october 31, 2010

halloween hootenanny.

october 30, 2010

hitting the streets, checking out our new neighborhood.

october 29, 2010

oh, elliott.

october 28, 2010

an impromtu date with elliott.

october 27, 2010

halloween is right around the corner.

october 26, 2010

...and this is what happens when a certain boy waits too long to

 go potty and cannot control his output...a whole wall urinal

is something i would consider buying.

october 25, 2010

waiting for the first time on the other side of the door.

october 24, 2010

thanks to my wonderful husband,

 i was the only one to get a sunday afternoon nap.

october 23, 2010

a sign of the times.

october 22, 2010

gibson's newest hobby. oddly enough they are named steve.

october 21, 2010

gibson, proving that he is not too old for an after bath snuggle.

october 20, 2010

this kid definitely marches to the beat of his own drummer.

october 19, 2010

we've been booed.....

october 18, 2010

elliott has taken it upon himself to rescue every fallen mum.

october 17, 2010

our determined little kindergartener was insistant that he had to do extra homework and chose to copy, wild at heart. the exerpt he happened upon was: friend, underneath the mask is all the hurt and fear we've been running from, hiding from to let it come to the surface can shake us like an earthquake.

october 16, 2010

enjoying a beautiful fall day at post family farms.

october 15, 2010

daddy's idea for distracting gibbers during his

 breathing treatment...tic tac toe...brilliant!

a couple of days ago i wrote a good morning note to elliott...

 today, i found him sleeping with it.

october 13, 2010

in a rare moment of spontaneity, we decided to whisk the kids away to a free movie.

october 12, 2010

we had two unexpected dinner guest tonight, and i must say they were very polite.

october 11, 2010

thanks to my wonderful husband the last of the penny war proceeds have been rolled.

october 10, 2010

apparently, we can all breathe a little easier, the pumpkin shortage is over.

october 9, 2010

elliott is in his defensive stance for the big halftime game.

october 8, 2010

wiped out.

october 7, 2010

not surprising that this sticky hand made it's way to our ten foot ceiling.

october 6, 2010

prize day at preschool.

october 5, 2010

just to document this moment.

october 4, 2010

patiently waiting for his turn to play soccer.

october 3, 2010

one of the many reasons we loved art prize.

october 2, 2010

soccer time.

october 1, 2010

you can never be too safe when looking at a book order.

september 30, 2010

is it normal to want to take all of the less than perfect pumpkins home with you?

i hope every last one of them finds their way onto a beautiful porch.

september 29, 2010

dear mdot, please oh please, re-open my route to work.

september 28, 2010

a moving response to hearing that 1 in 8 people do not have access to clean water.

september 27, 2010

my favorite way to end a monday.

september 26, 2010

look who took a three hour nap today and got to stay up to watch

 some sunday night football with daddy.

september 25, 2010

hmmmm....i wonder where elliott learned this from?

september 24

hoping that my diet coke will do the trick this morning.

september 23, 2010

thanks to gibson's new nebulizer, he beat his first cold of the season. 

a big victory in our house.

september 22, 2010

burn, baby, burn.

september 21, 2010

it looks like the dinosaurs got the last laugh.

september 20, 2010

did you know that inside of every apple hides a star? 

 we didn't until our wise kindergarter taught us.

there is nothing quite like learning from your child.

september 19, 2010

gibson's lite brite interpretation of the united states.

september 18, 2010

love chicago shopping!

september 17, 2010

fun times with fun and flexible friends.

september 16, 2010

the scooter sets out for yet another stroll around the neighborhood.

september 15, 2010

if you can identify the location of this lamp, you have as big
 of an addiction as we do.

september 14, 2010

a ring of courage from my boys, is there a better present?

septemer 13, 2010

if i could find some balance in my life right now, it would definitely score

 more than eleven points.

september 12, 2010

now that is one juicy apple...yum!