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Halloween 2009

Here is Kate at her Kindergarten Fall Party. Notice her ferocious mad kitty face... :)

Here is Kate's Kindergarten class in their costumes. How cute are THEY!? I volunteered to help with the party and got to lead a craft. We made spooky picture frames. It was a lot of fun to meet all of her little friends!

We went to my parent's for Halloween weekend. What cute cats. :) We only trick or treated to a couple places, but they still got a TON of candy!!

Brian and I hadn't planned on going out Halloween night, so we didn't have costumes planned. We raided my parent's closets and this is what we came up with - - bikers. Once we got to the Belview bar and the BrauHaus in Lucan, we realized that we sort of just blended with the locals more than anything. Oops! Someone came up to Brian and said "Hey - I like your Jim Weidemann costume!" ha ha. We had fun singing karaoke and hanging out with Jon, Christi, Joe and Ashley.

Jon and Christi as pilot and stewardess.

wow...

I can't believe I haven't posted since Sept 3rd. I'm so terrible at this! I PROMISE to get some photos and stuff posted this week.

Sorry! Thanks for putting up with me! :)

Katy is growing up too fast...

We took Katy to her Kindergarten Open House yesterday. Wow. It still hasn't fully hit me that in 6 days, she will be getting on a bus and going to school...all by herself! I think it's going to be a lot harder on me than it is on her. She'll do great, though. She was really excited to see all the fun things in her classroom. She got to meet her new teacher, Mrs. Bauer, who seems to be just the sweetest lady ever. Kate was a little shy around her, but when we came back to the room for one last look before leaving, she had a chance to bond with the aide with a little conversation about their favorite animals.

After the open house, we went out for supper at Applebee's to celebrate my birthday! The kids were a little rambunctious, but we had a fun time anyway. Then we all went to Michael's and I got to look around as much as I wanted to with no complaints or comments from Brian whatsoever. What a great gift! Thanks, Honey. :) I got lots of fun stuff to add to my scrap collection. I can't wait to get it out and start using it!

Well, time to go finish getting ready for the day. (we start out a little late around here...which will have to change starting next week with Kate going to school! Yikes!) Hope everyone has a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!!!

{Lazy Saturday and the Indestructible Balloon}

We love lazy Saturdays. It's after 2:00 and we're all still in our PJs. :)

There were several balloons left over from Kate's birthday party, so we decided it would be fun to pop them. We thought it would be easy for Kate and Jack to just jump on them, but those darn things were virtually indestructible! I haven't laughed so much in a long time. It was hilarious watching them jump on them trying to get them to pop. They even had to pull out the "family sandwich", which sadly proved to be an unsuccessful technique.

{pictures that make me smile}

These are just a few recent pictures of the kids that make me smile. As much as they make me crazy sometimes, they are pretty darn great.

The kids and I went to the park the other day for a picnic. It was gorgeous out! They had fun playing on the playground while I caught up on some reading.

Jack working on puzzles...with a mess face, as usual.

Kate taking a nap on the couch with her new best friend, Baby Cheetah. This was a birthday gift from Grandma and Boppa Weidemann and it goes EVERYWHERE with her!

Jack was being silly and playing peek a boo with me. (yeah, I realize the door is see through...it was still funny, though!) :)

Jack + orange pop = mess

We had those little orange cans of pop at Kate's birthday party. Since it was a special occasion, we agreed to let Jack try a can. He hid in the corner behind the fence drinking the whole thing, then showed up with the most hilarious orange mustache. He even had a little soul patch going on! This kid is too funny.

Then, after thoroughly soaking the front of his shirt with orange pop, he proceeded to take a seat right on my chives. Little punk.... but it's hard to be mad at someone when they're this darn cute! Just look at that little expression...you KNOW the wheels are turning! (side note: I DID get his shirt clean - -not sure how, but it all came out!) :)