Ninjas!

Last night JJ was invited by a friend to Ninja Night at his Karate class. He totally loved it! He needs to work on his form a little but informed me that he is on his way to being 'a real live ninja'. After which he asked me, "Mom, are ninjas real or just pretend?"

And here's Alli, bummed that she can't participate but providing her own entertainment instead!:)

Swimming Lessons

The kids started swimming lessons today at the Carribean Cove Water Park, JJ loved it and, when she wasn't running away, Allison seemed to enjoy it too!

Poor Man's Ice Skating

JJ has been asking to go ice skating ever since it got cold, instead of taking them to an ice rink we decided to be creative and make our own. JJ loved it, Alli not so much, but, hey, it was free!! And in 20 degree weather it should last for weeks!

Happy Halloween

We had a great halloween yesterday! JJ was batman and Allison was a clown and they both had a great time trick or treating. We got enough candy that we'll probably still be eating it next halloween!

Pumpkin Painting and the Flu

I have been sick with the flu for the last 2 days. Today, after having my fill of Dora and Scooby Doo reruns we decided to paint some of the pumpkins the kids picked. In hindsight this probably wasn't the best idea since I was heavily medicated and not thinking quite straight. Let's just say Alli thought it was much more fun to paint her hands and her pajamas than it was to paint her pumpkin. Good times!

Couch diving

I went out for a little while this evening and when I got home this is what I found that my children had been doing all night (sorry for the poor quality).

It's all fun and games until someone breaks their neck!:)

Bunk Beds

A few weeks ago my nephews came and stayed with us for a week. We thought that would be the perfect opportunity for Ryan to build JJ some bunk beds. They turned out great, here are the boys on the first night. Ryan told me not to post this until he finished the railing but it's been weeks and the railing still isn't finished, I got tired of waiting!:)

And here are the kids and all their cousins enjoying the bunk beds.