Enough already....

It has been the looooonnnnnnggggeeeeeessssstttttt week eeeeevvvvvvvveeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr. Maybe that's a little dramatic but it's really been crazy. I am pretty sure I had the swine flu, and then Cameron has had some crazy stomach virus that has had him throwing up for 3 days. So far the amazing thing is that no one else has caught either the flu or the stomach virus. I am praying for a miracle here!!!! Anyway, I have decided that the hardest thing about being a mom, besides seeing your kids sick and suffering, is when you get sick. Who takes care of me????? And then I have these darling kids who need me 24-7 and don't seem to understand that I just need to take things easy for a little bit. Anyway, enough of that.......


As I am trying to focus on the positive, here are a few cute things the kids have been saying/doing lately:

Kate can't say her own name, she calls herself "cake." Which I probably would too, who wouldn't want to be called "cake"?!

Another cute Kate thing: Her favorite, most stated phrase is "I help you!" Phonetically it's more like "I hep you-oooo!" I think it speaks volumes about her personality, she is a very helpful child.

We saw some flags at half-mast for Veterans Day so I asked Cameron if he knew what a Veteran was. His respsonse: "Someone who used to work in the army or at Old Navy." I love that kid!

Lego my lego!

Last Friday we ventured to Legoland in Chicago. Calling it "legoland" might be a little misleading for anyone who's been to the one in CA......bascially it's more like a museum with some fun activities for the kids. For anyone who lives around here, I'd recommend it with one caveat....DO NOT PAY FULL PRICE. It's a total rip-off, luckily they had an afternoon special going on where we got in for $8 a person. MUCH more reasonable.

A lego replica of downtown Chicago.....

Kate, look out behind you!!

Man she really has a knack for putting herself in harm's way.....

Connor's hero, Indiana Jones. Appropriate because I don't think he cares about the Indiana Jones from the movies, just the one from the Lego Wii game :)

Little boy heaven

Our first time meeting President Obama (Keith is taking the picture....) Good day!

Happy Halloween

Lucky us, we had 3 opportunities to dress up and beg for candy this year. In our neighborhood last weekend, then at church during the week, then at a party on Halloween. We had a good time, but I'm glad it's over. Now we've just got to eat all the candy.....

Last year after Halloween I thought I was being so practical in buying a few costumes on clearance for the kids to use this year. I got Batman, Transformers, Incredible Hulk, basically all the cool superheroes. But a year changes a lot of things and this year the boys are all about Star Wars and wouldn't be caught dead in a lame Superman costume. Why can't I ever get it right?




This clone trooper is pretty serious about his job....


(Connor's costume from last year......) Isn't she cute :)

After Kate wore the dragon costume, Keith mentioned that she would be a great princess Leia so I was on it. I went to 5 Halloween stores looking for a costume and everything was either too big and/or way too expensive. So I managed to pull together an outfit but needed a wig. In the end Youtube saved the day - I watched a video demostrating how to make a Leia wig out of a towel. And it worked fabulously. And Kate was so ADORABLE wearing it. And her entire costume was less than $10. I love that!

Love the buns!