Grown Up Furniture!!!

The new furniture finally arrived! We are very proud to have "grown-up" furniture. Matthew was checking it out, but he is currently grounded from using it until he can prove he won't spit up all over it. He is really good at getting the dust bunnies under the couch, however. And the rug will go soon too, we just need to find a nice compliment to the room.

Guess How Much I Love You

Kurt is in gymnastics class right now and also loves reading the book Guess How Much I Love You. He kept telling Jim and I how much he loves us and added a little gymnastics to it. Dennis, no comments on his gymnastics abilities or that lovely video of me on the balance beam.

Election Day

Kurt has taken an interest in the election ever since he saw the two Time magazine covers with John McCain and Barack Obama. At preschool last week, his teacher, Miss Kelly took him to vote on the best scarecrow. He picked out his favorite and she said, "You are voting for Bob." Kurt said, "but I want to vote for John McCain."

Bath time!

Matthew is starting to love bath time! He splashes and rolls around in the water.

Halloween '08

It has been a busy week. Kurt and I carved some pumpkins a few nights ago. Thank goodness for the templates that come with the carving knifes, otherwise the pumpkin faces may not be recognizable.

Kurt and his "scary" pumpkin:

Kurt had a great time trick-or-treating. He was not afraid to tell everyone his life story along the way. He would even tell the people handing out candy if there was a matching candy in his bucket. Matthew was just along for the ride and fell asleep. We had a party at Barb's house. The kids were running around in her yard and it was not hard at all to spot Kurt - he pretty much glowed in the dark!

A family picture...

We don't get pictures taken of all of us too often - Thanks, Grandma!!

Max's B-Day Party

So fast down the slide you can hardly see us!

Jim manages to climb to the top of the kiddie climbing wall!

Kurt got about halfway there - pretty brave!

And as Dani says "the next holiday we are going to let all the kids run and jump around for an hour before we try getting a picture."