hamming it up

a gorgeous day

Kai's not so great post-tonsillectomy. Nina's having a ball, hamming it up for us.

Nina on thanksgiving

the kids tonight

And a few more pictures of not much more than some hezellig moments with the kids. Kai posing before earning his second black stripe, and red perfect-attendance-star at karate. Nina taking care of her baby. Our beautiful tree.

kai lost his tooth

The big one, on the top. He was thrilled! Here is the letter he left for the tooth fairy.

busy kids

The kids coloring this morning, working independently, humming power rangers theme. It was such a rare occurrence - peace, quiet, stillness - I had to snap a pic.

silly kids

Nina can entertain herself for very, very long periods of time. Here is her setup from the other night while I was cooking dinner - stuffed animals, cups, water - her "work" almost always involves water and scissors. The kids giggling out of control with Nina's new musical toothbrush. And Nina entertaining herself again, this time with cottonballs and water. She can find lots of things to do with cottonballs. I have to hide them.

Halloween!

Some crappy pictures of a fantastic evening. We went to the perfect neighborhood. As much fun as we had running around with the kids, the houses were so gorgeous and cozy and inviting that it was hard not to wish we were among those drinking red wine and doling out the sweets. We were so happily surprised that the DeSchutters stopped by our 'hood on their way home from Oxford to trickortreat with us. Tibo was wound up! They all had a blast. Kai was a fierce darth vader, nina a beautiful butterfly and Tibo a devilish butterfly. This is the fourth time that little costume has been trickortreating. And we'll get a few more years with switchblade. Now we have loads and loads of candy, with too many dots and nerds and not enough kitkats!