Cousins. Lots of cousins.

Santa found them in Omaha

Click here for a video of Christmas morning...

She's this sweet 42% of the time

Click here for a video of Lucy singing "Happy Birthday TO You"

The things I learn at 6:24 in the morning when Jack jumps into my bed

Hey Mom, do you know why I don't want to be a pilot when I grow up? Because I'm afraid I'll press the wrong button and hit a building. Then a police officer will come and give me a ticket. Also, I don't want to be a pilot because I'm going to be a chef. But you can come to my restaurant. I'll still be in Texas, but I'll live in a different house.

I don't like chapel. I don't have to go to chapel because I'm going to be in Tennessee. Isn't that awesome? Chapel's boring. It's boring to sit in those boring seats and sing boring songs. The only kind of songs I like to sing is "Beat It." That's the only kind.

Wimberly Trail of Lights

Lights Out, Ladies

Jack's Thankful For...

Look at them, they never argue

Jack's version of being an adult

At a restaurant tonight I took a picture of a couple (for them, not me...) who looked like they were probably on vacation. Jack asked me later in the car why people would want a picture from when they were on vacation. I told him it was so they could look at it later on and remember their vacation. Kind of like when I take pictures of you and Lucy when you're kids, I told him, so you can look at them when you're older.

He then asked me if he would still be a kid when he was seven. Yeah, I told him. You're going to be a kid for a LONG time still. But it's more fun to be a kid than an adult anyway.

Yeah, he said. Being an adult is boring. All you do is slap some food in the oven and let it could for like an hour, and stare straight ahead when you're driving like you're doing now. All that stuff is boring.

Pony

Catapult

Took a video of Lucy playing with the catapult today...

Fall Concert Series

Click here for a video...

Halloween 2010

Jack went as Boba Fett from Star Wars and Lucy was a Barfing Baby. Literally.

Becker Cousins

Haven't had time to sort through Janie's 4,146 pictures of our family trip to Milwaukee, so in the meantime I stole pics off of Kim's blog...(great choices, Kimmy)

More Pumpkin Patch Pics

Jack was pretty proud of the flowers he picked. As soon as we got home, he organized the cup of flowers and all our pumpkins on the front porch. Later, when I told him that our neighbor friends were coming over to carve pumpkins, he said, "After we're done carving, each girl will get one flower. But no arguing. You get what you get and you don't throw a fit. You get what I give you. You can't say, 'I want pi-ink...'" (At that point I had already walked away...)

Pumpkin Patch

Accessories

Couple Things...

Today Lucy put two words together for the first time: "Bye-bye, Da-Da." Genius.

And a funny story completely unrelated to that...tonight Jack said of his teacher from last year (who he was a bit obsessed with), "Megan looked beautiful today. I hope she does again. She was wearing a pony tail on each side and it was all tangled up like a fruit snack."

The Kids' Table (Floor)

And so it begins...

Halloween starts now and lasts for a couple months

You may have seen this pose before. It seems to be Jack's go-to stance for any outfit.

Impromptu Photoshoot

Omaha Girls

In true form, I didn't bring my camera to Omaha, so I stole this off of Kelly's blog.

Clown pants and playgrounds

It seems like just yesterday Carrie was pregnant with all five...

Fire Coat: Check; Winter Coat: Check; Life Jacket: Check; Fire Helmet: Check. Good to go.

The hats stayed on for 1.3 minutes

Sunshine

Football season is upon us

At the playground this morning, Jack told me that since I had to concentrate while pushing him and Lucy on the swings, he would let me know if a fire truck went by.

After he jumped off the swing, he said that he wouldn't jump off again because his new shirt would get messed up and he wanted to make sure that he looked handsome when he got to Joe's house for the football game. But he did say that if his shirt got all squiggly and bumpy he could just flatten it out with his hands. He prefers his shirts tucked in, by the way.

Wisconsin...