Breakfast with Santa, 2008

After some shyness, a lot of careful consideration, a little help from Daddy, and a few candy canes...Nathan agreed to see Santa this morning! He managed even to have a short conversation with the jolly 'ol fellow! He then spent the rest of the morning wondering aloud "where ARE the reindeer?"

Oh Christmas Tree!

Nathan's first picture with his baby sister!

decorating the tree

Nathan-he's what's for dinner...

Thanks for helping me with dinner, buddy. Much appreciated!

Pure Silliness

What's a dinosaur say??? ROAR!
The reason why we'll never need to call Maury: Yankee T-shirt, stuffing a taco in his mouth!

Fun with my cousins!

coloring with Emma & Colin

Emma never misses an opportunity to pose for the camera!

learning the fine art of Wii Ski from Lucy & Colin

Happy Halloween!

First we had to gut the pumpkins....
ewww...squishy...

A little attention whoring for me...cupcakes that I made for the daycare Halloween party:

And the cutest little bad ever!

getting ready for trick or treat...Nathan spent nearly two hours charming all the neighborhood out of their candy. He loved every last minute of it-and now that he's in bed...Mom & Dad are enjoying it too! (he'll never notice the missing candy...) =)

Happy Halloween!!

Leaves!

Just some fun pictures taken while Nathan helped his Daddy with some yardwork...





and taking a little break for some swinging!

Fall Fantastic!

Another great trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch! It was a beautiful, sunny, warm day! And we now have enough apples to make you all a pie! Okay, not really, but we have a lot!
Deciding on a pumpkin



This one kinda looks like a Ralph Lauren ad!

These apples are all mine. MINE!

More pumpkin shots...

Virginia Aquarium

Well, hello there Mr. Turtle!


So, you just flap your arms like this?? Hey, Colin!...Lookin' good!
Don't look, Emma...he's right.behind.you
hanging with Uncle Lou in the wetlands

Beach Baby

Don't let the cool surfer boy look fool you. Nathan was scared senseless of the ocean! No worries...the beach provided hours of good gritty fun!

Young Love. Or, A Day at the Park

We had a playdate with Ava at the park today and had a great time! Nathan also enjoyed giving Baby Ella hugs in between trips down the slide!