Halloween 2009

I love Halloween! Michael, on the other hand, does not. As a result of our varying appreciation of the holiday, we always have a picture of me and the kids dressed up taken by Michel who is stubbornly...not. We had a fun time this year. Joshua was Optimus Prime from transformers, Andrew had his heart set on being Elmo, and I scrounged up whatever I could find in the dress-up box and ended up as a vampire thingy. Mike took the kids around this year while I stayed home to hand out candy. That is my favorite part! I love to see all the neighbor kids dressed up and having a good time.

This year I had a piano recital on Halloween. It's the first time I've tried it and it went very well. I think the kids were less nervous to perform because we were all in costume and acting a little silly. Joshua played "It's a Spooky Halloween" very well in his transformer outfit!

Butter Glut

Last night as we all sat down to the table for a beautiful home-cooked pot roast dinner, Andrew provided us with perfect blogging fodder. Mike and I were bussily cutting meat, pouring milk, dishing potatoes, etc. Everyone was talking and I was vaguely aware of Andrew asking for a roll over and over agian. I didn't answer him because I planned on getting him a roll when I finished cutting Joshuas meat. Once things were dished and everyone settled in, Mike and I looked over at Andrew and started laughing. He had gotten the lid off of the butter tub and was eating butter straight with his spoon. I guess he wanted the butter more than the roll, and if he couldn't have bread to put it on he would have to settle for the butter straight! That's our Andrew.