Super Super Super Hot Date

Brooklyn, my friend Heather's daughter, was the star of "Annie" (Kids Musical Theater). Wallace accompanied me to the show where we met Juliana and Liv. Such a fun date. Look how handsome he is!

Liv and Wally

Waiting to get Brooklyn's autograph and give her flowers!

Melt my heart...

this is one of those...

a kind of annoying post unless you really like our kids. here are lots of pics of them:

where he spends much of his time... peeking over the ergo carrier.

it seems lately charlie and i are ditched by the older two as they go off into make-believe land and play out all sorts of adventures.

me and my girl.

sunday drive.

shopping trip.

Harvest

For Halloween, Wally wanted to be seaweed. Skyler wanted to be Buzz Lightyear, but at the last minute decided to be a fairy.

Charlie was a shark.

The fairy kept having to go potty.

We picked out some pumpkins. But only took the middle one home (Charlie) because the rest were too expensive!

Then we went to Mariner's Church for their Harvest Festival. So fun...

Skye, Wally and their best neighbor friend, Emi.

Sorting and trading candy took a good amount of time. And they didn't even notice that most of the chocolate was missing the next morning.

After Halloween is a whirlwind of our favorite things: our Anniversary, Thanksgiving, Rian's birthday, Christmas and then my birthday. Such a fun 6 weeks!! Here we are celebrating 9 years on a lunch date.

preschool...

still going strong. for "F" week wally fed our neighbors fish, took flowers to some friends, talked about feelings, made fondue, visited a farm, played frisbee with gypsy, created some feather games.

for "G" week, wally drew a picture of GiGi, learned about goats, baked some go-go balls, and read lots of "G" books from the library.

for "H" week, we made homeless packages, did some painting with our hands, and then slacked off the rest of the week. we will continue on with our "studies" after christmas. december is dedicated to christmas story reading and art month!

Here we go...

Has it been 2 months since I've updated?! We've been busy and enjoying life. Playing with Gypsy at our park (the old lady can still catch a frisbee):

Having the kids do our home projects:

Wally reading to his brother:

Supper swap is still going strong (here are some potatoes that Heather made):

And some stuffed peppers that I did:

Super cute picture of Noni meeting her great-grandson, Charlie, for the first time:

Our monthly "(ex)neighbor" dinner has grown, so we spill out onto our deck:

At Chels and Colby's house the kids watch movies while the "grown-ups" eat.

Chelsea's Fall dinner... so cute!

Rian's fam over for dinner:

Airplane ride with the girls

I am lucky enough to have gotten another weekend away with my oldest girlfriends. The ones from childhood. We don't all share daily life together anymore, but when we get together, it's like time hasn't passed. The same things are funny. The same stories are told. We can do anything, say anything, look any way... and it doesn't matter. When you have history like this you are already known. We are understood and accepted even though we are all so different. This weekend was perfect, just like all the other weekends. A good mix of deeper conversations and catching up with a lot of laughing, teasing, relaxing, and being out on the town. Alissa hosted us at her home in Concord and she is amazing. This is her gift. Hospitality, cooking, serving, etc. She is so relaxed and her home is beautiful and cozy. Her husband, Tim, took their 3 girls to his parents in Napa for the weekend, giving us the whole house to ourselves. As sweet and thoughtful as it sounds (and is), he really was just escaping the seven of us together. We know the truth.

Other things we did? A photoshoot...

Makeup for our night out (yes, J is dancing in the background. Because it's funny)...

Pedicures...

Best mexican food ever - Carlos Santana's "Maria Maria"...

Biore strips, a board game, old movies, old photos...

Sleeping together is never a dull moment... someone's very articulate sleep talking, house alarm at 4am with multiple phone calls and a visit from the police, waking up engulfed in your deflated air mattress... things like that.

We ended the weekend with mimosas, morning jacuzzi, a long walk around the reservoir, and more stories added to our friendship. I love each of you so much!

Fall time

Mimi brought us these adorable hats that a friend of hers from Town & Country made for Wally and Skyler.

Charlie's first time out of the bumbo and in the high chair.

For Fall, I made a moss and burlap wreath, bought my annual pumpkin candle and put up this burlap banner that the kids helped me make.

For "D" week: some DADDY time. His DAD was his service project this week. Wally did a DRAWING of DADDY and we took it to his office for his DESK.

DOMINO snacks...

Dinner at the Delja's (this was actually "E" week but we should have planned it the week before!)

For "E" week, Wallace got to pick out one item from the market: he chose EGGPLANT!

We enjoyed some "ENTERTAINMENT at the Cars II 3D playing at the $1 theater.

An ETIQUETTE lesson while having tea.

Wallace's service project for "E" week was creating and ENVELOPE and sending this ELEPHANT to his neighbor EMI. :)