A sign that your kids might be watching too many Halloween cartoons...

Olivia said "mom, could you please spook over"!?

Fall Duluth trip

The view from our balcony at the Canal Park LodgeNear the Lake Walk

On the Lake Walk with Canal Park in the background

Cassie & I enjoying the view at the Falls

Woody & I at Gooseberry Falls

A couple of weeks ago, Woody & I went up to the North Shore with some friends. We stayed two nights at Grand Superior Lodge (north of Two Harbors) with our friends. We went to Gooseberry Falls & hiked around & took pictures. On Monday, our friends went home & Woody & I stayed at the Canal Park Lodge (in Duluth) to celebrate our anniversary. We had a LOT of fun & the leaves were beautiful!!

Pictures

Last Saturday, Melissa (Woody's cousin) came over to take pictures of the girls & our family. Here is a link to her photo blog to see some of the many pictures she took=) http://www.momentsintimephotoandvideo.blogspot.com/

Thanks again, Melissa! They are adorable! I can't wait to see ALL of them=)

Brown or Black?!

When I picked up Olivia from school today, she says "mom, my friend Marissa, you know, the one with the brown face? Her dad helped in our class today! And he's the same color as her!" I said "oh yeah, and what color is that?" To which she replied "brown...I mean black!"

I'm not sure what was said at school (I cringe when I think about it), but I think we have some teaching to do at home...

My baby is 3!?

Paige standing by her presents. She was so sweet and told everyone "thank you" before opening the present! You would never have guessed that she was up half the night crying about her ear hurting:( Poor thing spent the morning with Woody & urgent care...she had an ear infection!? What a little trooper:) "reading" her card
She was very excited about her baby Ariel
The birthday girl (I'm pretty sure she had just sampled the frosting just before this pic)
Family photo:)

Paige Elizabeth Glines was born at 3:01 pm on September 20th, 2005...three years ago (from last Saturday)! Where has the time gone? She is such a joy to be around! She is FULL of life, energy and happiness:) She is very caring, loving, outgoing, friendly & best of all...cuddley:) She has no personal space & doesn't seem to care that other people might. She is very petite & such a little "bug" (which is what we call her sometimes), but she's also really strong & tough. When she falls or gets hurt, she doesn't cry for long (or at all) & just keeps going. She's also very compliant...which is the complete opposite of her sister!

Her favorite things right now are babies, purses, princesses (particularly Ariel), Barbie & puzzles. She just started school (ECFE) with mommy, which she thinks is SO cool (that she not only gets to go to school, but with mommy too!).

I still call her baby or my baby, which she interprets as "I'm a baby" & proceeds to act like one!!? When the girls are playing, Olivia is usually the mom and Paige is the baby, but lately, they are now playing mommy & big sister:) I do miss the baby stage, but it is fun to see the girls grow up & play together so well (for the most part).

Here are some of her nicknames: Paigey, Paige; baby; little monkey; little bug or bugsy & sometimes our little PITA (pain in the a--).

We love you VERY much, Paigey:)

Kids say the...MOST EMBARRASSING things!!

I was at the Target checkout the other day and had both girls with me in that monster cart! There was a lady with an infant (about a month old) in a carseat sitting in her cart. They were two aisles away. Olivia says "hey mom, that lady must be having lots of babies, because she's really fat!" I wanted to crawl under my cart!!?? I swear everybody within 10 checkouts heard and just stopped talking!? When Olivia said "hey mom", I had turned to look at the baby & the mom, so we made eye contact and I was looking at the baby, until Olivia finished her sentence...then I had to turn back to Olivia and say "Olivia, that was not nice to say". She looked up at me and said "sorry mom". I still wanted to run & hide!

During and after school pictures...

Olivia walked right over to this table and sat down to play...and said "goodbye, mom"...:( I made her take some pictures when we got home too!
She insisted on having one taken without her jacket and backpack...I think she really liked her outfit:)
Hugging her sister:)