whatever

there is nothing more i would like to do today
than be with Jenny
laughing and having a yummy dinner
and more laughing.
instead i will fold 10 loads of laundry…
not quite the same.
i hope you had a great day Jen!
love you so much.
happy birthday.

this is the sweetest pumpkin.
annie made it at preschool.
so creative and out-of-the-box.
they even got to use little hammers to pound the things in.

sean was “the grim reaper” (in his imagination)

talby wore the tiger that grandma made for lauren years back.

scott was TONY HAWK…a pro skateboarder.

annie wanted to be a bat.
she was sure of it.
so i made her some wings and sewed ears to a stocking cap we had.
hearing her little voice say happy halloween….too cute.

seasonal driveway art by sean
we each had a gravestone.
we were all “ded”

ms. kristin and eliza with annie at preschool…
and amy my neighbor.
both of these ladies always have very good costumes.

amy’s sick pumpkin…
also very original and out-of-the-box.

i cleaned out 6 pumpkins this afternoon.
lauren wants some credit too…
she did cut three open and clean half of her own.
then the phone rang and she was gone. 🙂
after dinner they each made their own design.
annie wanted a scary face with mad eye “bwows”.

scott had the most original idea
but needed a grown up’s brain to figure out how to do it.

i thought sean’s looked a little like him…with the teeth.
he did it all completely on his own.

i still have mine but haven’t had time to carve it yet.
i am going to go with the big cursive D scraped in…not carved.

baby london is home.
3 lb. 14 oz. and already home.
9 days old.
i finally held her.
precious.
just absolutely perfect.
i made craig feel her head…to feel the tinyness.
oh it’s going to be much with this new sweet baby so close by.

we got sean laughing pretty hard at his new voice.
with no front teeth he can’t say his S’s.
it’s the cutest thing.

FYI…i am working on the blog design…stay with me.

treats from aunt sherri in the mail…
teeny tiny pumpkin bottles of bubbles.

fully stocked bathroom…
we were completely out.

sock monkeys at the antique store

lovely photo taken by scott

four magazines in the mail in one day

mini pumpkins on the mantel in the sunshine

dirty scale…

annie pushing 3 babies in 2 strollers clipped together.

and seriously…what is happier than a huge box of crayons on your floor?

so i guess i am messy.

that’s no secret to anyone who knows me.
but you have to make a mess to create what is in you…i think.
and messes are fun.
just ask my kids.

a few new layouts…

and for a totally different subject…
sean lost one front tooth.
he made $1.73 in change from dad’s coin jar.
the other one is so wobbly…barely hanging on.
i had craig try to pull it out this morning.
they had picture retakes today.
don’t you think toothless kids are the cutest?
but instead he will be half toothless and one crooked wobbly tooth.
maybe he will smirk instead of cheesey grin.

and now i am off to see that tiny sweet baby.