Trick or Treat

Halloween + Saturday + Candy + Time change + late bedtime= 3 kids in bed, all crying about something.

Punkin Carving

Backyard Friends

We have enjoyed watching the squirrels come and eat the peanuts we leave for them on our deck. This morning we got an extra bonus when 2 blue jays came to eat the peanuts, too. The pictures didn't turn out the best since I took them through the window.

IEP Graduation

After nearly 4 years of speech therapy and 2.5 years of occupational therapy, Eric has officially GRADUATED from his IEP, and is now DONE with special education services. His standard score on his recent speech eval was a 107, with the range for "normal" being 85-115. We are very proud of all of his hard work (even when some of it was against his wishes-OT was never his favorite).
We are going out to eat tomorrow night to celebrate. Last week he said he wanted to go to Red Lobster, which made Mom very happy as they have their unlimited shrimp extravaganza right now. But, lucky me, he changed his mind and now wants to go to McDonalds, where he said I could have a salad.....

Pink Pajamas

What is more shocking....
1) I voluntarily purchased a pair of obnoxious pink fleece pajamas with penguins to coordinate with Megan's obnoxious pink fleece pajamas with penguins

or

2) Don and the boys were totally un-amused when Megan and I paraded into the basement to show off our matching jammies....they hardly even looked up from the computer.

A few more pics

Living on the Edge

This is as high as Eric got


Well, apparently Don and I are the Tiger Cub Den Leaders for Pack 153. Please hold your laughter. We can't tie a knot. We don't own a saw. We are not campers. We are as qualified to be leaders of our Den as Barack Obama is to be President of the United States.

Our scout event of the weekend was a Derby Run at a local car dealership. We do not have our cars created yet (partly due to the fact that we don't own a saw, partly due to the fact that we have no idea what to do), but they had plenty to share. The best part was the rock climbing wall. Mommy (or should I say Den Mother) was surprisingly not even nervous with this...the boys thankfully were a little. It's hard to tell which boy is which-Jonathan has the Nike shoes one, Eric the Adidas.