A Super Thanksgiving!

We showed the kids Superman for the first time today. (The one with Christopher Reeves.) John decided that he wanted to dress up and brought Jacob his batman costume. In costume, he then proceeded to run around pretending like he was flying.

After a bit we took a little movie break to work on a few Thanksgiving meal things and I ran downstairs and grabbed the Superman costume that I was saving for John to wear next year (It's a good thing I got it, it fits him perfect now. I didn't realize just how much he has grown). When I brought it upstairs John was like, "I want to wear that!". I helped him don his new costume. The new cape, much larger than the last, flapped in the wind better so he had more fun running around the circle several of the rooms in the house make when all the doors are open. Of course since John was having so much fun Anna and David decided that they wanted to join in so they put on their favorite costumes too! We probably spent a good half hour taking pictures of the kids running around in their costumes and posing and jumping off the furniture to get good flying shots!

Hope you all had a "Happy Thanksgiving!". I'm so thankful for all of you!!! :O)

Picts from 11/19/08

My Honey and I.
David, John and Anna Below













I tried to get John in this picture to the left, but he didn't cooperate very much all day with anything! You can see his right arm poking out behind David...

David Turns 5

Today is my son David's 5th Birthday! We were pretty busy running around at first trying to find Sonic movies because he met a goal he was trying to achieve. Plus I just had some other things I needed to do. We were back by 11. Then the boys watched the Sonic movies we picked up and ate some lunch downstairs.

David decided that he wanted Shepherd's Pie for dinner with Bubble Gum Ice Cream for dessert, so that's what we had! He ate it all up!!!

We all enjoyed watching "WALL*E" this evening while we ate dinner! We hadn't seen that one since the discount theater and it just came out yesterday on video. We picked it up at Walmart while we were there this morning!

We did the kids measurements today, well their height at least. They've all grown at least an inch since the 26th of May when we measured them last. Let's see...(I'm looking at the wall where we put the measurements)...Anna has grown a little over 2 inches, David exactly 1", John has grown a little over 2 1/2 inches.

All the kids are in bed now! I think David had a good Birthday. He got to spend most of it doing what he enjoys most, playing with legos and his toys, and watching a few movies! Overall I'd say it was a successful day! :O)

Beautiful Autumn Colors on a Snuggly Warm Fleece

Do you like my new blankie? I found this one at Kohl's...
I couldn't pass up the beautiful autumn colors and leaves on this super soft blanket. It's my new wrap for when I want to get nice and comfortable in my chair.

New Hobby

My new hobby...
watching squirrels and taken pictures! Aren't they cute?! The 1st 2 are of Mama Squirrel. The next 3 are of the largest squirrel, though I'm not sure if it's a boy or not, but I'd assume so. The little one with the hairy ears is one of the babies. This isn't all of them. I saw 7 in the backyard today. They were so happy to get another helping of the food I bought them. They stocked up!

It's so fun to watch them run around and stuff their little faces, climb the trees, and jump from limb to limb! Not to mention sneaking to the window, laying on my belly w/ my camera and stealthily opening the sliding glass door to take pictures! I like this hobby!!! :O)

Totally Awesome Bed!!!

I found this totally awesome bed in Kacey's Fine Furniture ad today!
"Florentine Queen Ring Bed"
Unfortunately it costs $4999... Yikes!
Isn't it beautiful though?!
Drool, drool, drool!
:O)

First Snow of 2008

***The first snow of 2008. The forecast has predicted snow many times since October, but it hasn't actually happened until today.

We have about 1/2" and it's still coming down, just barely.

The first 4 pictures are of the backyard and the last 4 are of the front yard panning left to right.

Batman Sighted in Aurora

October 31st, 2008. ~Batman was sighted in Aurora after the Batsignal was activated due to an huge spider infestation! After wrestling with the creatures for what seemed like the better portion of the evening the spiders were finally defeated when Batman crushed their leader (pictured below). The remainder of the Spiders minions fled, hopefully to never be seen again! Thank you Batman for coming to our rescue! ~Ladybug Chronicles

Sherlock Attends Wedding!

Halloween '08, ~Jacob did something a little out the ordinary. He investigated a Wedding. After the ceremony he mingled stealthily with party goers to try and get a little information, however nobody slipped up. He didn't uncover any suspicious activity, but he sure did look good while he did it!

Princess Anna

Halloween '08, Princess Anna visits the Lacock Residence.
Here are a few pictures of the Princess from her first trip out Halloween eve. She was so excited to make an appearance in her new gown! I didn't get a picture of the back of her hair, but it's all done up in tiny little curls, so cute and it took forever...about 45 min.
Everyone thought her dress was awesome, however her feet were killing her when she got back, she was wearing some little gold pumps...She had lots of fun!!! And truly was a beautiful princess!