Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween, Part 2

Liam loves being a lion. He happily sat in the wagon to go trick or treating. Casey kept occupied with his water bottle.
Gavin the gorilla makes a monkey face.
After the trick or treating, there was a parade in the town center so that every kid could show off his/her cool costume. Here they enjoy checking out everyone who is checking them out.
Right before bedtime, Casey, Gavin, and Liam had their own animal parade in their bedroom. Here, Liam happily poses with Paco.
Casey, meanwhile, loves to be coy.
Time to pose with Mama. (Yes, I went as a Red Sox fan, AGAIN. That seems to be the default costume.)
This was the first year that Belly did not freak out at Halloween. Is it the Paco love? Looks like it from this picture.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Halloween, Part 1

Today Casey, Gavin, Liam and Mama walked to a neighbor's house for a Halloween party.

Gavin the gorilla and Liam the Lion strut their stuff.
Casey makes his best turtle face.
Animal Parade!
Casey Tomas the turtle holds on tight to his pumpkin muffin.
Gavin stays true to his monkey nature by dancing on the table.
Liam one ups his brother by dancing on the table and eating cookies at the same time.

Liam has a roaring time eating like a lion.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

More cousin fun

Fun times in the backyard! Cousins Sophie and Alahna enjoy the swings while Gavin mows the pebbles.
Gavin, Sophie, and Casey enjoy the sandbox.
Sophie gets a hand on it.
Who wants to go down the slide when you can just watch as Liam does?
Sophie makes her way down the slide.
Casey ponders the slide as Aunt Stephanie helps him up.
Cousin Alahna gets ready to slide down.
Gavin braces himself to squeeze down the slide.
The love seat for five: from left, Casey, Liam, Alahna, Sophie, Gavin
Family portrait: from left, Chrissy, Alahna, Stephanie, Sophie, Liam, Keith, Casey, Brian, Gavin

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Cousin Love

This weekend our family took a road trip to visit Brian's brother Keith, wife Stephanie, and the boys' cousins Alahna and Sophie. On Saturday, we all enjoyed a trip to an indoor bouncing gym. Above: future dodgeball champion Liam
Smiling high atop the slide: from left Gavin, Aunt Stephanie, Alahna, Brian, Casey
Cousin Sophie and Uncle Keith sport their happy smiles.
Cousins Sophie and Alahna sqeeze into an opening in the bounce castle.
Time to smile!
from left to right: Alahna, Uncle Keith, Sophie, Casey, and Brian pause for a moment at the top of the slide.
Gavin loves to twirl hula hoops with his Mama.
Casey and Chrissy take a break from bouncing.
Aunt Stephanie and Gavin have a ball.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Our house, in the middle of our street

It's been over six months since we have moved to our new home. We're mostly unpacked, so I thought it was about time that I take some pictures of our new place.
I started with the second floor. Here is the hallway looking into the boys' room.
The room belonging to Casey, Gavin, and Liam. Yes, three cribs fit in here with some room to spare.


This is the master suite. Okay, it's not really a suite, but it feels that way because it's the third floor. The attic was converted into livable space.
Whoops! I woke up Belly with this shot.
The exercise room, or second guest room, or future playroom.
The views from the windows in the exercise room. This view faces north.
And this view faces east.
The guest room is also where we store toys.

The dining room, with a view into the family room.

The view from the dining room, which faces east.
Here is our light kitchen.
The view from the kitchen.
The banister at the end of the stairs with the really cool window.
The view from the cool window.
The family room. Everyone has a place to sit!