Are you a dentist?

Every person we met on Halloween night asked Reid this same question....i guess i can see why! I wanted to have some theme this year, and after careful consideration we went with teeth. Reid was a good sport and wore this toothbrush all evening. Grace was happy to be the "toof fairy" and Abby made the cutest tooth ever!!! Grace and Abby were still too sick to be out long, but we at least got to show off our costumes to a few people.

What i want to know is what can we dress up as next year that will get everyone to ask "are you a lawyer?" All ideas are welcome :)







The night before Halloween we all watched the Wiz a Wiz of Oz (grace's absolute FAVORITE movie) and carved pumpkins. I must admit that i'm quite proud of my little Spider Pumpkin!!

Sick of being sick

it started with the stomach flu 2 weeks ago. Grace got it first, then abby, then me (all of this while reid was out of town) and then reid, after he got back. We were healthy for about a day, and now we've got the croup. When does it stop? how did my children get such bad immune systerms? i didn't keep them in a bubble as newborns--i had more of the "expose your kids to all things so they build an immune system" mind set. Did i go wrong with this??? reid and i have never been germ-o-phobes....but i'm starting to think we should be!!! it just seems like such a miserable way to live! i see moms who are germ freaks and think it seems worse worrying about it all the time than actually having sick kids....and then my kids get sick and i have to wonder!!!

needless to say, we have no fun pictures (didn't think to take a picture of the girls cribs when they were covered in that night's dinner) and no fun stories. Just thought i'd post since it's been a while...

by the way, any advice or opinions about this are very welcome!! I'm SICK of being SICK!!!

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I found this creature in our house about a year ago. Our good friends, the Alexanders were staying with us at the time, and they used their fancy camera to capture the 61--yes, we counted, 61-- babies on her back!!!! Now, if this isn't what blogs are for....

Who's Who in the Bath Tub

I was just looking through some of our pics, thinking that it's a good thing these are digitally dated, or i'd never ever know which of my gals is which! Can you guess?
























































...and a few more fun bath time photos. these two honestly love bath time!

Our weekend get-a-way to Rocky Mtn Natl Park/Estes Park

After enough begging I convinced Reid to take us all up to Estes Park for the weekend. It was a BLAST!! it's this cute little resort town just on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park. We honestly had so much fun! Usually "family vacation" means go to Star Valley or Provo and stay with family, so this was a perfect little get-a-way for us.

The Rocky Mountains were AMAZING! and the colors of the Aspen trees were honestly like nothing i've ever seen before! i thought after leaving Boston that i'd never enjoy another fall again, but we caught these trees on their PEAK day, and it was honestly almost as gorgeous as fall in the east....almost!

Grace and Abby were awesome travelers, especially considering the lack of sleep that was going on! the hotel was GHETTO! the mating Elk were, well, mating. The homemade toffee and truffles were delish. But, as cheesy as it's going to sound, the absolute best part of the whole weekend was being with Reid. We honestly had so much fun just being together. thanks, hon!

My tumbling weed

Grace's 8-week tumbling class just came to an end. Sigh...

She had so much fun walking on the balance beam...

Swinging on the bar...

Jumping on the trampoline...


And learning how to hold a bowling ball and point her toes simultaneously.



But her favorite thing was the stamp that she got on her hand at the end of each class. Isn't that cute? I spend $45 so that my child could get a stamp on her hand. It's like when we plan a fun trip to the zoo, or museum, and all she's interested in is eating her sandwich and goldfish crackers. Or when i cook a yummy soup on a winter day and all she wants to eat is snow. Or when i change her diaper in the morning, just to have to change it again in the afternoon...wait, now i'm just complaining about motherhood in general :)

It really was a fun activity, though. It got us out of the house every tuesday, and it gave her something to tell Dad about when he got home. It also gave Abby the chance to climb up the legs of some strange lady in the background whilst I posed for this picture...

I don't think we'll do another tumbling class for a while. Given her name, maybe Grace should take up ballet?

Best Friends

These two girls of mine couldn't be cuter (except for when they're fighting, or crying, or whining, or not sleeping...). The other day i was carrying them both, one on each hip, and Grace tickled Abby, then tickled me, and said, cuddling up to us both, "we're best friends." She really is (given the perfect amount of sleep, food and attention) the sweetest thing in the world!! :)



Abby's eating table food now, and Grace LOVES it! She loves breaking her food into small pieces and sharing it with her little sister. They're both in highchairs now, which provides me with about 5-7 minutes of no-children-hanging-on-my-ankles time. Needless to say, i look forward to meal time more than either of them do!