Spirit Week

This week is "spirit week" at McNair elementary school. Here is Gavin today for "Tacky Day".
He's got the messy hair, two different shoes, and a loud miss-matched shirt and shorts. :)

And this is the very handsome Gavin on "Dress for Success" day. What a lady killer!

Gotta love the too small, clip-on tie!

He's growing up

Dean now has a "big boy bed". He's just not all that used to it yet.
Adorable.

Guess who's coming over for dinner tonight!

It's my big brother, Steve.

Flag Football

Well these aren't the best photos, but I really wanted to show you all Gavin and his flag football team, the "Fort Bragg Cowboys".

As of right now the team is undefeated with only one game left in the season! Good job Cowboys!

The Baby Weave

This is Lily. Sweet precious baby with the "Foster Curse"... aka so little hair on such an adorable cutie pie.
This is the "baby weave". A gorgeous accessory that I learned about talking to other moms in Lily's ballet class. We bought this hair piece for her ballet recital, but it looks so good that I think she might be wearing it until some thick locks actually grow in.

And, BTW, she loves it! It's like her little tiara. Oh my sweet bald baby girl. I love you, and your inability to grow hair.

Lily's Pink Party

Happy Birthday to our sweet little Lily. 3 years old, and more entertaining by the day. We didn't do too much for her birthday, Lily's biggest request was that she had a "pink party". Easy enough, we did pink streamers, balloons and of course a cake the same shade as Pepto-Bismol.

My lovely running buddy, Eileen, painted kiddo's faces, while her daughter, Abby, directed sock puppet making.

I even got into the spirit of things. Aren't we gorgeous?
A great birthday with great friends and neighbors. Happy #3 sweet Lily.

Feeling blue

I can't understand why, but these last couple of days have just been "yuck" for me. I miss "home" and I miss the rest of the family, and I just want to get on a plane and go to California. Everything is going great here, Lily is loving ballet (finally); Gavin is doing great in school and won an award in football for being the best defensive player; Dean is really just too funny and sweet and is always learning something new. ... but still I feel like I just need a big hug. I want to go to Wednesday night dinners at Marcie's house, I want to show the family just how big they've gotten. I miss running into people that I actually knew more than 2 yrs ago, and who aren't about to P.C.S. at any moment. (P.C.S. = move to a new base).
In other word *WAaHHH* I'm a big baby, and I think I'm homesick.

Autumnal Equinox

Happy Fall Everyone! Today is the official very first day of Fall, as well as the Autumnal Equinox. Which means what? Well, for one, it means that today is one of the only days in the year that we can stand an egg up on its end without it falling. It also means that the leaves are about to change.. something that I never really took an interest in until we moved out here to North Carolina. Gorgeous stuff; will be taking lots o'pics for you all!

Speaking of pulling teeth..

I went for an orthodontic consultation today to see what it would take to straighten out my lower teeth. After seeing a super-tan and very fast talking orthodontist I realized that my smile is perfect for me.. a little crooked and unique. Of course taking a look at the "estimate of charges" did make my heart stop a little. I also began to wonder about the wisdom teeth I have scheduled to be removed in mid October. Not only will the surgery slow down the marathon training, the cost is going to dig into our Christmas funds. Ugh.. maybe I will wait until after tax return season. Sometimes I hate being a grown-up.

Ballet

Let's talk about Ballet. How many of you have ever been to a ballet class for 2-3 year-olds before? Wow. It was a lot more hectic than I had imagined. It really didn't make for good pics, but I did get a nice before class picture of Lily the ballerina.

Next month Lily will move up to the three year old class; which, I am hoping, will have a lot less tears and children with better listening skills.

Lily will have her very first recital December 5... for now you will just have to enjoy some of her dress-up/pretend ballerina pics: