Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Halloween Happiness

Parker decided to be a GI Joe character this year - I just love how kids pose when they're in costume.



Lincoln was a cute little Superman. Parker was thrilled to finally have a sibling old enough to trick-or-treat with him.




Our little pumpkin stuck her tongue out for her picture. :)




All 3 kids:




Lincoln digging through his loot at the end of the night:

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Parker turns 7!!!

We had a fun SPY themed birthday party for Parker this year. He invited five friends. Here are the party guests from left to right in the picture below: Ian, Parker, Zane, Todd, Zoe (Ian's sister), and Sincere.



We told the kids that they would be training to become secret agents. Each game was a "training exercise" and each prize was a different "spy gadget" so that by the end of the party they each had a complete secret agent kit in their own "top secret briefcase."



For example, the picture above shows an exercise where they were training to infiltrate a high security room in enemy headquarters that was armed with laser beams. The only way to deactivate the lasers was to follow each one to its point of origin. So the kids had a blast winding the string around the little cardboard handles as they climbed under and over each other's "lasers."

Another training exercise involved using the dress-up clothes to disguise themselves so that no one would recognize them when they were spying. (Sorry that we didn't get a picture of you too, Zane).












Our spy version of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey used a big red target and suction cup darts.




After all the games, it was cake time!



The birthday boy watching us light the candles.



We even dressed Anndra up for the occasion.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

4 weeks old!

The past 4 weeks have FLOWN by! Our little one is growing fast. Here are a few pictures taken during the three weeks between bringing Anndra home from the hospital and Halloween.