Turkey Cookies

Inspired (read as "brainwashed") by the little infommercial on Noggin (their favorite channel), the kiddos wanted to make handprint turkey cookies. Mmmm.... sugar cookies just like growing up, sticky hands everywhere, eating too much dough...Mmmm!

Yeah, I KNOW!

Yes folks, I'm really busy. I am well aware that I've had nothing posted for a month now. So all you get is a "hello" and we're still here! Thanks for stopping by... :0)

Free Falling (well, we hope not)

Our little sprite who's not yet 3 can swing with the best of 'em! She had a great teacher (that's Mr. Hot Shot brother). I'm thrilled, yet mildly frightened for her well-being. Hold on, Hanna!

A Li'l Bit of this...A Li'l Bit of That

Blogging is not #1 on the list lately so I'm behind (big surprise). Here are a few catch-up pics...


Madame Butterfly and Ferocious Tiger: they got their faces painted at a Fall Festival in Bloomington last weekend.

Roasting hot dogs with Grandpa M. at the club weiner roast...

This weekend was very warm, so the kids chose to get along wonderfully while they played in the dirt! They were filthy! (But happy!)




















As I write this, there's a chicken roasting in the rotisserie. Andy said, "C'mere and see this..." What a hoot! When asked, Hanna said, "I watching big chicken!" Who needs Noggin or Disney when you have big chicken?

Uncle Tim in Our Thoughts

Uncle Timmy was deployed for Iraq this past weekend. We all hope he stays safe and comes back home to MaryAnn in Alaska very soon!

Hurricane Hanna

As hurricane Hanna gathers her destructive forces and threatens the coast of Florida, I can only think this: "Yep. I suppose that sometimes the forecasters DO know what they're talking about..."

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School Daze and more...

School is off and running. Joel loves Kindergarten! He's got a huge smile for me every time he walks down the hall toward my room at the end of the day. I've been told he's a great kid in class (do you think they would fibb?), he adores his teacher, and loves library day! The "first day of school" picture here is a total sham...I took it next to Andy's bus since Joel will probably never ride one (except for field trips of course!). Other pic is from Uncle Tim and Aunt MaryAnn's visit from Alaska last week. Tim gets deployed to Iraq in September :-( Time is movin' fast around here!