Say Cheese

Last week all the kids had picture day at their respective schools. Everyone looked so good I couldn't resist sharing the pictures.

Tim insisted on wearing his suit instead a more "business casual" outfit that I would have chosen so that meant having to find a dressy outfit that also matched Tim's suit for Matt. I was so happy to see that Matt fit into this outfit. It was handed down from my former nursery school teacher from her grandkids and Tim wore it for Christmas a few years ago. Hopefully at least one of them will put their own kids in it some day.

Hope flashes her sparkling smile to go along with her new sparkling red dress and gold princess shoes.

Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat!

The gang just came back to unload their first bag of candy - what a pile of loot already and they've only done 2 streets. Tim, of course is an old pro at the Halloween thing, but Hope and Matt have definitely embraced the concept and both have mastered the art of an enthusiast "Trick or Treat!"

The kids are very proud of how they helped decorate the yard for fall.

Hope with
"Princess Pumpkin" that she decorated for the school decorating contest.

Matt enjoying the Fall Festival at school.

Hope and Tim
collaborate on the decoration of a Halloween gingerbread house for a Saturday afternoon craft project.

The proud artists

Happy 5th Birthday Tim

Tim's 5th birthday was September 29, but as you can see, I'm a little behind in my posts. Below are a few pictures from the kids' party and the family party.

His party theme was the Disney channel movie, "High School Musical", a very popular movie among his former Pre-K classmates, so he had a red and white "Wildcats" basketball cake. It's nice having such a big yard now. We were able to get a much larger moonbounce this year for more bouncing fun. All 22 kids seemed to have a good time. The next couple of pictures show most of the kids at the party in a group photo attempt and singing Happy Birthday to Tim while Dad tried to keep the candles from blowing out.

Later that night, Tim had a great time opening the many nice gifts from his friends.

The next day, we had a small family party for Tim and Dad (the 29th is also his birthday) with Nana and Pop, Aunt MaryAnn & Uncle John, John & Karen.