Halloween is over?

Thanksgiving is over, too? Oh brother, this blog is too accurate of a representation of my severe time shortage.

Probably the only person in the world who doesn't absolutely love the deliciousness that is Thanksgiving dinner = a picky 5 year old to whom the abundance of foods "mom might make me try to eat" makes this holiday pretty much a terrible idea :) 

A post nap grin

Cole is pulling up on everything he can find!

He is even derailing trains...

Colorful cousins do some fun puddle jumping
 

Silly Uncle Collin just does not, for whatever reason, understand little girls. I tried to show him how to play Pretty Princess because he kept trying to play Monster like he does with the boys when they are wrestling.

So he took my advice by coming up to my niece and saying, "I'm a pretty princess...I'm going to get you..." and proceeded to chase her. Sigh. She didn't think much of the worm he found either. Is there a Uncle school he can attend somewhere?

Run Daddy, Run!!!

Last weekend we headed to San Antonio to cheer on Daddy running in the Rock "n" Roll Half Marathon.
He has been training for months and months. We are so proud of him!

Sunday morning Daddy headed out the door super early to get started at the race. Mommy and the cheering crew grabbed breakfast and headed to the sidelines. After a few tries, we finally found a good spot to wait for Collin to run past. 

And I'd like to go ahead and designate honorable mention to myself for strapping Cole on with the baby carrier and pushing the big boys in the double stroller about 4 miles for the morning's events...

As soon as I realized just how many people were running I knew Collin would excel. Being his wife, I've been to an airport or two with this man. And I know that somewhere deep inside something happens in his mind when in a crowd...Beat everyone.
I was smitten to realize that the same instincts that I've witnessed shoulder to shoulder pushing past elderly and children (ok ok, not really) :) would push him to his best time ever!

And we waited and waited at the 12 mile marker, I promised that Daddy would be running by any minute...

Caleb was very concerned that Daddy wasn't the winner :)

And there he is!

He even ran over to get some high fives for encouragement...

Collin finished the 13.1 miles in 1 hour 56 minutes and 30 seconds.

He was in the top 12% of everyone who ran the half that day.

And for all that hard work he got a tee shirt and a medal, but nothing beats a celebration with these three fun boys!
If you want to see a live video of him crossing the finish or at another part of the race, check this out:

http://www2.brightroom.com/email/81840/16800/120194545

Happy Halloween!

Hope you had a great Halloween!

We had a super fun time over here, it is officially the age of appreciation for fun kid holidays! Both Caden and Caleb loved going up and knocking on the doors. Every time Caden got candy he would announce to us what kind he got. Caleb was soo excited and especially into the decorations. 

Our special treat tonight was Grampy coming to trick or treat with us. He was a super good carrier as Caleb and Cole both found out :) Love you Grampy!

Caleb's costume is a gummy bear from the song below. To complete the outfit he really needed to be wearing underwear over the pants, but he vetoed the idea and I was happy he at least wore most of it.

He walked down half the sidewalk with his head in the candy bag to survey his treats :)

 Caden was a Mighty Eagle (or mutty eagle as he says it) from Angry Birds. This is the second consecutive Angry Birds costume year, perhaps we should do some iphone limiting in our house?