Some new pictures...

It seems like Jared has been ignored in some of the last few posts. So here is a recent picture of him and Keith (yes, Keith's awake in this one!!!)

ATTENTION Mom's (and Dad's) with girls...

If you daughter is the least bit of a "bling bling drama queen" like Meghan, you gotta RUN to Walgreen's. They have these awesome sequined Santa hats for $1.99.

This is SO Meghan...

This last picture is one that I am going to look back at for many, many years. From an infant, Meghan has been my "Dora girl." She LOVES Dora. She has nearly every possible Dora doll, toy, sheets, toothbrush, dish, Halloween costume, etc. that a person could ever imagine. Here is a picture of Meghan (in a princess dress, no less!) hugging one of her many Dora dolls. I'm really going to miss it when she outgrows this stage, and I know that the time is coming up sooner than I'd like.

Kris

Some pictures and how not to babysit...

We took the kids to Chuck E Cheese's recently, here are a couple of pictures. (Shame on me, I don't have any pictures of Jared, he was too busy playing basketball with Keith and I was keeping tabs on Caleb and Meghan)

Meghan's Pre-School class sang in church recently. So of course the diva had

to dress up. Isn't she cute?!?!?!

As you can imagine, weekends around here are hectic - it's the best time to get the house cleaned and laundry caught up. Keith assured me that he would keep tabs of the kids so I could get things done. Yeah, right!

Here is Mariah - she looks so innocent, doesn't she?

Here's Mariah busy in the kitchen - where she isn't supposed to be, mainly because it hasn't been childproofed for her yet:

Uh, Keith, are you watching Mariah?

Keith???

And here is the "babysitter."

Help Me Design Our Christmas Card! PLEASE!

Okay, my creative juices are definitely NOT flowing this year. I need to come up with an idea for this year's Christmas card. I thought of a couple of ideas - some sarcastic, some possible - but nothing that really "grabs" me.

Idea #1: The usual, standard (boring, no offense to anyone) picture of the 4 kids in front of a Christmas tree. I like something more creative.

Idea #2: (Keith really likes this one - but we have a feeling that Social Services would get called) Putting duck tape on all of the kids mouths with "Peace on Earth" written over their heads.

Idea #3: A picture of the kids putting coal in Daddy and Mommy's stockings. I bet the expressions on their faces would be priceless. I like the idea - but charcoal is messy and I don't want to deal with that kind of a mess (or have to buy new stockings for Keith and I)

Idea #4: Have the kids in the bathtub with tons of bubbles, with bubble beards and Santa hats on. LOVE this idea, but Mariah is too small. This is definitely an idea for next year, though...

SO, I am REALLY struggling with some good ideas. Keep in mind that our kids are 7, 4 (almost 5), 2, and 9 months. The kids don't have to be in the same picture (I am okay with having 3 or 4 pictures on the card). Suggestions???????

Here are our cards from the past 2 years... thank you in advance for your ideas!!!!!

2006

2007

It's Another Two For One Day!

It seems that when I actually have time to update the blog, I have to include video AND photos. So please be sure to check out the pictures below from Halloween.

The video is just a typical day at our house. Caleb is finishing his lunch, while Meghan and Jared are - um - providing dinner entertainment for him. I'm holding the baby (you can hear her in the background sometimes) while I'm shooting the video. Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE my Flip Ultra camera?

I also have to explain the last part of the video. Caleb's daycare teacher had a witch on her door, and it scared Caleb. It took him a week to finally go up and touch it, and nearly every evening he would tell me "scared witch." I was trying to get him to say that on tape. No such luck, but it was still cute.

Enjoy...and please mail me some tylenol!!!!!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

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Trick or Treat!

We were very fortunate, it was a very warm evening for October 31st. Jared and Meghan loved every second of trick or treating. Caleb wasn't so sure about it...the witches and ghosts and scary music pretty much scared him to death. Here are a couple of pictures of my pirate, Dora, and bumblebee. Mariah was going to be a lion but we didn't have the patience to try to get her in her costume. Enjoy!