Halloween

More pictures from before trick or treating

I find that my husband is especially handsome, when he is taking care of the kids. Maybe it is evolutionary.
Dallin had a great time at the firehouse the other day.
So did I.
And our little witch Annika, (she didn't want to change out of her costume after story time before going to the firehouse with MOMs club). Everyone who works at the firehouse is a volunteer. I think that is amazing. Fireman Barry was especially friendly and even posed for a picture.

Alice crawling at 8.5 months

Did you hear her say "Ball?"

Pictures from picking apples and Annika's birthday

This is the cake that I made on her actual birthday. I think it qualifies as a cake wreck. You can't see how bad it really is because of all the white. So, I think I made up for it with these cupcakes for her friend birthday party 5 days later.
Almost everyone who leaves comments for me regularly is also a Facebook friend of mine, so you have already seen the apple picking pictures and these unicorn cupcakes. But, for those of you who are just lurking, please leave me a comment! I would like to know who you are. Like a mysterious reader from Turkey who spent an hour last week reading my blog and clicking on 50 something pages. Who are you? What do you think about my posts? Really, I want to know, it makes me happy.
This was the first time that any of my girls have had an official tea party (well pink-lemonade tea party). It was fun doing some of the things Fancy Nancy likes to do, like using doilies and folding napkins to make them fancy. (If any of these girls' moms are reading this and want me to remove the picture of their daughter, just let me know, and I gladly will.)
And a post isn't complete without a picture of Alice.

Papa's Here!!!!

The best moment of my day today was when all of the kids said, "Papa's here!" We were swimming at the fitness club pool at 6:15, and he just walked in all ready to swim with us. It was such a pleasant surprise for everyone. I had left a message for him that we wouldn't be home when he came home from work because we'd be swimming at the pool. If you know anything about this guy, you know he is a home-body who doesn't like to go ANYWHERE and is the opposite of spontaneous, so I really wasn't expecting him to show up.

The second best moment was when Annika told me that 2 plus 2 is four and I asked her what 2 plus 3 is. While she was counting on, Dallin blurted out, "Five!" Then I asked them both what 2 plus 4 is, and Dallin instantly said, "Six!" Same with 2 plus 5. I think we have a mathematician on our hands. Annika got the right answers too, after counting on and I praised her for it, but Dallin just did mental math, like super fast.

Can we go to their house?

A few days ago I took the kids to the park. Dallin had a great time playing with some boys who were a little bit older than him. As soon as we got in the car to go home he asked me if we could go to their house. I told him no, because we don't know them. Then he said, "Maybe if we got straight and then left and then right we will get to their house." I tried to explain to him that even if we did know the way to their house, we couldn't just go there, because we don't really know them. Then he told me that he told them that his name is Dallin, so they know him. He was so disappointed that I insisted that we can't go to their house because I have never met their parents.