Random shots and Halloween 2012

Another clean bill of dental health for both kids!

Just in time for Grammy Eve's annual goodie bags
full of fun things and lots o' sugar!

Coloring books are so 20th century...

Writing out some good old fashioned thank you notes
for all his nice birthday gifts.

Clare and Mikah greeting each other at preschool.

We met up with our friends the Koongs at this fun
play space. The kids had a blast (and so did I, since it gave
Pati and I time to sit and talk.)

Helping Michael make pancakes last weekend.

They were so happy to have him home.

A first grader sends drawings home with Xander several times a week.
This one was signed: "To Xander, Love Kevin" on the back. So sweet.

Here's one of the official Mariners photos we got last week,
taken the night Xander and Michael ran the bases and
won the Triple Play Trivia game at Safeco.

The pumpkin carving was left to me this year.
It's usually Michael's job, and let's just say there's a reason for that.

X was happy to help out.

Drawing his design.

Finished! Not too bad, but Michael would have done much better. :)

I had two friends over one night this week and let's just say that Xander
was rather uncooperative at bedtime. Just as they were getting up
to leave, we heard snoring and found him sound asleep on the
landing. We'd had no idea he was there the whole time.

Excited that it was Halloween.

An uninvited slug friend in one of our jack o' lanterns. Yuck.

A baseball player and his favorite bat.

Lots of silly faces...

Our neighbors had a pizza/dance party in their garage
to kick off the night's spooky festivities.

Bill tried to entice Clare to come inside.

Xander and Alyssa.

Xander and Kiri. Unfortunately the rain
was pouring down, so we had to take a lot of photos
in the garage this year.

Mikah and Clare.

 

A little bat and even littler shark chasing after
Kiri and Xander as the kids start making the rounds.

After a very busy bout of trick-or-treating (with even more friends in tow)
Kiri, Xander, Ben, and Clare helped hand out candy.

Annamaria, Eloise and their big brother Simeon (not in this photo)
also came with us this year. So fun!

Checking out his haul.