Indian night!

Sleeping in their cozy teepee.

Halloween/Pirate Party!!

Daddy was away at the Cervantino Festival but we had a great time anyway. Everyone dressed up as pirates, we had a treasure hunt and Julie baked a wonderful treasure chest cake.

One of the kids even made a hook for Ben's hand.

PS. Our laptop crashed with a bunch of pics on it so please pray we can get that fixed soon!

Happy Birthday Lily!

Instead of putting together a long post for Lil we decided to take her out and spend more time with her.

She's such a smart, wonderful little girl! We love you Lily! Happy 7th Birthday!

Pumpkin carving

Ben has been wanting to carve pumpkins and make jack o' lanterns since the first day of Fall, so for Family Day, Daddy got two cute little pumpkins to carve with the kids. (He got a really good deal too which was nice 'cuz they're SO FREAKING EXPENSIVE!!)

This was a first for the kids and me, so Daddy showed us how to carve them. Lily got really into it and was surprisingly good with the knife. (I was a little worried that she'd cut herself and mess up the pumpkin pretty bad too.) Ben thought that scooping the inside out was too gross so he handed his over to Daddy to make for him. Here are some pics:

Happy with their pumpkins.

Daddy put lights inside and I think they turned out pretty good! We have them in the bathroom as a nightlight. At first I was concerned that they would scare Ben but he loves them!

It was fun! I'd like to do this every year.

Of sea cows and such...

Ben to Dad: "Daddy, did you know that there are trees that grow in water? They are called Houdini trees. There are also sea cows that live in the sea and give sea milk.......but humans don't like to drink that kind of milk, because the seam milk tastes like 'bluah!' Very Yucky!"

He's so perfectly handsome!

The other day we were reviewing spelling words and I asked Ben to spell the word 'brown'. When I came back to check on him, I found this:

"Mr. Brown man had u TV."

I thought it was so cute! He's such a smart boy!

Updates on Justin

Thank you so much for keeping Justy in your prayers. He had a fever for 3 days but seems to be all better now. I'm pretty sure that he's teething and that's why he had the fever as he hasn't had any symptoms of anything else. I still don't see any teeth coming through though.

Thankfully he's sleeping well again and is pretty happy, he just hasn't regained his appetite and only wants to nurse. Anyhow, here are some pics:

I think he almost looks like he's dancing here.

He loves the top bunk and goes to play with Lily when she first wakes up.

His favorite parent time activity: dancing and clapping to songs that Daddy plays for him. (His absolute favorite is "I'm yours" by Jason Mraz.)

I love the way he sleeps just like Chris, with his arms up.

Goodnight to all!

Here's another beautiful piece Chris made for the baby...

It's so perfect!

God bless him for working so hard on it. He doesn't have much time so he'd stay up late at night or use little free slots here and there to make it and I love how it's turned out.