BIRTHDAYS!!!

We were sick the week of Mark's birthday so we had his party the following Saturday. We surprised him with a decorated table and chocolate eclair cake (thanks LP for the recipe!!)!!!

Happy 32nd Birthday!!!
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The following weekend was Anne's birthday weekend. We went to Red Robbin on Saturday night for a Birthday dinner. The kids got animal balloon elephants and the staff sang to Anne.

Trying to get the crayons out for coloring...

Purple elephant balloon!

Anne's birthday Sunday... she shared with us.

COLD!

This is so fun!

Here are the cupcakes I made for Anne's birthday party...

Party time!!! The kids playing with balloons in the clubhouse at our apartment complex.

Nathan and Griffin

Pizza!!!

The whole party, Anne, Andrew, Griffin, Nathan and Jason... funny how all our friends are boys!

Getting ready to blow out the candles!

Nathan enjoying his cupcake...

Anne enjoying her cupcake

Playing stick the hand on Tinkerbell...

Anne got a Tinkerbell costume from her Grammie, which she wanted to put on right away!!!

Tinkerbell in progress...

There she is, Tink herself...ha!

Thanks for checking in on us... sorry it's been so long since I posted. I am pretty much well now & will hopefully keep it that way!

Love,

Mark, Joy & the Kidletts

Dress Up & Halloween

Mark's Halloween party was the Friday before Halloween. Nathan was going to dress up as a pirate, but we only got as far as the beard. I dressed Anne up as a doll, make-up and everything. She kept saying "More make-up mommy, more."

Nathan playing light sabers with his friend Ben.

Annie baby...

Nathan wouldn't wear his pirate costume but he was more than happy to wear someone else's storm trooper costume!

The next morning, Anne decided to put on her own lipstick, with marker!!!

Nathan's preschool had a little party at which he received dracula teeth!
Again, no costumes for these guys but they wanted their faces painted! My little kitty & doggie.

When we got home, they disappeared. I found them admiring their faces in the bathroom mirror.
As promised in October, here are our pumpkins. They are totally decomposed, ick!

Here's Anne showing off her latest dance moves!

Thanks for checking in on us... I am posting birthdays next!!!

Love,

Mark, Joy & the Kidletts

What happened to October?

I suddenly woke up and realized it's NOVEMBER! Just kidding. With all the illness we've been passing around the last few weeks have been a blur.

Mark and Nathan are on the tail end of their colds, Anne seems to be faring the best as she hardly has a cold at all. I got "the cold" on Thursday and now have no voice. It's been fun though, the kids think it's a game... I say "psst!" and they come running over, I whisper what I need from them and they trot away happy to comply... I wonder if this will still work after 4 days or so? Despite being sick, we're doing great. I got an email today saying my emergency license went through and they are issuing it via snail mail, WOOHOOO! I will sign the kids up for another round of gymnastics soon. Nathan will do trampoline and Anne will do toddler gym. So fun!

I will post pics soon. My computer will not stay connected to our wireless connection so I will have to post on Mark's computer next time.

Love you all,
Thanks for checking in on us!
Mark, Joy & the Kidletts