SUNDAY FOOTBALL

My kids would rather play outside then sit in doors and watch tv. They love to play football or baseball or capture the flag. They ride bikes and play basketball, they make forts in the woods and mud pies near the driveway. This video really captures the energy and closeness of 3 brothers who spend hours playing together.

HALLOWEEN - WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE

When Robbie was in second grade he wanted to be a Pokemon card. At the time I was pregnant with the twins and home on bed rest. I had hours to craft this one!


That same year I made an adorable lion outfit for my adorable daughter.



Jack loved (still loves) Peter Pan and everyone else's costume had to fit the theme. Gotta love sewing with fleece.









Molly was the tooth fairy. Aunt Katie gave us lots of green tooth brushes that hang on her skirt. Rob makes a very cool alien. Gotta hate sewing with that material. Ughh





Costumes for the Rush Parade.. not to be used again at Halloween so they got donated to Leary for the book parade every year. Yeah... love to recycle costumes.







Also made for the Rush Kiddie Parade. Used again in the second grade play, How does your garden grow.

HALLOWEEN - THIS YEAR

This is Jack dressed as Glow Stick Boy. The entire design was inspired while camping (okay we stole it from some creative woman at the campsite). Jack didn't want us to outline his hood so this version is headless. This is sure to be a favorite for many years. Especially by mom, since it is cheap and easy!


This is Tim as a zombie... also cheap and easy... wear your regular clothes and have mom put some make up on you. Great. Love it. Let's do this every year.



This is Molly as a zombie. Molly has a skull shirt that she keeps in her closet. We won't let her wear it to school (did it come from Hannah?). We took an old black t-shirt and cut it up, added a choker and some make up. As a final touch we sprayed her hair purple. When you are in middle school, spray hair color is totally hip!




Rob is dressed the same as last year... as a XC runner. Hmmmm boring! So Molly and I decided to spray his hair green. He decided he looked like the Green Arrow. I'm thrilled at another cheap and easy costume!

VACATION

In early October, Chris and I were lucky enough to get away for a few days to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. We went to a beautiful resort and had an absolutely wonderful time, relaxing, reading, eating, drinking, swimming and walking the beaches. This was our first vacation since our Honeymoon and it was perfect.

While we were away Katie took care of the kids. We were able to stay in touch with facebook and she sent pictures of all their activities each day. Included was this picture:

The caption was: "Don't hurry home, the kids are just fine." Funny Katie!

Back To School (Robert)

Robert is entering 11th grade this year. Wow, a Junior in High School. Where did the time go? He gets himself up at 6 am, makes coffee, reads the paper and catches the bus in the wee hours of the morning. It is still dark out! Rob is going to be very busy this year with 4 AP classes (AP Bio, APush, AP Lang, AP Calc) XC and Chess Club. He doesn't get home til after dinner and sometimes even later. Rob enjoys high school and basically we don't ever see him anymore :(

Back To School (Jack)

Jack is going into 3rd grade this year. He really wanted a boy teacher but didn't get one. He did get a teacher that Robert had in the past and liked very much. Jack was also hoping for some of his friends in his new class...that didn't happen either...although there are some boys he knows from other classes. Jack would also like to wear long pants even in 80 degree weather. He did wear shorts the first day of school because the rule in this house is Mom has final say in what you wear to school on the first day and picture day! The rest of the school year is up to you. Jack is currently liking to wear his hair long. While it makes it easy to tell him and his identical twin brother apart... it drives his parents bonkers. We are coping.

Back To School (Timothy)

Timothy is entering 3rd grade this year. He has a new teacher and many new friends in his class. Tim's favorite subject is P.E. (we don't call in Gym anymore) and recess. Although he is a serious student because he wants to please. Molly picked out his outfit for the first day of school. Tim would happily wear a suit and tie to school if we let him (we don't own any so it isn't really a choice). He's such a super kid who makes friends very easily: in the past we had to explain that the boy you just met in the checkout line at Wegmans cannot sleep over tonight. I know Tim will have a great year.