Category Archives: Family

We had no power this past Halloween, so trick-or-treating was a great excuse to get out of the cold, dark house for a couple of hours. We went to Lori's Mom's neighborhood, and things went pretty well. Sean did better this year than he ever has before. Usually, he gets tired and bored pretty fast, and starts to get cranky and ruin our fun. But this year he had an awesome time from start to finish. Carter had a great time too - most years, it's too much walking for her little legs. But she's really shot up this year, and had no trouble.

Here's a little video of Carter reading a Halloween story she'd written. It sounds like that monster had a pretty busy day!

After two failed attempts, we finally managed to give Carter a birthday party. She's been a trooper about it. It was cute to see her with all her little friends. I finally got a chance to put faces with some of the names I've heard. A few I knew already, but there were a few new faces.

Recently Lori and I picked up a few new games to play with the kids - Operation and Twister. Both have been a big hit. The kids are surprisingly good at Operation - before watching them play, I was convinced that it would just be an exercise in frustration for them. And they've really been enjoying Twister - although Carter has trouble making some of the cross-board reaches.

After we had to cancel Carter's birthday party for the second time due to the rain, we told her that she could have a few friends over for a play date. We got some pizza, had some cupcakes, and the kids had a pretty decent time. Carter was a trooper - both times that we had to postpone her party at the last minute, she was fine with it and didn't complain or cry about it.

Check out this cute video of Carter jumping rope. Actually, I was kind of shocked by how well she did at it, considering it was her first day trying a jump rope.

Here are a trio of cute videos we've snagged of Carter in the last couple of months. We've got to get her into some sort of music or dance class. She loves to sing, play instruments, and just rock out. Most of her songs consist of various lyrics liberally sprinkled with the words "we're gonna rock it down!". She actually likes a lot of my music. She's got one of my Cake CDs in her bedroom that she can listen to when she plays. And when we're in the van without Mom, she always asks me to turn the music up real loud. And usually, the 'harder' the music, the more she likes it. One time, as a test, I put on some punk music for her, and she loved it.