Birthday Cupcakes!

The month-long celebration continues!  Here are some photos of Alyssa and Joshua enjoying their official birthday cupcakes!  Joshua even brought some to school to celebrate with his class!

Look at those gourmet cupcakes!!


No mixing up these cupcakes!


Make a wish!


Hmmm... Joshua is putting a lot of thought into his wish...


We've had lots of practice blowing out candles this year!


Good job, Alyssa!


Some post-cupcake Cinderella!


I think she likes it...

Birthday Presents!!

One of the best things about birthdays is birthday presents!!  Here are some photos of Joshua and Alyssa opening some of theirs...

The presents are starting to hold their interest more than the paper and boxes...


Two presents and what does she do...


She reads the card first!!!


What a sweet girl!


Rapunzel showed up for the party...


Alyssa loves her new block puzzle


Lego Cars!!


Looks like fun, buddy!


Lego Cinderella!  Those legos have changed a bit since my day...


Alyssa looks excited!


Joshua hamming it up...


Silly face with legos...


Silly face with a card...


I love birthdays!


Combo gift!


Getting to work on those legos!


Good job, Joshua!

Happy Halloween!

This turned out to be a big update!  We've had a lot going on over this past month.  I think there are 12 new posts, so make sure you go back far enough to catch all of them.  We had a fun Halloween this year.  Alyssa dressed up as a princess, Joshua decided to go as himself, and Emily was a cat.  We had lots of trick-or-treaters and the kids did a great job handing out the candy!

What a beautiful princess!


Good thing it was a warm night!


Looking good, Alyssa!


Waiting patiently for trick-or-treaters...


What good helpers!


Smile!


Here's Emily in her kitty costume... she slept through the whole thing!


Halloween hugs!


Playing in the grass...


Family Halloween photos, take 1


Take 2... Happy Halloween!

It's that Time of Year Once Again... Pumpkin Carving!!

Joshua and Alyssa helped decorate our two pumpkins this year.  As you can see, they do good work!!

Woo-hoo!  Pumpkin carving time!


Alyssa was a great helper with the Elmo pumpkin!


So far, so good, guys!


Now we need to put his arms in...


Let's look at the instructions one last time...


What a helper... and she's wearing Daddy's favorite shirt!


Hugs from Joshua!


Mom did a great job cleaning out those pumpkins!


Alyssa and Joshua chose a ghost pumpkin for the other one...


And like a couple of ghosts, they vanished!


There's Joshua golfing...


And Alyssa had better things to do... as you can see here, she's sitting in a box...


Looks great, everyone!


Vampire Elmo...


Spooky!