Halloween Antics

This year's Halloween experience included a school parade, classroom antics, lots of candy loot, and fun costumes. Sam wanted to be a police officer this year and Izzy wanted to be Alice in WOnderland. I think they both pulled off their costumes really well....But first:

Kentfield's finest leading the parade through the neighborhood:



Sam and his 3rd grade buddy:



Room 3 costumes:



"Yes, this is Officer Marsh...Can I help you?":



The officer and the stormtrooper on pleasant terms:



As usual, we headed over to the Feehan home for some Halloween dinner and trick or treating.




The Trick 'O Treaters:



And this is the only shot you will see of me and my gigantic belly. If you're wondering why Brad is smiling so suspiciously its because:

a) he has two drinks he's taking with him when he walks the kids around the neightborhood and
b) he thinks its funny to use my belly as a resting spot for his beverage

Pumpkin Patchin' It

I was very close to skipping the pumpkin patch this year because I'm pregnnat, lazy and tired. However, our neighbors, the Peluso family, convinced me to go. We had a great time. Sam wheeled the barrow everywhere, Izzy jumped in a jumpy house for hours, and I got to sit around and do a whole lot 'o nothing for a good amount of time. Who knew pumpkin patches could be so friendly to pregnant women as well?

Kung Fu Fighter

Sam started Taekwondo class back in early September. He's pretty good at it and he likes knowing he can hurt somebody if they mess with him. Here he is at practice:




Izzy's job during class is to stand at the end of the room and be the "hand check" girl. She gets to put her arms out and the boys have to do various excercises to reach her, give her a high five, and then head back tot he wall. She loves it.



About two weeks ago, Sam had his first TKD test.

Here he is with his buddies Cameron and Ben.....



And practicing with Jenny before the test begins....



And now he's an orange belt!

Sweet Mischief

Someone I know really wanted to get to the m&m's in the cabinet:

Anything You Can Do...Izzy Can Do Better

We're not a very competetive family.

We have one member, however, that likes to outperform others in the group.

She's 35lbs., 33in., and likes to do whatever her brother does even when she has no idea what she's doing.