play with...Mommy going crazy....

August Part 2

First of all I would like to mention that we celebrated our 10th Anniversary this August 22nd! So here's to a great 10 years and to many more!

I can't believe we ever looked this young!

The Flower Girl and Ring Bearer are both teenagers now....

This is still the happiest day of my life. My face actually hurt that evening after smiling so much! Thank you for a great 10 years, Husband O' Mine!

In August we also went over to a friend's house (Hi, Aimee and Bart!) for an End Of Summer party. There seemed to be alot of volleyball being played...

Even The Kidlet got in on the action...

And we re-painted and re-carpeted the living room. Gone are the powder blue walls and blue-purple-swirly-crappy-dirty carpet! Say hello to a brighter and nicer living room!



And then.....the Cottage! We swam, we soaked up sun, we ate s'mores! The Kidlet also realized she could "surf."

Luckily for us, she still thinks her brother is pretty neat.

Even my Mother-in-law had fun in the water!
(oh, and that bikini clad girl is the flower girl from the begining of this post...God, I feel old)

Coming soon, September! Maybe....

I Give You....Sock Houdini!

Sure, Houdini could get himself out of all sorts of locks and chains, but could he do this? Without using his hands? That's right, my son can get himself out of his socks faster than you can blink while his hands are busily banging objects on the ground. He is the One! The Only! Sock Houdini! *insert applause here*




Once, I was changing his diaper and had both of his ankles in my hand...when I put his feet down 10 seconds later he was missing a sock! Somehow I never noticed a thing. How does he do it? Will we ever know?

Today I leave with a look at his eyes....I really really really hope the color doesn't change.

*Insert Scream of Terror Here*

I just looked out my window and saw......

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I hate it when it s...(insert 4 letter "s" word here). Why oh why must it do this?

I took Mike an hour to drive to work today (normally 20 minutes) and it took the neighbors 30 minutes to drive The Kidlet and their son 5 miles to school. According to the radio, the road by our house is the worst in the county this morning and the rest of the area is just fine for driving through. Over half of Mike's drive time was spent covering the first 3 miles. I think I'll stay inside for as long as possible.....

Go Trick-or-Treating, I Must

Look what I made! I knit a Yoda Hat (for ravelry.com users) for MP3! Then I felted it! I'm so proud of myself. And it looks so cute (I think). Although we did have one girl ask if he was suppose to be baby Shrek. Baby Shrek? What the hell is wrong with kids today, can't even recognize Yoda. *grumble grumble* Anyway, my Mom made a cute little Yoda robe for him out of some yummy fleece (gotta love Halloween in Michigan) to keep him warm. Luckily we had great weather for Halloween and no snow!

The Kidlet was Darth Vader this year (my kids are sooooo cool!), and a darn good Darth Vader she was. We were hoping to get in on the Star Wars action too, but ran out of time and money. Mike thought it'd be cool to be dressed like a Jedi in training and carry Yoda around on his back (I assumed he meant he wanted to dress up like Luke, but he was offened by the suggestion...I agree, Luke is a wuss), and I kicked around the idea of wearing a bun on each side of my head...but alas, these things didn't pan out. Darth Vader and baby brother Yoda were a hit anyway.

Darth Vader and Yoda sitting together? Who would of thought it possible? Although Yoda doesn't seem to happy about it....

As every year, Paige had a custume-Birthday party. Since we were going to be inside where it's nice and toasty warm we put an alternative costume under the Yoda outfit. Yep, Yoda turned into Charlie Brown!

I don't remember there being witches in Star Wars.....but Yoda/Charlie Brown takes them on anyway! We see him here removing Witch Meg's nose while tackling Witch Nana to the ground!


This is my cousin Bob's youngest daughter, Alea. I'm not quite sure what she's suppose to be....

George was suited up...

My Dad even turned into a witch...how odd...

And the birthday girl herself is seen here showing off an eyeball. Happy 4th Birthday Paigey!
(yes, we were overrun with witches....Yoda took them all on, though)

August Part 1

Well....August....lemme try to remember. MP3 is currently teething something awful, I'm slightly sleep deprived and also suffering a terrible head cold (which wouldn't be that bad but the chickenpox scars in my throat are inflamed and it is very painful to swallow) so I'm having a bit of trouble not only remembering what the hell happened in August but how to construct a sentence as well. Here goes!

We continued to play at the cottage. We love the cottage (in case you were wondering). Here we see The Kidlet and her cousins playing in the water. Notice the strange looks on their faces? Guess what they found. A big dead fish. A catfish if I remember correctly. Jeana especially looks horrified.


My kid, not surprisingly, seems unperturbed about dead things floating in the water with her. And, as usual, is being photogenic. Notice those gaps in her mouth. The gap on the left is finally closing up. The one on the right, however, has yet to have a tooth begin moving in. I keep telling her it's not coming and that she'll have a permanent "straw hole" for drinking through. She refuses to believe me. Darnit!

We had a wonderful time over at "Aunt Brubber's" house and got to see some cousins that we haven't seen in quite a while. Here is my cousin Jamie, grinnin' like a fool. Man, I've missed him. He and his wife have moved somewhere far away and strange...like Utah or something. I don't recall offhand which state it is, but it's somewhere over there.

The kidlet and her cousins had lots o' fun playing with my cousin Beth's children. Well, two of her children anyway. The other ones couldn't make it. Sydney and Tristan were wonderful with the kids!

The were even wonderful with MP3. This made me laugh - I asked them what they were doing and found out that they couldn't wait to see what his cute little toes look like! TOES! It must run in the family...I love baby toes too!

I think Beth and her kids should move up here so that I have some babysitters. Tell me Sydney wouldn't be great as a baby sitter! *squeeee*

The power of the finger!!

We also spent some time over at the Grandma and Grandpa's! Here's Victoria and Olivia with MP3. Once again, more kids who should move up here so that I have some babysitters. Why do all these great kids live downstate?

The Kidlet had much fun riding Michelle's go-cart with her.




Guess who else had much fun riding the go-cart?

Okay. August Part 1 is complete. Part 2 coming soon...I promise. But first *drumroll please* HALLOWEEN!