Playground!

The little guy 'rode' his big-boy bike to the playground today. Then he and his sister had a blast on the slide.

Here he is leaving on his bike. Up ahead you can see the baby zooming along with Gramps. Hooray family!

Bedtime Stories!

Eric does a fabulous job reading the kids' new book Telephone. He does such a good job, in fact, that they've requested he take over bedtime reading (WHAT!??!).

A lot of nights I'll sit and listen to him, too. He does the best voices.

Early mornings and late evenings

As Emily has mentioned before, she's been dragging my sorry behind out of bed to work out with her in the mornings. Our wonderful son usually comes down and joins in on the "fun" by either doing some exercising or critiquing our form. The other day he had the camera out while we were working out and he snapped this awesome picture.

I really am just about as dead as I look. What you don't realize is that we were just doing crunches and we have to be off centered a little because I have stolen half of Em's yoga mat. Add the fact that you have a 5 year old aspiring paparazzo (singular of paparazzi?) flashing photos from very close range and it's a little crowded.

Last night the toddler (she's not a baby anymore, sigh) wanted to listen to some "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift so we played it 5 times for her and the boy. They are so funny when they dance and sing!

That boy is such a goof!

Captain America, Jr.

The little dude put his Captain America mask and shield on the baby tonight.

She was not amused.

Quiet Evening

After a busy few weekends, we stayed in last night and I let the kids watch a little television before an early bedtime. Look at these two!

There's truth to this song after all...

Brrrrrr!

Courtesy of Eric's boss, we got tickets to a Carolina Railhawks soccer game last night. It was FREEZING!! (Ok, it was like 50 degrees, but rainy and windy.) We only stayed for about half the game, but the kids seemed to enjoy themselves.

The baby's face in this picture kills me. She's so funny!

Happy Halloween!

We went to a neighbor's house for dinner, and then trick-or-treated together. Their kids and ours are about the same ages. The little dude was Captain America. He took it very seriously.

The baby refused to wear the top half of her dragon costume. She enjoyed chasing her brother up to all the houses and then showing people the candy she already had!

All in all, it was a fun evening.