As I recall, last January I resolved to stay up-to-date on the family blog. I did pretty well for a while. But then the holidays rolled around, and the resolution went out the window for a while. Time to get back on track! Here’s a bit of what we were up to in November:

Working while Avery does homework

Kieron with one of his creations

Nana came to visit one weekend

We celebrated her birthday together

Decorating the tree. The boys are becoming a big help.

We got a little snow – enough to build a snowman!

Playing chess with their buddy, Louis.

We completed our wainscoting project in the entry hallway. I love the final result!

Kieron loves using the leaf blower.

Is there an eggnog anonymous program out there somewhere? It’s not safe with this boy in the house!

Our elf, Jingle, arrived!

Jonathan putting up Christmas lights.

Our boys had the wettest, soggiest Halloween of their lives to date this year. We always joke that the rain in the northwest starts on Halloween and continues through the 4th of July. There is some truth to this, but since we became parents, I can only recall one other Halloween with any precipitation, and it wasn’t that bad.

However, if there is such a thing as a good year for a wet Halloween, this was it. Kieron and I both came down with a tummy bug that day, and I could barely get up from the couch. While Kieron was recovering (and Jonathan cleaned the van) Grammy took Avery and Silas out for a little trick-or -treating. Fortunately, Kieron felt well enough to fit in a quick loop around our cul-de-sac a little while later. Avery joined his buddy, Hayden, and his family, later in the evening for some additional Halloween festivities. As it turned out, two days later, Jonathan and Avery caught our bug. I am so glad Grammy was there lend a hand!

Luckily, the weekend prior, there was a Halloween event at our downtown shopping area. The weather was beautiful, and everyone was healthy, so we got in some proper trick-or-treating this day!

Leonardo, Dalmatian & Raphael

We ran into Caroline the barista and her newborn latte, Clare, at Starbucks, of all places.

Official Halloween – this picture doesn’t do justice to how wet they were!
  

Here are a few pics of what we were up to during the month of October (aside from Halloween festivities).

Silas helped put new tires on the van

With the great pumpkin

Future American Ninja Warrior

I chaperoned Kieron’s field trip to the firestation

This is Kieron and one of his buddies, Tiernan. They went to farm school together, and Tiernan is the 2nd of 4 boys

Their teacher demonstrating how the stretcher gizmo works

Kieron after finishing another (wet & soggy) 1k

Playdate at the park with Ethan

Crazy hair day. Sadly, Avery decided to take his ponytails out on the bus.

Lunch with Brooklyn

And here are the big boys at lunch

Walkathon day – it was beautiful!

Silas checking on the progress of his future school

Kieron helping Daddy clean the gutters

Learning to play solitaire with Grammy

Time for a little chess

That’s a chess match in the front and Kings in the Corner in the background