Saturday, October 30, 2010

Happy Halloween!


We started this Halloween weekend off with a party in Noah's class, where they painted pumpkins, played Halloween Bingo, and made spider crackers. 


We also ate some very colorful cupcakes...

Mine was green...
And thank you, Juana for the help with the bunny ears...

My little Tinkerbell.

Mr. Bones.

Then we had a ward Trunk or treat.  The kids came home with TONS of candy, and we got to have hot chocolate and Bavarian pretzels (to die for) as our treat.

Our neighbors: an adorable ghost, and an 80's rock singer.

The cutest Ewok I have ever seen.

Napoleon was totally hitting on this beautiful witch...

...and totally failing.

The cutest spider on the planet.

Happy Halloween!!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

PhotoStory Friday: Project 365, Week 43


365
Hosted by Chris


Day 293, October 22
As the weather has been turning colder, we see a lot of this fog resting on top of the lakes around here.  
Some days its very thick, others not so much. 
It's actually quite gorgeous in person; this picture doesn't do it justice.  
Maybe I should actually learn how to take a picture like this....



Day 294, October 23
This is Little S.
We all went to a birthday party today, and when nobody was watching her, she attacked her slice of the cake.  
I wonder how long it took to wash off, or if her face was stained for a day or two?



Day 295, October 24
Cooper's 3rd birthday.  
I let him decide whether to carve pumpkins or make cookies, and I guess it's obvious what he chose.

And, no...I am NOT a pumpkin artist, just in case you were wondering....



Day 296, October 25
Random obligatory shot for the day.
From the window of my office.



Day 297, October 26
There were a lot of birthdays at Annie and Cooper's school this week, so Coop's wasn't celebrated until today.  He came home with this rockin' crown, with wishes written all over it.

Annie wished him a star....



Day 298, October 27
The evenings dessert menu at our Young Men/Young Women activity....

Can you guess what any of these are?



Day 299, October 28
This is the cupboard/space under my kitchen sink.
And this is the way Annie shows how much she loves me. 

Monday, October 25, 2010

Cooper's 3rd Birthday


Yesterday was Cooper's 3rd birthday, and we celebrated all day long.
He requested cinnamon cake (cinnamon crumb cake) for breakfast, and of course he woke to the big letters spelling out HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER hanging on the wall.  
After church, I gave him the option of carving pumpkins or decorating halloween cookies, and he chose the pumpkins.
He wasn't quite sure about the inside of the pumpkin...

Annie was the only one who dared get messy...

Annie and Noah drew their pumpkin faces on paper first, and then we transfered them.  Cooper didn't care what his looked like.

Then we had our friends over to have cake and ice cream.  Cooper actually requested blueberry muffins for his dessert, and then of course didn't eat them.  I also had a cake on hand.

Thomas the Train...

Batman car and Toy Story car...

Spiderman!

The Batman car.

Smiling at my friend Tera while we sang to him...

Happy birthday, Little Cooper!!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Cook Family

Last week I photographed a wonderful family, one I have come to love here in Germany.  
A wonderful family, with three BEAUTIFUL daughters.  


Meet the Cook's



Todd and Tricia


The Ever-Beautiful Laura...



Hello, Eyes!



The wild and adorable Lena...




And the littlest of the adorable girls, Miss Lilie.




Saturday, October 23, 2010

Thursday, October 21, 2010

PhotoStory Friday: Project 365, Week 42





365
Hosted by Chris

PhotoStory Friday
Hosted by Cecily and Lolli


Day 286, October 15
This look on Annie's face is pure joy.
She is watching a video her dad made for all the kids, and she squeeeeled when she saw him.




Day 287, October 16
Noah brought this home from school yesterday.  He went on a field trip called a Volksmarch, and I gave him 5 Euro to buy some food.  
He bought this coke and a piece of cake.  

Seriously... if he's going to buy a soda this big, I need to at least teach him the right one to buy ( Dr. Pepper, duh).




Day 288, October 17
Beautiful Laura.

I took some family photos today, which I still haven't posted- yes, I'm a slacker.
This is Laura, the oldest of the three daughters in the family, and her eyes are A.MAZ.ING. 





Day 289, October 18
Annie and baby David.
Tera brought him over just so that Annie could hold him. 
She is so in love with David, probably as much as his own siblings.




Day 290, October 19
Lame-O picture.

My watch died.
It was one of those semi-nice watches, with a heart rate monitor, pedometer, and other fancy shmancy stuff.
So I bought a new one, the cheapest I could find this time, but that would still do the job.
When Pete gets home we are splurging and buying a GPS watch, so that he can use it on rides and I can use it on runs.




Day 291, October 20
Today I posted my 500th blog post.
Scroll down if you are interested in it.....

And yes, I realize it says "this posts" instead of "this post."
I fixed it, I promise.




Day 292, October 21
Need I say more?