Cute Lance in the Bath

Pretending to be Santa!

The Children were nestled all snug in their beds...

This is the scene in L&L's bedroom this Christmas season (with and without flash):

(notice Lance's little foot sticking out over his railing--cute!)

Luke's Kindergarten Christmas

Luke started a new school on November 8th. He had a rough start, but overall is doing really well. I have been able to volunteer in his new classroom once a week, which he loves. There are 22 boys and 7 girls in the class, and his teacher always seems to put me in charge of the paint station-- WHOA! What a job! Working the paint station is super high pressure-- getting all those kids out of there with unstained clothes is what I aim for! I stay for about an hour and a half each time and leave totally exhausted!

The Christmas program was a blast and soooo cute. I was impressed by how many songs they learned. Luke has taken a liking to Christmas music this year, but mixes up the lyrics quite a bit: "Two turtle ducks and a partridge in a pawnee..."

My Birthday

He draws, he bikes, he BAKES! This is Matt's famous made-from-scratch and mixed-in-the-garage chocolate cake!

Oops - I can't figure out how to flip this candle-blowing picture!

The Tree

Halloween is over...

ONTO CHRISTMAS!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween blew our minds this year! The new neighborhood is the happening place to be on Halloween. Luke and Lance did a couple of streets, then were eager to head home and pass out candy. Luke took his job so seriously, telling each person to "be careful because the first step (leading up to our door) is really steep!" L&L each had to hand out a fistful of candy to each person, so we ended up running out of candy and had to turn the lights off at 8:30. Such a fun night! Lance has spent today dumping out his candy bowl over and over again to admire his work!