90s Halloween

This year C and Tio chose a 90s theme for their annual Halloween party. We had a few ideas we floated by the boys that were vetoed but finally we landed on Austin Powers and I think the costumes turned out great. Reed let his hair grow a full month after he needed a haircut to get a shaggy Austin Powers hair do and Kieran shaved his head to be the perfect Dr. Evil. Everyone else did a great job too. Laurie even turned their toddler car into a Dumb and Dumber Shaggin' Wagon! Ms. Frizzle and Lizzie from Magic Schoolbus, Garth and Wayne, the cast from Clueless, Ace Ventura, Sean Connery, Selena, Randy Savage, Turd Ferguson, the Spice Girls, a few Forest Gumps, and lots of 1990s outfits made the party. The night ended with a magician that kept the kids absolutely spell bound. The Halloween party is always one of our favorite nights and this year definitely didn't disappoint!

September 2019 Happenings

Every Summer I think I'm organized and then school starts, and soccer, and music, and all the Birthdays happen, and then Halloween. Before I know it Thanksgiving is around the corner and I don't know what happened to the time! September was packed with a lot of Birthday celebrations and settling into our new routines with both of the boys going to new to them schools. They've both played soccer for a couple years now but it was Jon's first year coaching and I joined the board for the soccer league. Jon coached Kieran's team and loved it. Our friend George was the Assistant Coach and they had a great group of boys on the team. Jon did great and the kids learned a ton from him. Every weekend they had a crowd watching them play and we'd also fit in watching Lyla's games when possible.

We celebrated Grandpa's Birthday with a nice dinner over at Grandma and Grandpa's new house.

Next up is technically Jon's Birthday but it fell in the middle of the week so we smooshed his Birthday in to Reed's and had an outdoor movie night with some of our friends. We started Reed's Birthday with our pancake tradition but on a new special Birthday plate from Auntie Laurie and Uncle Peter. Next up I was mystery reader in Reed's class. I dressed up as Dogman, one of Reed's favorite book characters.

Since Jon didn't get much of a Birthday we left the kids and went to see Death Cab For Cutie with C and Tio. The band wasn't as great as we had hoped they would be but we had a good little getaway.

After having all four grand kids for the night, Nonna and Pepe hosted a family birthday dinner for Reed and Jon.

Kieran and Lyla's school had a special Grandparent's Day event that all four grandparents were able to attend. Reports back were that they got to see their classroom, have cookies, and get a picture taken. Somehow I only got back the picture with Grandma and Grandpa but it sounded like a nice afternoon.

There were lots of other fun happenings during the month of September as well. Sunday dinner at our house, hanging out with friends, and Reed's school did a movie night so we treated Kieran to Teppanyaki and enjoyed a little three person date with him.