This is in front of the Nashville Science Adventure Center

Macie and Riley pose in front of a cross-section of skin.

Where's Macie?

Riley got a Barbie from Gma and Gpa for her early B-Day. The glitter blow dryer is a big hit!

The girls enjoyed getting a pic of grandpa sleeping.

Carver at Reid's Orchard

The girls with grandma and grandpa at Reid's Orchard. Make sure you ask mom about the $12 authentic Reid's apple pie.

Carver enjoyed having grandma and grandpa here.

The weather was great here and our front tree wass very pretty.

Cincinnati

We took a last minute, overnight trip to Cincinnati (3.5 hrs) on Friday. Valerie really wanted to go to IKEA and that is the closest store. It was a fun trip and the girls were pretty good. We spent the night at a Travelodge which I thought would be decent, but it turned out to be kind of scary and not very clean. IKEA was an all-in-one carnival with face painting and a balloon artist. As you can see, all the girls took advantage of the face painting. I also included a photo of the "Indian" costume Macie made in preschool.

Donut Mania

Here is a video of the donut eating contest at our Halloween Party.

Happy Birthday, Rex!

Rex had a great birthday. We opened presents with Amy on Tuesday and had a birthday party with his friends on Wednesday. I wish I had on video the singing of "Happy Birthday". Felix was "conducting" and telling everyone how to sing it at different points in the song (i.e. soft, loud, crazy). It ended up as a very loud shouting match which upset Rex. He started screaming for everyone to stop, but they were all too loud to hear him. I finally shouted loud enough for everyone to stop and start again. We got it right the second time.

Thank you to all the well wishers and gifters. Sorry we haven't talked to you, yet, Grandma. Wednesday ended in major meltdowns, so we were preoccupied with that when you called multiple times and too exhausted to call after the kids were in bed. Then Thursday was a crazy day and night. Scott was home alone with the kids in the evening while I was at the theater, so he missed your call while putting the kids to bed. We will talk soon!

Notice the Bat Mobile in the picture, Lisa?

An impromptu pillow fight. Got a bit out of hand.
The birthday crew

Opening presents...Thank you everyone!

Daphne's new trick...

Amy was determined to teach Daphne a new trick before she left. Mission accomplished. Daphne can now blow a kiss!

Adventures with Amy

We love it when Amy comes to visit. We are definitely going through withdrawals right now. Check out the fun we had!

Going Trick or Treating

Darth Vader, Kitty Cat, Iron Man

"Scary Da-dare-chi"

Balloon blowing contest

Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin

Chillaxin'

Craziness

Halloween Grub

Halloween Cookies

The aftermath of Halloween cookies

Amy bought Felix the most awesome science kit! They are making volcanoes here.

Thanks for reading, babysitting, baking, playing, chillin', teaching, dancing and partying with us!

We love you!