The Name Game

Well, our baby girl will be born in 15 days, and we still don't have any ideas for names.  We went out with some friends on Saturday night, and it was suggested that I take an online poll (thanks for the great idea Blake!!!).  Anyway, if any of you have any great baby girl names, send them our way!  Any ideas will be VERY helpful!

Yummy Sugar!!!

I found Gavin in the pantry today.  He had figured out how to open my big bucket of sugar and was eating it by the tablespoonful.  Thank goodness it wasn't as big of a mess as it could have been!  When I asked him what he was doing, he said "Yummy sugar"!  However, he was a little disappointed when I didn't want to sample it.

Napoleon Dynamite!

Travis has a new nickname for Gavin.  He has started calling him Napoleon.  Since it snowed a couple of weeks ago, he has been insisting on wearing his snow boots day AND night.  I only hope that when I take him out in public, people will understand that some things are just NOT worth the fight!!!

I asked Gavin to go get dressed this morning while I was in the shower.  I had to laugh when I came out to find him dressed like this!!!  He was so proud of himself!

Yes... he even sleeps in them!

I FINALLY got a haircut!

So I finally did it!  I chopped my hair off.  I have been wanting to do it for months now, but had finally had it and went through with it.  When I got home, Gavin looked and me and said "what happened mommy?" He says that he likes it better short, but Tyler and Emily don't.  A few years ago this really would have bothered me, but it feels so much better!!!  It was also really nice to wake up this morning, tossle it a little bit and call it good.  If any of you are contemplating it, GO FOR IT!!!

Halloween Night

Tyler isn't one for dressing up.  The wig was stretching it for this year. He didn't even want to wear baseball pants to complete his outfit. However, notice the fabulous pumpkin! He figures he went to over 100 houses and was very worn out by the end of the night!  Maybe that's because he "forgot" to wear socks!!!

Emily wanted to be Jasmine this year.  Thank goodness I chose to buy her costume instead of making it because on Halloween night, she changed her mind.  She decided to be Sleeping Beauty (last year's costume).  She was in such a hurry to get out trick or treating, I didn't get a decent picture of her in her costume.  Emily got tired about 1/2 way through and had to hitch a ride home with some friends.  She had a great time sorting and counting her candy.

Gavin's costume was truly fitting for him since he can be a little monster. He LOVED his costume and had lots of fun scaring everyone around him.  He wouldn't answer to Gavin, only Stitch.  He was very excited to go trick or treating.  He went to our next door neighbors and took several treats from the bowl and thought that he was done.  He was in for a surprise when he discovered that every house had treats for him. He didn't make it to very many houses, but he had just as much fun answering the door and filling his bag with treats from our own house.

Carving the Pumpkins

Tyler did a great job on his pumpkin this year.  He was really grossed out scooping it out, but he spent over two hours putting the finishing touches on it.  I was really surprised how patient he was.

Emily didn't hestitate to dig right in.  She wanted to do everything by herself, including the carving which made me REALLY nervous!

Gavin was interested just long enough for me to take this picture, then he was off and playing with his cousins!