Let's Catch Up!

Welcome to Speed Blogging.

Let's start with Halloween.

Meet Batman and Pirate:

This was our attempt at a little normal the day after we moved to our new house.

Trick-or-Treating!

Our neighborhood is....interesting.

And we'll just leave it at that.

While we downsized by over 50% in size, we are actually liking

our cozy little home.

I can light one candle and you can smell it throughout the house AND I can plug

the vacuum into ONE outlet and vacuum the ENTIRE house!

Of course, it can also go the OTHER way - one "wrestle with the devil" in the bathroom and

we have to light several matches in each "wing" of the house and you saute one onion and

your bath towel is dinner-scented until the next towel washing.

It is taking every ounce of control for me not to drag

the holiday decorations out. Little white lights and a few pointsettias can

transform any space into a winter wonderland.

In the meantime....

Charlie, at a mere, teeny-tiny 2.5 years old, is 100% potty-trained.

I'm extremely proud of our little guy, yet a little sad that we have moved

into boydom so quickly.

Now, the boys are all about matching unders and

prefer not to wear clothing over them:

Note the mirrored wall behind the boys above....ahhhh....mirrored walls.

Super classy!

We've played at the local park:

Learned a little guitar:

And built several lego spaceships in an effort to launch

us out of this rain drenched city.

We are still here.

We've had parent-teacher conferences with both boys' teachers

and are relieved to hear that we have two healthy, happy, kind,

well-mannered little boys.

And finally, the HOLIDAY SEASON has officially

begun. How do I know?

Because I found this in the kitchen yesterday:

That's Nate's Chex Mix and it is crazy-good.

We have 3 gallons of it..I'm just hoping we have some left to

bring to Thanksgiving dinner this week. (wink)

Here's to hoping tomorrow is our first SNOW in Portland!