Holiday Parade

Last night we took the kids to the holiday parade downtown. We had planned on getting dinner after the parade which was a mistake since the parade was a two hours long -- not the thirty minutes we had expected -- so dinner ended up being at 8:30 instead of 7. And that was after we cut thing short by walking three blocks up State street so that Xander could see Santa at the end of the parade. Xander had a good time; he claims that his favorite part was the giant gingerbread man balloon but based on he's been making us parade around the house as he plays his candy-cane balloon as a horn this morning I'd say that he liked the marching bands better. At least he hasn't asked me to float around the house like a giant gingerbread man balloon yet.

Caught on Film

Tonight we caught the elusive Quinn rollover on film. She rolled over three times: the first we missed as she waited for us to be looking away (as usual), the second she actually did in front of us, and by the time she did the third rollover I had the camera out. Unfortunately she was not as happy the third time she pulled it off as she was the other two times; it seemed like she was getting frustrated about not being able to get Fuzzy Bee and Friends in her mouth as easily as she does when she's on her back.

First Halloween Casualty

This guy didn't make it to Halloween but we've got some replacements lined up. More pictures at Flickr.

Pumpkin Patch!

We hit up the pumpkin patch today and Xander was gutsy enough to try the Maize Maze this time. More pictures available at Flickr.

sick day

When you are resting up so you can go camping (even though you have a cold) it is best to do so WITH your plastic lawnmower.

Xander's playdate

Xander and Donovan partied hard on Friday afternoon.

sleepy Quinn