Halloween Party!

Saturday afternoon, we hosted a few of our friends and their kiddos for a pre-Trick or Treat party at our house. Menomonee Falls scheduled their 'trick or treat' from 5-8:30pm while other towns scheduled theirs in the middle of the day making it hard for those who have young children napping at that time. So...we invited those friends over to celebrate with us and it was a ton of fun. This picture shows Paeton waiting for her friends to arrive wearing her trick or treat bucket on her head. She's really into hats these days...

Calvin wondering why Baby Lincoln is always sleeping?

The Lavin twins eating some serious pizza.

Paeton also stuffing her face with pizza.

Here's the crew in front of our house getting ready to depart. Left to Right: Brooke the snow princess, Clayton the dinosaur raptor thing?, Paeton the pink flower, Austin and Cole the twin frogs, Lilly the fairy bunny princess? and Calvin the tiger. Such a cute crew.

Paeton was such a good sport about wearing this beautiful costume from her NJ grandparents. This picture will make the lineup for her wedding slideshow for sure!

First stop: our neighbors house, The Daileys. I think we were their only trick or treaters for the night.

Second stop. I just love how this picture shows off Mike's Big Mack costume.

Paeton really loved checking out her treats.

Our crew.

Making sure Paeton was warm enough.

We were an overwhelming crowd at everyone's doorstep.

Finally warming up at the Stanley's house. We tried to get all the kiddos in one shot on the staircase. It didn't work out so well...

Thanks to everyone who came over and celebrated with us - it was a ton of fun!

Happy Halloween 2009!

Paeton's Owie

Paeton jammed her finger in the door at daycare on Friday. She got her finger pretty good and keeps reminding me that it hurts and that she has this new 'owie'. We went out for bagels Saturday morning and she remembered she hurt her finger....

Singing 'Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes' in Big Apple Bagels.

Suddenly distracted by her 'owie'...

Showing mommy her 'owie'. I asked her if she wanted me to blog about it and she said she felt it was necessary to be documented.

Pumpkin Patch Party

Friday was Paeton's 'Pumpkin Patch Party' at her daycare - an event we always look forward to! Paeton had a ton of fun with her classroom friends. There was a Mad Science presentation to start off the event and then lots of yummy snacks, games to play and of course dancing! Paeton's favorite part of the event was standing in front of the bubble machine giggling and popping bubbles.

Here's Paeton before she got dressed in her costume.

Transformed into a ladybug.

Sitting nicely with her friends watching the presentation.

Reading books with her friends and their parents.

Classroom picture!

So thirsty...

Snack time. Paeton's favorite item: the cheeseballs.

Flashback from last year when Paeton was only 5 months old - she was a lobster.

Paeton loves her videos

Paeton is really into watching videos these days. We have a ritual when we come home from daycare/work each day. She climbs on the couch, requests milk and then grabs the remote and aims it at the t.v. to try to turn it on. I put on a video for her and she will sit on the couch until it's over without moving an inch. It's pretty cute and allows me to get settled in, dinner started, dogs fed, etc right when we get home.

Oh I forgot - she typically pulls her socks off while watching her videos and cuddles with a blanket.

At this point, the pizza was in the oven and I asked her if I could sit by her. Without looking at me, she tapped her hand on the seat to her right letting me know I could sit there. Thanks P.

Purdue Football

I spent last weekend at Purdue hanging out with my sorority sisters and rooting on our less than good team this year. Here's Shannon, myself and Marla sitting in the rain enjoying the 2nd quarter of the game.

Purdue marching band preparing for halftime.

Go Boilers!

The wild student section.

After the game, we stopped by our sorority house to visit. They just celebrated 'Dad's Day 2009' and this was the sheet sign hanging off the front of the house. This was especially touching to me since Paeton was spending the weekend with her daddy.

Our old stomping grounds - 201 Waldron Street. Boom Boom!

Even though I'm still catching up on sleep, it was a great weekend and so nice to see the ladies.

While mommy was away...

...Paeton and Daddy spent the weekend together. I went down to visit with my friends from college - my longest time away from Paeton since she was born. Jodi did a great job taking care of Paeton all weekend. I had no doubts - Paeton & Jodi are very close so I knew everything would go really well.

Jodi dressed Paeton in Purdue gear to support mommy's school - he even did her hair!

Jodi brought Paeton to her costume party on Saturday night to celebrate Eva (Paeton's friend) turning one. Paeton is the ladybug on the left - the one giving attitude about having to take a picture. Eva is the ladybug on the right.

Paeton and her friends - Lilly the ballerina, Calvin the cowboy, Eva the ladybug and Luke the dalmation.

The adults were asked to dress in an outfit that represented them from high school. Jodi pulled out the the #32 football jersey from a dusty box in the basement along with his old varsity jacket. It looks like they had a great time!

Sunday Recap

Sunday kept us indoors almost all day just relaxing and catching up on a few things that needed to get done. This included improving our master bedroom's closet organization, straightening my crafting area, cleaning the house and helping our poor hurt dog.

Paeton is really into her Baby Einstein and Your Baby Can Read videos - she does such a good job of sitting on the couch and watching a video (or 2!) while Jodi and I get some stuff done. I just have to say I think Paeton looks a lot like me when I was little in this picture. Mom/Dad - any thoughts?

Our poor hurt dog - Kona was playing fetch with Jodi yesterday and came inside unable to walk on her left front leg. She literally layed around the house ALL DAY yesterday. We wanted to wait to see if it would go away but I think we'll be at the vet soon.

Paeton LOVES Kona so much - we managed to get Kona upstairs to our bedroom and in her bed. Paeton joined her in there and kept giving her kiss after kiss after kiss. It was so sweet.

Jodi took on the task yesterday of adding to our already installed closet organizer in our master bedroom. Paeton saw all the moving that was going on (removing summer clothes, moving in winter clothes, etc, etc) so she decided to move her bumbo chair into the closet.

Jodi did such a great job - I just left him alone upstairs to do his thing and it turned out great. I should have taken a before picture - this area was just a bar straight across. Now we have 5 shelves and 2 baskets that pull out. Jodi is going to install one more basket next weekend and then we'll be done with this section of the closet. Thanks hun!!!

Family Pictures (More!)

Family Pictures

We took family pictures on Saturday - this is the only one I have for now but I'll share more when I get them. I'm so lucky so have this beautiful family...