Thanks Aunt Jan!

Let's go play!

Kiley at the playground with her brothers...

Kiley Johnson Brown

What to name this little pineapple?

Sarah got upgraded at the hospital to a room with a heli-pad view:

More Snow in One Day than in the Last Two Years!

A big snowstorm. About 18" here in University Park - snowed for about 24 straight hours and LOTS of fun. Cold, so the snow was light and fluffy (each of the five times I shoveled our steps and sidewalk). Took awhile to get the boys ready to go outside - my fault. I spent about half an hour digging through the "Winter Clothes" bin down in the basement looking for snowsuits. But eventually we were set (even if they were all in clothes a size too small because Sarah had already laid the right ones out neatly in the closet, which she'd told me but I'd forgotten - I blame snow-induced short-term memory loss):


Then the long walk down to the school with the great sledding hill, about 100 yards from our house, after which they were exhausted:




But they rallied and made a go of it:






Back home Joshua and I built a snow fort:


We got in morning, noon and dinnertime rounds of sledding. Everyone slept soundly...except Sarah, who had to go to work (picked up by a co-worker in a giant 4x4 truck) AND IS STILL THERE AS OF THIS POST BECAUSE HER JOB WOULDN'T LET HER LEAVE EVEN THOUGH SHE'S 37 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!

Fall Moments

October 31st

This year Michael went as Ben 10, Joshua made a last minute wardrobe change and went as Batman instead of a clone trooper and Matthew was a crocodile. In spite of the rain that arrived shortly after they started trick-or-treating they managed to drag home a ton o' loot.

November 3rd

Dad's home from school!

November 4th

Talking on Mom and Dad's cell phones to each other...

November 8th

A yogurt snack and a game of Guess Who with your brother. Does it get any better?

November 10th

When one wakes up at 5:45 mom has plenty of time to make him pancakes before Michael and Joshua need to get ready for school!