HALLOWEENAPALOOZA 2007

Papa asked when Halloween went from being one night to AT LEAST one week??? I feel like we got our money’s worth out of our costumes this year! I have uploaded all of our Halloween/end of October activities into one big HALLOWEENAPALOOZA album.

Allie and Ryan LOVED Trick or Treating! The weather was beautiful! Ashley joined us and that was a HUGE help. I could barely keep up with Allie running from house to house!!! At each house, Allie screamed ‘LOOK, THEY HAVE CANDY!’. It was as if she really wasn’t expecting it! Ryan crashed towards the end but he perked up when we got home and sorted the candy! They will both sleep well tonight.

Love that dirty water...

BOSTON RED SOX

WORLD CHAMPIONS 2007!!!

Amazing that this is the SECOND Red Sox world championship in 4 years. I had to wait 30 years...and Allie wasn't even 1 before the 1st one in her lifetime...now she has 2! How will they learn what it means to be disappointed by our team if they keep winning? I don't really care...It's a great time to be a Boston sports fan!

Let's go PATRIOTS!!!!!

Another note from Mrs. Jones

We received ANOTHER note from Mrs. Jones (Ryan's teacher) today.
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FINALLY!!!! Allie had a great day today too. We had chocolate pudding for dessert to celebrate (yes, they used spoons!)

Allie's new 'do'

I experienced my first hair-moment with Allie. We went to Snip-It's on Sunday. It's a children's haircut place. We go there all the time. I wanted Allie's hair in a short 'bob' (think Jillian Leviton circa 1986). Well, the 'stylist' (if you can call her that), went a little crazy and Allie's hair was SHORT...and later I could really see uneven layers in the back. So, today we went to my salon to fix Allie's hair. When we walked in and Allie saw all the women getting haircuts she said 'Is there where all the mommies live?' They cleaned it up but it needs to grow out a bit. It's a little bit 'page boy' and a little 'Victoria Beckham'-ish. The pictures towards the end show the improvement. No more Snip-its for Allie. They can continue to buzz Ryan's head...but Allie's hair is off-limits.

Here are the pictures I took at the park and over the last few days.

Cute Picture of the Week - October 22

It is very difficult to pick JUST ONE cute picture...but this was the clear winner! I could not resist this bear costume for Ryan ($9.98 from BabyCenter!!).

Don't you just want to hug him???

WASABI!!!

Allie and Ryan's new favorite restaurant is Sapporo. It's a Japanese Hibachi restaurant in Marietta. THEY LOVE THIS PLACE! Actually, I don't think LOVE is a strong enough word. As soon as we walk in, they are both over the moon. Allie yells 'Hi Chef man' and Ryan looks for the fire and volcano's. They are so entertained by the chef cooking the food right in front of them. I think Allie and Ryan eat more in one meal there than they do ALL WEEK. They even eat the sauteed onions...crazy! They both use the kid's chopsticks (the ones that are connected by an elastic at the top).

We go there every other week (or even more frequently...they recognize us by now). We have one cook and he always yells 'WASABI'. Ryan thinks that this is HYSTERICAL. He returns with 'SAHBEEE' and giggles uncontrollably. The chef tries to toss shrimp and scrambled egg into the kids' mouths. He also makes characters with the fried rice...usually Mickey Mouse and a heart.
Everyone looks at us in awe at how much FUN two toddlers can have at a restaurant!

Mommy was on TV!

The Marietta Mom's sponsored MOMFEST 2007 today. The local NBC affiliate, 11Alive, broadcast live 2x from the event.

http://www.11alive.com/
Look for the VIDEO NOW section in the middle of the page.
Enter 'peachy moms' into the search box. It's the first clip.

You'll see the clip of Michelle and I talking about MOMFEST!!! If you send a SASE, I will send you my autograph!