Blogger Deliquency--Past Month's Highlights

HALLOWEEN
We felt especially safe this year with our little superhero's around!! Just warning you--lots of pictures, maybe I should have made a slide show . . . too late now.






Ryan still says several times a day "I Spiderman to the rescue!!"









Ryan and his best buddy



Ryan's friends cheering him on



Isaac drew and helped cut out is own jack-o-lantern face this year. Notice his cool tie-died pumpkin shirt too!



I got to help with Nicole's Halloween party--aren't these pumpkins we made cute!!




He still has his fingers in his mouth all the time??--he's two!!



GRANDMA COMES TO VISIT
Grandma came late Thursday night, watched the kids all day Friday, overnight and Saturday morning, so that Curt and I could steal away for a much needed together time! Thanks so much Jan, it was a wonderful birthday present!!




AAAHHH, SO SWEET--The kids were eating their sandwiches after church, Curt was relaxing on the couch with his guitar. After a few minutes of eating, Ryan gets down from the table taking his plate with him, sits as close as he can to Curt, leans over on him, and continues to eat his sandwich.






CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS . . . AGAIN!

We drove into SF to see a really cool art exhibit, stood in line (with all three kids) only to be told the tickets we would be buying would get us into the exhibit at 3pm (it was 10am!) We then went to plan B which was to go see the butterflies which Nicole has been begging to do since she missed out the first time, at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Sorry, more butterfly pictures!




"Where's the alligator? WHERE?" Ryan couldn't quite see the whole picture . . .




Check out that proboscis!!















The picture below makes me laugh. If you'll notice in the background Curt is almost to the car, Ryan wants to be with Daddy, and is following close behind, but is concerned that Nicole, Isaac and I are not with them. Curt says we are complete opposites in this facet of our personalities. I stop to smell too many flowers (and take too many pictures) and he doesn't stop to smell enough, or any. Hopefully we are helping each other meet somewhere in the middle!



ROCKETS, FIGHTER JETS, AND CANDY OH MY

We got Isaac a model rocket with a solid fuel engine that goes 1000 feet into the air for his birthday. He's hooked. The one on one time with Dad, decorating it, putting it together and blasting it into the air might add to it's appeal. After several launches on a particularly windy day, his rocket set a record for heighth and distance, never to be found. One heartbroken kid, and a new rocketship later, the first thing Isaac did was put his name and phone number on his new rocket with stickers. We've still got it!
His other new obsession is fighter jets. He got to see the Blue Angels perform this last month. Now, when the kids get an opportunity to watch something he is always begging for fighter jet documentaries. When he does get to watch one, he is telling us how much he loves to watch the fighter jets for the next few days.
Candy. Well he's always been obsessed with candy, and thanks to Halloween . . . need I say more?