Looking back at Halloween 2011

I have four(!) sick kids at home today so instead of writing about runny noses and coughing fits, I thought it would be more fun to look back at Halloween! We visited the cousins in California over the weekend so the kids all went trick-or-treating in a cute little downtown area. There were tons of people and everyone had a great time. When we got back home the kids got to trick-or-treat again in our downtown area. I think we celebrated Halloween sufficiently!

Spiderman, Supergirl, Princess Emma and Optimus Prime

Little Miss Piggy

The Ferocious Lion

Can you spot our trick-or-treaters?

Kids!

How about some recent(ish) photos of the kiddos to start things off?

James, 21 months

Henry, 4.5

Anna, 21 months

Emma, 6

Changes

This much-neglected little blog just got a make-over! I'm hoping it will inspire me to actually add a post or two every now and then...

Learning to eat

Anna and James are having so much fun learning how to eat by themselves! It is super messy and I'm not sure how much food actually ends up in their little bellies but they sure love practicing! Their favorite finger food right now is a slice of whole wheat bread, torn into tiny pieces. When I am putting in on James' tray he looks up at me with the most amazing smile - as if he is saying "thank you Mamma, you are the best in the whole world!" It is so sweet and gets me every time!

Oh, and check out James' feet - he is always missing one sock - and I mean always!

Goings on around our house

Anna and Jameshe are growing fast! They are crawling all over the place and walking along furniture. They are hard to keep up with! In the spirit of trying to keep them safe (and letting me have even the possibility of making dinner) they now spend part of their days playing in this:

This doesn't make me a bad mother, does it?

Done!

Emma took her last dose of medication in her treatment for leukemia last weekend! This was a very momentous occasion, though perhaps a little anticlimactic. The big procedure to remove Emmas port and the last dose of intrathecal chemotherapy was taken care of in December. Still, January 8th was a day to celebrate! We spent the first medicine-free night watching a movie and eating popcorn right before bed. This may not sound like a big deal but for the past two years, Emma has not been able to eat after 6pm due to her medicine. So popcorn right before bed was a very big deal!

Normal is so nice.

Henry's Birthday Party

Henry had a blast at his birthday party yesterday! The party was at a gymnastics place where the kids could run around, bounce, slide, swing and fall into big pits filled with foam cubes. They had so much fun and were exhausted when the party was over.