It snowed! It started falling one day last week while we were sitting at the kitchen table, having breakfast. Claire, with a mouth full of cereal, took one look outside and growled, "At's a snoooooow monster!!". And I think she's right.
Oh well. We had an unbelievable summer so I can't complain. Time to snuggle up with my family, drink lots of apple cider (thanks Brandy) and bake until the cows come home. We all had great "daddy time" when he stayed home for two whole days a couple of weeks ago....he felt awful but we loooooved having him around.
A few weekends ago, we got one last Fall adventure in when we took a little hike. It was fun, we were sore, and the kids went to bed at 6pm that night. Glorious!
When I die and my kids go through all our belongings and all the millions of pictures I've taken over the years (and will take, don't you worry) they will def. NOT have a shortage of pictures like this:
Something about seeing their Daddy take their little baby paws and lead them on an adventure...makes my heart go pitter-patter.
Cute little punks.
Plastic Kara sent the kids their very own Halloween pancake molds and mix for Halloween! Here is my pathetic attempt at a pumpkin:
The best thing about breeding Senecas? These punks don't care what their food looks like, it's getting shoved in there, no matter what! God Bless good eaters. Amen.
The following is probably my latest favorite picture! I love special moments like this. I can't remember what they were laughing about, but it was a special little moment between them. Can't beat it. Just can't.
Lauren and Anthony had the kids and I over for a delicious dinner a few weeks ago while Colin was in Kotzebue. Their apartment is so CUTE! And it waaaaas clean, before the Senecas made their ascent. We had a great time, these guys are ready for kids if I have anything to do about it.....they had an arsenol of "Kung Fu Panda" and a big box of toys! I think I'll leave the punks on their front stoop and speed away.
Claire is turning into Mommy's Little Helper. She loves, no....DEMANDS to help me with housework, dishes, anything. "No, Igonnadoit!".
Anchorage finally started a recycling program in our neighborhood! Two great things about this: 1. no more having to wait behind all the bleeding hearts and their Subarus at the recycling center and 2. I get great shots like this - my beefcake and his obsession with anything involving loud noises and wheels.
Flash forward to cold and darkness.....our best friends for the next 8 months. It can be bearable as long as these little animals are my distractions. :)
He was playing "Puppy Dog Trail". He would crawl around, making a path that Claire and I could follow. He loved being the leader for once! Seriously, these sweet little curls you see? Total ring leader of everything evil they do.
Good thing Mama had some hot chocolate in the cupboards! Time to warm up and get ready for Daddy to come home from work. Ahhh....these are the days. Well, sort of....these are the days when daylight ends at 4:30pm.
Is it legal to have kids this cute?????
