Fall Continued

A few more highlights of fall '10...

Isabel lost ANOTHER tooth. She totally planned this you know. Which is hilarious if you know her. She always has to know "what the plan is for today". She made her own calendar (with no regard for the number of days in a week or number of weeks in a month) and has been writing important upcoming events on the calendar. On November 15, she wrote "Loose a tooth". And, on November 15, she totally lost a tooth. Cue the exaggerated lisp.

Church (ward) campouts are not for the faint of heart. Or for those who have a problem with their children running wild, playing in precarious teepees, or eating dirt. Lots of dirt. We had SO much fun but it didn't even compare with the amount of fun these wild children had.

Isabel and Milo have continued their love affair with Ramona Quimby. Her antics have fueled some of Isabel's antics. Such as the stunning homemade rabbit costume seen above.

CSU's homecoming parade provided us with an afternoon of fun and a week's worth of candy. It's always entertaining to see the floats the students come up with and to see all of the animals (CSU has a vet medicine program and is an ag school so there are animals aplenty!).

We (okay, Spencer and the kids) participated in the Tavelli Elementary duathalon again. It's a 1/2 mile run followed by a 2 mile bike ride followed by another 1/2 mile run. The twins weren't quite riding on two wheels yet so Spencer pulled the locomotive. Note that he appears near death at the completion of the bike ride.

Triumphant finish! Keeler cried the ENTIRE time. He did not take kindly to being left behind.

Then there was Halloween. This guy was the cutest puppy dog ever.

Trick-or-treating with cousins. We feel so lucky to have Kiana and Mya pretty near by--especially for fun stuff like this.

This one deserves a post of its own. When Isabel decided that she wanted to be a pioneer-slash-Mary-Ingalls for Halloween, she knew just who to call: Grami Tami. You see, Grami Tami is both a seamstress extraordinaire AND a fellow lover of all things historical. She immediately volunteered to just "whip something up". This totally true-to-its-time-period costume was the result. The anticipation and the emailed/blogged pics of the work in progress were almost as fun as the actual costume.

A few things to note:

1. There are actual bloomers under that.

2. The doll has actual bloomers too.

3. There is a row of teeny tiny rose shaped buttons up the front.

4. It got more comments than any other costume at the Cornstalk Festival (also known as the Halloween carnival).

5. Isabel felt like she'd died and gone to heaven--and was so over people asking her if she was a pilgrim!!

There was also soccer--for both kids. Isabel was a soccer machine this year. She didn't even yell at me for "choosing this when I've always known she wanted to be a ballerina!". She loved it. Milo, of course, loved it. His team was undefeated (by miles and miles of goals) and took first in the tournament at the end of the season. They both scored goals and they both can't wait for spring soccer!

If you made it to the end, you are a true fan. Or you are my mother.