Garrett's Holiday Gig

Garrett got in the holiday spirit by performing for us along with his stuffed elephant's cousin, Spike and a stuffed teddy bear (aka Taffey.) He performed a song he made up himself, then the 12 Days of Christmas (see the sideways video - sorry I don't know how to turn it.) The recording starts toward the end of the song - watch all of it as the end is the best. Jon decided to join him for the 12th day of Christmas. It was hilarious.

Hudson loves Maddie!

This is Hudson with his girlfriend Maddie. They are 1 month apart and get very excited at just hearing the other ones name. They like to play together, share food and sometimes fight over toys.

Hudson was either trying to kiss Maddie or give her a love bite. He has been biting all of us lately...

Halloween 2008

This year, we have Garrett as Star Wars Boba Fete, Karys as a very pink Angel & Hudson is a race car driver. Each costume was important to the kids. Garrett is a Star Wars fanatic, Karys lives and breathes pink and Hudson's favorite thing to do is ride in his car. The weather was perfect and the kids had a great time. I love it when Halloween falls on the weekend - no rushing to get to bed for school the next day, etc.

Pumpkin Patch 2008

We made a quick trip to a local pumpkin patch the other night. We usually go during the day, but now that both G & K are in school, we found it easier to go in the evening. Little did I know the pictures would be better w/o the sun in their eyes.

Fall School Pictures

Here are Garrett & Karys's Fall school pictures

Garrett in 2nd Grade

Karys in Kindergarten

Hudson loves to cruise

Hudson is so interactive these days. He is trying to say so much - lots of 'Baaa' sounds - for 'bite' & 'bye-bye' we know for sure. He is not interested in trying to stand or walk on his own, but loves to walk with you holding his hands, cruising around the furniture and pushing toys. Here is a little video clip of him pushing his walker. As you can see & hear, he gets frustrated easily.

Garrett's new obsession

I haven't posted a note about Garrett in a while so here is what our biggest little dude is into now - in 2 words - STAR WARS. After Jon took G to see the Clone Troopers and bought the Star Wars Lego game for the Wii - it is officially the new obsession. We are happy about this for many reasons. Of course, Jon & I were both Star Wars fans as kids (him more than me, so he is in heaven playing with G now.) We are tired of hearing about Transformers and Bionciles and would much rather sit down and play with Star Wars characters. When I told G that I saw Star Wars about 10 times when I was a kid, he couldn't believe it - especially when I pointed out that we had to go to the theater to see it each time. That leads us into the conversation about having no VCR, DVD, TIVO and having only 3 channels on 1 TV, etc.
Anyway, everyday after school, Garrett comes home and plays the Star Wars Lego Wii game. After his time is up, he gets his 'gear' and goes outside to act out the entire Star Wars movie. I have to try to get this on video.
This weekend, Jon and G have a date to watch The Empire Strikes Back. I see an opportunity to bride (yes, bribe) Garrett with some new little characters :)