Victor's "kid-friendly" Halloween Party

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSILYN

sorry for the picture quality. someone's tiny little dirty fingers touched my camera lens and i took 20 test pictures before we figured out why it was so blurry.

little month of horrors

october really got into the halloween spirit this year and i truly did have a HORRIFIC october (overly dramatic?)

1) i was subjected to an 8-hour diversity training at work

2) i had the worst time getting health insurance

3) my all-time dreaded fear. . .i ran into an old friend i hate, while looking like a hot mess with no make up, sweats, and wet hair

well not everything was terrible. there were also some great events this month that make it ALL worth while

1) i had a to-die-for facial at sarah's birthday spa day

2) rod and i had a GREAT time eating, drinking and dancing for maria's bday

3) i get to go trick-or-treating tonight!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA

becky, we had a great time at the party. you did a great job putting it all together! thanks a bunch. i hope joshua enjoys his book/blocks. hopefuly the kids can see each other again soon.

**pumpkin patch**

aren't they handsome!

our cousin drove up from austin this past weekend to celebrate her son's 2nd birthday. she took us ALL to the arboretum to see the autumn blooms. it was such a great idea. we all took advantage of the natural scenery and took PICTURES. . . lots of pictures.

waiting to be discovered.

toby LOVES to pose. he's my little model. we sit on his bedroom floor and have mini photo shoots. he loves it! (not as much as me though) he's cheap entertainment. and he says "cheese" for each picture. it's hilarious!!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Poor Greg. He’s at that age. You, know, "that age". The age where your not quite a child, but not quite an adult. It starts at about 12 and last until about 25! It’s the difference between a Happy Meal and a Might Kids Meal.

I had heard about the popular Wimpy Kid book series by Jeff Kinney’s. Then I saw the set at Target, so it seemed that these books were calling to me. I was very lucky to find them both at the used book store for a steal! So, I snatched them up, wrapped them up and gave them to Thomas as a happy-first-day-of-jr.high present. To my surprise he was very happy with my present! I already had my you-have-to-read-them speech prepared; what a waste. He had already read Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but not Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules. We sat down together and each read our Wimpy Kid book.

Greg is the middle child in between a high school aged brother and a baby brother. The book is set up as Greg’s daily diary. He writes about what’s going on in his life and then he adds a detailed picture to go with each entry. It was hilarious! Greg is very similar to Thomas. I found myself rolling laughing throughout most of it as I replaced Greg with Thomas in my head. He tolerates his mom’s nurturing and ignores his dad’s disciplining. He worships his big bother and tortures his baby brother. His best friend is Rowley. Rowley gets on his nerves and is lower on the popularity scale that Greg made up himself. However, Greg is his friend, but mostly out of loyalty at first, and then he realizes that he really does value Rowley as a friend.

I probably will not ready the second book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules, but Thomas loved it! So I signed up on Jeff Kinney’s website to be notified when the third book hits stores. We’ll be first in line at Borders. http://www.wimpykid.com/