lately

in blog-time, it has been YEARS since I last posted an entry. Well, we have been busy here.

My mom visited for a long weekend last week, which was great. We even bought some aqua-dots the day before they were recalled! (You have to find excitement where you can find it!) We subsequently threw out all of the aquadots and resumed life as usual...

Mimi had photos taken for ballet ... Charlie had his last soccer game (vs. the other Prov. team!) ... Cooper is trying to crawl and is teething like mad ... Charlie finally got his Tony Romo jersey ... We have had more charity and birthday dinners every week, etc.

We leave Saturday for Florida to visit Chuck's mom. We haven't told the kids yet, but we are surprising them with a trip to Disneyworld! It should be a blast! We are really looking forward to it, and Charlie and Mimi will think they are in heaven! Cooper is staying with Chuck's mom for 2 nights, so we will get some good quality time in with our big kiddos.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

We celebrated Halloween around here twice this year ... first at the Northwood Halloween party Friday night and then on Wednesday night on Halloween. We went to the Linder's party Wednesday night before heading out trick or treating in UP. You would think that 100-plus people would be crazy, but it was actually relatively calm and definitely a lot of fun.

Cooper was a shark at the Northwood party, which was perfect for the cool weather. But Wednesday night was warm -- in the mid-eighties -- so we resorted to a Batman (Batbaby?) costume. Mimi was Glinda the Good Fairy from the Wizard of Oz. (NOT Glinda the good WITCH -- because, as she will tell you, witches do NOT serve God! Our little witness!) Charlie was Captain Hook. He came in 3rd at the Northwood costume contest -- but Cooper would probably have won it all had we entered him. He kept the same startled and confused look on his face all night long ... as if to say, "Mom and Dad, why am I wearing blue foam again?" Very funny!

Last Soccer Game

Tuesday night was Charlie's last soccer game of the season. Their record was less than stellar (3-3-1), not due to the coaching of course -- probably because most of our practices were rained out. Charlie enjoyed being out on the field with his classmates. Their team will be together for the next few years.
Some photos from the last game of the Warriors and from the "award banquet" at Mr. Gatti's Pizza.