Trick-r-Treating

Cole was Ironman and Sofia was the Queen of Cats. She was so beautiful. We strapped a bunch of glow sticks to Cole's shoes so it looked like he had rockets on. It was fun to gather at Shari's for some food and company before heading out to collect candy.

The Pumpkin Fairy visited Cole and exchanged all his candy for a gift card to Target. He bought a remote control corvette.

Halloween is over and we're almost ready for Thanksgiving. Bring on the baked brie!

Weird Beer and Chili Party

Katie and Zane had their weird beer and chili party a couple weekends ago. We borrowed Julian for the afternoon so Cole had a playmate. Ellie and Veronica showed up and the three kids played and played. We ate great chili, had good conversation, and enjoyed the weather outside.

Dragon Dash 2010

My sweet baby boy competed in his 2nd annual Dragon Dash at Emerald. I love these school events. All the kids get to race around the school. Afterwards, they played a slide show of all the pictures from the race and then we had snacks in his class. He ran so hard. I was so proud of him when I saw him round the corner. That mother pride is something else. Hard to describe. And of course, who can ever beat watching Cole interact with his little friends. Just think of him looking at these pictures when he is 30 or posting them on the next generation of Facebook and tagging his friends, embarrassed by their clothes and hair, similar to what we do now.

Wyatt, Cole, and Chase

Wyatt and Cole Eric, Wyatt, and Cole

Boo at the Zoo

Cesar took the kids to Boo at the Zoo. I enjoyed my morning by cheering on my fellow swimmers at the Nash meet and then headed to the mall for some shopping. It was a perfect morning....for everyone. Cesar took so many great pictures of the kids. I just love my neighbors. And aren't Cole and Sofia just the cutest kids?

I love this picture. The blog posting doesn't do it justice but Cesar caught Cole's reflection too in the window to the Gorgilla area. It's so awesome.

Pumpkin Carving

The Nufio's came over for some homemade soup and bread. It was delicious. We carved pumpkins and roasted the seeds - one batch with cinammon and sugar and the other with onions, garlic, and salt. It was a blast. Cole made a star-eyed, bat mouth, square nosed pumpkin and Sofia made a kitty cat, and Cesar and Dena made a beetle out of their home grown pumpkin.

From Cole (he is sitting here with me as I post telling me what to type) - Cesar was joking that there was a baby pumpkin alien in their home grown pumpkin. I was nervous at first because I thought it was looking like a real alien with green eyes. But I was brave when Cesar opened up the pumpkin. The alien pumpkin baby left his home because he was scared of us. I got messy cleaning out the pumpkin seeds a.k.a. alien guts.