Tick Ick

This past weekend we traveled up to N.Y for Aunt Jen's wedding (Haaaaaaayy! Conragtulations!) During the drive up I kept brushing dried blood away from the inside of N's ear. I didn't think much about it because he has the tendency to scratch at his inner ear with his nails and make them bleed. Well, the next day after bath time I decided to clean him up real well with a Q-tip. Okay, not just a scratch but a tick. A TICK. And if you all remember how fond I am of ticks, it went something like this, "NOOOOOORM!"
"What?"
"Get up here," up he runs.
"There's a tick in his ear."
And I never looked at it again. I held him still while Norm and Uncle J performed surgery. They asked me once to see if it was all gone and I said, "No." I do not like ticks.
Little N, though - total champ. Held still for like ten minutes while the boys worked. It was like he could tell they were serious and he shouldn't interupt.
So, "Yay!" and "Ick!" "A tick!"

M gets baptized

As you all know we had been considering getting the children baptized soon. With M being a rising Kindergartner and faith formation classes starting soon, we decided to take advantage of my Mom's trip out here to celebrate her baptism. She wore a beautiful gown made by Goggie and white ballet flats that she loves so much she sleeps in! Gram was so impressed with the the gorgeous dress that she took it home to show off to her friend who sews! I really hope it still fits her for her first communion in two years.
The day went off without a hitch. Goggie, baby A, Auntie Em, and Uncle C drove down from Winston. (E and C are proud godparents.) Momma H flew back early from her trip to NY Pap and she made it in time for mass. All three kids were excellent during church! N made Goggie's trip by taking to her instantly and chosing her lap for most of mass. And it was a gorgeous ceremony ( I saw a tear or two.)
Here are some pics of the baptism and reception.

Words our husbands make up

Productful:

The act of being both productive and useful, at the same time. Usually used to address your wife's lack of productivity as in: "Gwen, why don't you do something productful and make a post to your blog?"

There Norm, your welcome.

Snow!

We got a lovely blanket of snow this morning. Which is lucky for us because we promised our little mermaid that it would come. She even said a little prayer before bed and said, "Please God and thank you to please make it snow tomorrow." Our friends have a snow day, too so we are off to play in their backyard across town. 

Happy Day!

This one's for the girls

After church on Sunday Momma H treated all us girls to trip to the nail salon. It was little M's first time and she loved it! They manicured her nails and polished her finger's and toes. They even  topped off her bright pink paint with dainty white flowers. So happy! Meanwhile, I went for vixen red and H for the classic frenchy. 

Look at that smile! Thanks Momma H!

ABC's

My little mermaid has learned how to work the computer's built in camera and subsequently, I have a large collection of still photo's of the top 3/4 of her head. Here is a cute video.And a couple of the stills:

Can you tell who taught her how to use the camera?

Today is broccoli day!

Little n turned 1 in September, and loved his mylar balloon as much as his sister did, does, I mean did.

Halloween was great fun. The kids were both superheros. M was a superprincesshero. The three of us went trick-or-treating. I tell ya, four years old and we're still getting down. As of now, M is still working on 

1) ringing the doorbell

2) saying trick or treat

3) holding open her bag

4) saying thank you.

She pretty much just stood there and said Happy Halloween as she ran down their drive, clutching a handful candy.

Tender boy moments....


And a typical N moment. This one's for you Mom!