Dr. Suess is rubbing off on us

I don't know why, but these jammies remind me of something you'd see on a Who!

How much is your dead body worth?

I swiped this off my friend, Kirsta's, blog. Give it a try!
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All of our loose odds and ends

We went to the Annual Library Open House last weekend looking for a good time. While a good time was not to be found, we got some exercise (1 mile round trip!), Lucy got her face painted (Jake asked if he could try his hand at the face painting station. Needless to say, kids were lined up to get him to do theirs too.), and I got my overdue library movie (that I didn't even know we had) turned in. Not a total loss, but we might choose a better way to spend the afternoon next year, like cleaning the baseboards or watching leaves fall off trees.
Speaking of which, IT"S COMING!!!! The tree at the end of our street is starting to change and I'll get a picture tomorrow.

We also went to the Zoo again last week and Miles bonded with the giant smelly sleeping tiger. He had a hard time tearing himself away from that window. Until I told him we could go see some giant smelly sleeping bears. That kid's just one thrill after another.

The Fairy Princess and the White Vampire

What a lovely start to the day we had today. Lucy's shrieks rang through the house after Miles sunk his pearly whites into her arm. Granted, she wasn't treating him with love or kindness, but his revenge is always the same, "KILL!" She got three little holes in her forearm, a big purple bruise, and a grudge that she'll hang onto for a long long time. It's going to be a long day.

Why Dad is more fun that Mom

Dad thinks this is great.

Mom says, "Put her down before she barfs."

Gianotti Crosti

Miles has this horrific rash of bumps all over his body. The pediatrician sent us straight to a dermatologist, who got very excited. It's never good when you give a doctor a thrill!
This may take 3 months to go away. Poor kid.

My favorite view of summer

I don't know what it is about Lucy in piggies with this suit on, but it just makes me want to go run through the sprinklers!

Trapped in a traffic jam

What do you do when you're trapped in stuck-behind-a-wreck traffic? Bring out the camera just to annoy the kids!!

Happy September 19th!

Yep, it's true: September 19th is official "Talk like a pirate day". Check it out.

Why I love 6 year old boys:

Jake was explaining to Tate about fall: "So all the leaves fall off the trees, the weather gets colder, and all the birds fly south where it's warmer."
Tate: "Well, why don't we just catch them all and put coats on them?"

What do you get when you cross a caveman and a ballerina?

Good bye until next summer, Granny!

We went to Granny's house for the last time until next year. *Sob!* We're going to miss her, but here's the highlights:



Wow, I'm starting to look old. I never noticed all those wrinkles until I saw this picture.


Lucy had her brain surgically removed by Dr. Spongebob while we were visiting.



"No kid, I'm not going to share my celebrex."



You can take the kid out of Slobville, but you can't take the Slobville out of the kid.



This trip to our favorite ice cream shop was a very successful bribe. Everyone was mostly civil all day. Tate got playdoh ice cream, but was disappointed that it didn't taste anything like Playdoh.



Wow, so who needs a haircut the least in this bunch?!



A sweet little fiddler crab crawled into her shoe and she didn't enjoy it. Go figure.



Miles liked the quality time with Reid, but he mostly liked watching him and Tate dig up crabs to dump down the back of Lucy's dress.



He'll take any chance he gets to play in the dirt.



Heaven forbid we should have to put down the "guy" to play with our fiddler crabs.



Miles is wanting some crab legs for lunch. (Zoom in on Jake's shirt)



I swear, I brushed it.



Wouldn't it be great if we all could wear sundresses like this? Although, I don't know if it would look all that great on Jake.



Nothing like an Uncle who doesn't mind touching creepy crawly things!


We had a great time with Granny and can't wait until she comes back!

Party!!? Any excuse will do!

I don't need much of an excuse to throw a party, so even though I hate to see summer leave, it would be an even bigger shame to pass up a perfectly good chance for a party.



Our event coordinators (K and J) set up a superb obstacle course, in which we almost killed a member of our bishopric. Feet first, first time Jesse!!

We had lots of food (provided by everyone who came) and I was the head taste-tester.


Reid had moved in the day before, so he was under the false impression that this was the coolest house on earth.


Kristen thought I was talking to her when I offered food for a smile.


Our resident cake-decorator extraordinaire, Karen, outdid herself with this miniature slip-and-slide.


Lucy and Landon destroyed the remains when I wasn't looking, but we all got a chance to ooh, ahh, and taste.

Oh, poor poor Jake.

Good bye Tooth #2!!!

Miley and his main squeeze

Miley's in love.

He can be in full throttle fit-zilla mode, screaming like a maniac that he doesn't want to do something, until I say, "Livvie's gonna be there."
"ok"

First day of school

Sorry I am just now getting around to these, but here's what they looked like on the dreaded "first day".

Okay, okay, okay!!!

I know, I know! Don't take a big break from blogging or your friends and mother will hound you to DEATH. I've had a big week. We've had expected visitors (yay, Reid's here!) and unexpected visitors. Here's a gimpse:



I'm back to making bread, Lucy's sick, I've gained 10+ lbs this summer due to cookies (these are Cynthia's to die for chocolate cookies), and we found something new and yummy, husked tomatoes!
That's all I have time for. I will do more when I have time to download pictures. Sorry mom.