Halloween

Halloween 2009, North Carolina. We were invited by Hayden's friends' mom to join them at their church for "Trunk or Treat". They had a little party at the church a week before Halloween. The kids trick-or-treated from the trunks of all the cars. It was fun and they got quite a haul and Hayden got to spend some time with his friends (twins) before he had to move.

Logan was GI Joe

Hayden was Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th
(It was the cheapest costume ever!)

Bryn was a Bumble Bee with a broken appendage.

She loved wearing her costume! She won't wear one of my hair clippies but she'll wear antennae. Go figure.

Ready to get her treat on. (sans cast)

Of course it decided to rain when the kids were trick-or-treating. They still had fun, especially Bryn. She LOVED it!

Bryn loves to color!

Bryn loves to color!

The 'arteest' at work

With a bite here and there. A little wax never hurt anyone.

A Southpaw just like Daddy

Behold, the masterpiece!!
(Hayden helped her with the hearts and her name)

Me and my B&W photos

I love taking pictures of my kids, especially black and white photos. I can decorate my walls with nothing but b&w photos. I find that if I just snap away at random I get the best pictures. Here are some of Bryn I took this summer.

love it

pulling up grass

this one makes me laugh

I really love my...

SUNGLASSES!

My little Peep

She may or may not like Peeps...

Swing away...

THE SWING

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown,
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

~Robert Louis Stevenson

play me

A hair-raising idea!

Hayden asked me last week if I could give him a faux hawk. (For you older folks a faux hawk is like a mow hawk except you just mold the existing hair into the "hawk", if you will.) I have been dying to do his hair. It looked pretty cute, and involved a lot of hair gel. He has a great head of hair. I just wish he would grow it out a little bit. He normally prefers the "high and tight" like dad.

Logan, well his hair is gorgeous, and I know some people think his hair is too long or he looks like a girl...I don't care. He looks like a little surfer dude. His hair is part of who he is. He wouldn't be Logan without that California look! (BTW he is quite the ladies man!)

Bryn is cursed with my curly coif. Hopefully she doesn't resent me for it someday. It looks pretty darn adorable right now!

A weekend of firsts! On Sunday we took Bryn to the Audubon Zoo, her first trip to the zoo! The Robichaux's went with us and it was a gorgeous 83 degree day!

My little Buddhas

The first animals we encountered were the elephants. Bryn was in awe! She just stared at them and pointed..."doggie".

The carousel

I was a little nervous to put her on the animals that go up and down. So we sat on the bench and she loved it. She didn't know where to look. It was cute.

Say cheese!

The little monkeys! Bryn, Hayden, Logan, CJ and Danica.

Parin and Brynnie

Daddy and Brynnie

All tuckered out...she missed out on the giraffes.

That is some BIG bamboo!

As soon as we got to the zoo all Hayden wanted to see was the Komodo Dragon. It was the last thing we saw and he was clearly not happy.

I tried to get a picture with my boys...and well now Logan was pouting. I can't even remember why!

We had a lot of fun. Bryn got a stuffed elephant to remember her first zoo trip by. She seemed to really like the elephants the best. Hayden and Logan liked the snakes the best so they each got a toy snake. We were all so tired from being in the sun all day so we stopped for ice cream. The perfect ending for the perfect day!