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Monday, 27 September 2010

Happy Birthday, Verity!
You're sensational!

You were even interesting when you slept.
And you always had the coolest ride.

Stay classy, Verity.
(I know, I need to finish sorting pictures so I can find the really good stuff.)
Silly September
I'll go ahead and post Silas' 10 month photos now and give his 11 month shoot (in two days) its own post.

"Actually, I'm 10 months and nearly 2 weeks in this picture."
He gets his need to be precise from his very serious older siblings.

Oh, wait.
The Tricky Trio

Wild bunch o' kids.
Last (2 Sundays ago??) Sunday, I had to iron Moses' shirt to make it look presentable. He was thrilled about the result.

Some more samples of September's silliness...

Silas and his VERY silly sister.
This past weekend, Moses was invited to attend a Super Hero birthday party of his friend/neighbor, Caden. This was a perfect opportunity to finally get him the Super Mario outfit that he and Emerald had been seeing in all kinds of advertisements being sent to our house recently. A mustache did come with the outfit, but we opted to not use it at the party. It's an adhesive mustache, and Moses has sensitive skin. Plus, he was going to be eating birthday cake with frosting. Not a good combo.
Here is Super Mario!

I really enjoyed the one-on-one time with Moses, but it was even more fun because everybody was recognizing him. We went to Target after the party, and as we walked through the store, I could hear the "Hey! There's Mario!", "Look, MOM! It's MARIO!!", and "I love Mario!" s the whole time. Even as we left the store, there was a car driving by, and I saw the woman in the front seat mouth the words, "It's Mario!". I was very amused. I may have Moses dress up as Mario everytime we have to run errands from now on. It was like being with a celebrity.
And, of course, the outfit will be shared by Emerald as well.

They really like the hat. The outfit is big because I had to make sure the hat would fit my big noggin-ed boy.
Also, Silas has started to climb the stairs.

Here he is reading the book that I made for Moses that features a very scary looking woman who ran for county clerk or something like that.
Saturday night/Sunday morning we were able to host Grandpa Woody. It was during this visit that Emerald learned, completely on her own, how to cross her eyes.

If she wasn't my own daughter, I think I could laugh more about this acquired gift?

Friday, 10 September 2010

A Wedding in the Park
Silas and Sam getting ready to rehearse.

The Line-Up

The rehearsal dinner...YUM!

"Where's the beef?" (We had beef at the reception the next evening. )

Emerald receiving her flower girl present: A TUTU!!!

Chad and two of his nephews.
Wedding Day Prep!

Curlers in her hair.

Curls everywhere!

It looks nice before the nap and wind.

All ready!

And she really liked her shoes!
Calvin was still in school, but here is under-5 crew.

...and Silas!

He likes sportin' new duds.

Emerald and the headband that couldn't take the wind.
Some men-folk.

The Place.

The Mighty Mississip'

Cousin Time!

Weddin' Time!

Who they all waitin' for?
The Bride and her Daddy!

Givin' his 4th daughter away.

The Ceremony

Jason is pointing at Isaac who was plugging his ears with woodchips during the ceremony.

The Grandparents watching the vows.
All done!

"It's time for lots of pictures!"

Wrestlin' boys.

Reception!

A lovely wedding party!
Six Flags
On the second Saturday of our visit in Illinois, Kevin and Moses were able to go to Six Flags with Uncle Jason and Calvin. This was a big first for Moses, and he had a really great time.
On their way to big fun!

Moses

...and Calvin!
Ridin' the rides

Ridin' the train

Ridin' the swings

Ridin' THUNDER RIVER

And then ridin' the ZzzzzzTrain

The End
A big thanks to Aunt Wendy and Uncle Jason for sharing their sweet Six Flags deals with us.
St. Louis Zoo
I finally have some new pictures to put on xanga. (Silas' 10 month photos will probably be posted when I post his 11 month photos due to the lateness of taking his 10 month photos. We were out of town. Whaddaya gonna do?)
On our way to Illinois we stopped in Concordia for a nice dinner. Silas enjoyed his mashed potatoes.

The potatoes are all over the table if you hadn't noticed. (Don't worry, we are nice customers and clean up after ourselves better than they do probably. :) )
Emerald got away with a little 'close encounter' with her mash-uh-puh-tay-toes, as she likes to call them.

"This means something."
Soon we were back on our way to "Grandma Woody's side", as Moses would refer to the other side of the yellow bridges.

"I can't wait!"
Kevin told Emerald to make her silliest face.

Not bad. I guess we should remember this trick for a real photo session.
I was able to attend my 10 year class reunion that Saturday evening. It was a lot of fun, but I forgot to bring the camera.
Monday was a really fun day. We went to the zoo where we met up with my friend who was my roommate in college, Lindsey. This was the first time for all of the kids to go to the St. Louis Zoo too.

"I can dig it."
Our camera had a bout of "the blurs" for these shots with the cobra, but I wanted to include at least one.

On to the hippos!

What does she see?

A giant hippo!
Moses was getting such a good view of the hippos that he forgot there was glass between he and them and walked right into the glass wall. As was fitting, he had a nice bruise on his forehead to be in all the pictures that would be taken at Candace and Chad's wedding at the end of the week. (That post later.)

Silas zonked out for awhile in the stroller.

I didn't realize he was getting so big!

Moses talkin' to the primate.

She was probably talking in her high-pitched "I think you are cute as a baby" voice in this one.
Penguins!

Silas approves.
Emerald posin' for some shots.

And we rode the train! It was the highlight of the zoo trip for them. Moses and Emerald could not stop talking about the train afterwards.

Gettin' ready to go!

My buddies!

Lindsey and I. We have known each other for just over 10 years now. That went fast!

Two very eager train riders.

Just enjoyin' the ride.
Checking to see if the animals on the fountain were real or not. They're not.

And here's some dress-up shots from Labor Day after we arrived home from our trip.

The Lion in the Hat and her friend the Baseball Cowboy.

You definitely don't want this Lion in the Hat to babysit your children on a rainy day.