A disgusting tag team

Can there be three in a tag team? I don't even know, but in my story there are three little boys. Tim had both babies in the bath last night when Marcus came and stood outside the bathroom door and threw up on the floor. Not the "I'm sick," puke, but the "I put too much food in my mouth from dinner because I'm a 4-year-old boy and we do that" kind of puke. When someone pukes for this reason, then they have to clean it up themselves. That is what we call a consequence, Marcus.

Anyway, I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and Tim was supervising the babies in the bath and Marcus cleaning up the mess he'd made on the floor, when I heard Tim yell, "Katie, I need help." Maybe it was his tone that gave it away, but I immediately replied, "Did someone poop?" Yep, it was Eli. We almost made it to their first birthday before one of them pooped in the bathtub. Poop in the bathtub is disgusting. Both babies were quickly removed and the bath toys and tub were given a major scrubbing. Now, for those keeping record, we have already discussed two of the three boys in the disgusting tag team. What about the third? Well, not be left out, Owen decided to finish off the night by spitting up all down Tim's shirt just as we were putting them to bed for the night. Awesome.

It's November and I'm feeling thankful

11 months

Holy cow!! The next one of these will be when they turn a year old--excuse me while I pass out from shock that almost a year has gone by since these two entered our lives and rocked them forever. This picture is also for Daddy, in honor of his beloved team being in the World Series. Here's hoping they win the game tomorrow night. Life is always a little more pleasant when Tim's teams are winning :)

A spook-tacular Halloween

We made yummy mummies for our Halloween dinner. So easy and fun that I think I'm going to make this a tradition.

My friend and I co-hosted a Murder Mystery party. I was Eve L. Dedd, an aspiring horror film actress and Tim was Moore Bodies, a famous horror film movie director. It was so much fun to dress up and spend an evening with such great friends. Everyone looked so spooky, and the food and decor were awesome.

We ate: Dinner in a pumpkin

Spooky Spider Cake

Seven layer spider dip

Ladies fingers and decomposed salad.

The tables looked so great. We even had blood to drink (cranberry juice). When the dinner was over and the murderer discovered, we played Beatles Rock Band which I'd never played before, but totally loved. Where were my children? At a trunk-or-treat with Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie Kay. Not just a trunk-or-treat, though, a trunk-or-treat and a sleepover. Yep, Friday night was the very first night my little babes have spent away from me. It went well and we all had a good time, but were very happy to be reunited again on Saturday :)

My party wasn't the only Halloween party. Marcus's preschool had a little program/party. So fun even if Marcus didn't sing or move during the program. Oh well.

Aren't they all so cute in their costumes?

I don't think I need to tell you that these two were a party favorite. Cute cute.

Hope your Halloween was fun and spooky!

A trip to the pumpkin patch

Marcus's second field trip was to the Linder Farms pumpkin patch, and we had a wonderful time. Siblings were invited, so the brothers got to come and enjoy themselves even if that didn't include crawling around in the dirt and eating straw like they wanted to. Sorry, boys.

A lovely family photo. Can you see how the brothers are both looking at the pumpkins and wishing that a) those pumpkins could somehow be closer to their mouths and b)they could be in the dirt with the pumpkins.

This is Owen or as we refer to him "Big Owen." He isn't actually in preschool anymore, he's in kindergarten, but he has a brother in the younger class and since he's in afternoon kindergarten and his mom is the co-op president, Owen is around a lot. Marcus adores this kid. Idolizes him. And Owen could not be nicer. Most of Marcus's friends in our neighborhood are in kindergarten, so I'm not really surprised that Marcus would take to Owen so easily. Anyway, they are cute.

"Little Owen"

Eli really did enjoy the hay ride. He just did not enjoy his mother taking a picture of him while riding the hay ride.

This is the adorable Maggie. Her mom is from Albania and we have become good friends. They came with us to the pumpkin patch because Eleni said there was no way she was driving on the freeway :) Luckily, I was willing to drive on the freeway and she was willing to be awesome and hold Owen on the hay ride. Win win.

In honor of Halloween I am reading this . . .

I'm only halfway through, but I am definitely finding myself excessively diverted :)

Pumpkins

At some point every kid should grow some pumpkins in a garden. Pumpkins are so cool to watch grow and then the kids get to carve them, carry them around to show how strong they are, and display them on the front porch for all the neighbors and friends to see and admire. Also, if the kids are really lucky, along with the regular orange pumpkins, they'll get some big green ones and even some little bitty ones (like we did) and guess what? Those aren't any problem at all--nope, it doesn't mean they didn't grow very well, those are just the "baby pumpkins" and the "witch pumpkins." We may just even trade my cousin one of her white "ghost pumpkins" for one of our orange ones. I think those white pumpkins are so cool. We're definitely planting some of those next year.