Trick-or-treat

We had a great trick or treat experience. Our neigbhor has a great pot luck and we end up hanging out at their house most of the night. The kids have sackfulls of candy and counted and tallied them last night.


Where's the bee going?



Mallory at her school party

Captain America attacks the tree.




Our double rainbow just before we went out for Halloween.

Naked butt picture. I need to take more. I love these pictures but have not taken as much of her since we have been so busy. More naked butt pictures to come.


I love to suck my thumb with anything, leaves, lovey's, mom's shirt, plastic bags, trash, whatever.


Julianne is done with soccer for the season. They had a great season. Their tournament was not as successful. They lost all the games mostly because they were not passing as much as the other team and they were bumped up to the higher division. So these teams were better and I could tell that their passing game was much more sophisticated than ours. Nathan also finished his season. He had a great time and loves it. He definitely gets the game and the concept and it was great to see his progression from being clueless the first game to trying to pass too much the last game. Mallory still has one more game. Their poor team has not won one game yet but they still try hard. They are looking good the last couple of games they just have a hard time scoring. Mallory is progressing she is still a little reserved, she has her spurts of aggressiveness and getting into the game and has other times where she is not as into it. She started tap dance, once a week, and is liking it. She has only taken two classes so far but seems to enjoy it.

Lindsay is standing up and cruising, well she has been doing that for awhile now. She puts everything into our mouth and loves her dad. She loves going over to him and having him hold her. She was crying the other day in her bed and I had to finish something before I got her so she cried hysterically for about 5 minutes. I finally made it up there to find that she had dropped her lovey's on the floor. I think she was crushed that she could not get them. It was too cute. Her top two teeth are coming in slowly. Since she is our fourth I now stick her in the shower with me. So we are over baths and she will probably grow up not really taking baths. We do not have time for baths. :)

I think that is a great wrap up.

Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Another nice weathered Halloween
-Seeing the kids enjoy their candy
-Eating their candy
-Finishing painting Julianne's room

Enjoying the great weather

We have been busy with the kids soccer. For the most part Julianne is enjoying soccer. She is not in love with playing goalie most of the time but has done a better job dealing with it. She is not as negative and it does not affect her moods as much. She continues to push hard and enjoy the game. D is coaching Mallory's soccer and even though she does not talk too much about it she says random things like, "... I am going to be aggressive in soccer today." She is still learning the game and has a lot of fun out there. D really enjoys coaching and is hoping to get her team to win a game (her team did not win any games last year). Nathan started to play soccer this season and is quickly learning how to play. The first game was really funny. All the kids were clueless, they traveled as a pack, went to their own goal, and had a lot of kids crying during the game. He scored his first goal last week so he was excited about that. It is fun to watch the kids and see how they progress.

I don't know what he is looking at right here.

His friend and him were "goalies".



Here is Mallory in action.


Julianne as goalie.

This is what Lindsay does while at the games. She has become such a lawn mower. Loves to pull grass and attempt to eat it and any leaves.


She is awaiting her soccer beganings.

I am so proud of Julianne, she has really become more confident as she gets older. The local girls High School basketball coach was holding tryouts for a competitive team and she wanted to try out. She initiated the converstation and really wanted to try it. She has never played a game or with kids her age. So D and her practices some skills for a few weeks to get her ready. She was really nervous but still put herself out there to try out. I told her that I was proud of her since she just wanted to try out. Regardless of what happens it was a big step for her. There were 28 4th graders trying out and we are not sure if they will have one or two teams. We find out on Thursday so I will let you know. If she does not make this team then D is still going to coach her in a recreation league.

We participated in the local Walk for Autism and it was a great event with perfect weather. it was great to see the support and be a part of it.


Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Hearing Mallory say that she would give money her Mimi gave her in a piggy bank to the "poor people".
-experiencing beautiful sunrises on my run.
-the great weather.
-Julianne trying out for the basketball team.

More back to school and birthday parties

Well Nathan finally started school. He was super excited and wanted to leave the house an hour earlier than it started. He was sad the first day because no one played with him. However, he did not ask anyone so we worked on him asking his friends if they wanted to play. It is probably hard going into a new situation without having your sisters to be your automatic playmates. So the next day he asked some friends to play and is learning some of his friends names. Our nanny also does a lot of "learning books" with him and he loves them. He seems to really like to learn so hopefully that desire will stick with him when he gets into elementary school.


Hurry up mom.


Julianne also turned 10 which still just blows me away that she is that old. It is crazy. The time has flown by and I know soon she will be a teenager. She is into her clothes now, her earrings, still loves sports, and she got an ipod for her birthday so she is now into her music and acting cool with her ipod. We had a sleepover for her friends and this year we had more drama than last year. One of her friends was a hand full because she was very demanding, wanted to be first all the time, wanted to sit next to Julianne all the time, was crazy at night and would not listen to us when it was time to go to bed and to top it off stole some of her birthday present. So next time we have a sleepover we will be more aware of who she invites over. She had a great time and I think the other girls enjoyed themselves. I took them to get hair feathers in their hair, which they loved, and D took them to putt putt. So they had a great night. The next weekend we had our family party. It was great to see everyone and Julianne was excited to have everyone over. She has grown into such a great girl. She is a great friend, tries hard in school, loves to hang out with us, a great sibling, and is independent.



Lindsay is almost 7 months. I have yet to write in her baby book. So I am going to jot down a few milestones before I forget them. Sucked her thumb 2 months, slept through the (10 to 12 hours) night 3 months, sat up on her own-6 months, first tooth (left bottom)- 6.5 months, started to crawl-almost 7 months).

She is now crawling. Within the past few days she has perfected her crawl. She is still a little clumsy but can get almost across the room with her newly acquired crawling skills. This past week she was a grump. I think it was mostly due to her new tooth. The past few days she has been better and may be due to her crawling. She now eats food when I give it to her. She has eaten oatmeal, rice, sweet potato, potato, avocado, carrots, sweet potato, banana and apple sauce. So I would love to broaden that selection and I will as time passes. She really likes to eat and has not really turned away food. She has not been thrilled with the potato but it likes it when it is with the apple sauce. I think that is all for now about her.

Since I have an old fashion camcorder here are some still shots of her crawling.









Here are some other random pictures from the past few weeks.










Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-The cooler weather
-Experiencing my kids and their experiences
-My hubby and his support