Lewisville Glow Run

A group of girls from my new ward signed up together for a fun glow run.  Our family went early and enjoyed the tent-to-tent trick or treating.  Kevin kept changing his costume and ended up in a robot shirt and a superman cape.  No one really know what he was. 

We had shirts for the glow run that said "Angels don't sweat, they glow."  The glow in the dark paint didn't work very well though.  I ended up finishing 5th overall and the 2nd girl.  I did have a little extra motivation though.  Parts of the run was really dark and uneven ground and the girl in front of me had a light.  I knew if I slowed down and lost her it would be rough so I kept up with her.  How's that for motivation?

Halloween Rounds 1 & 2

We celebrated Halloween multiple times this year.  I guess that was fitting considering it was the kids first US Halloween (minus Kherington who enjoyed a Omniture Halloween when she was all of 6 months old).

First there was Deloitte's Halloween party at the office.  The kids went to each admin cube to trick or treat, plus they had a couple games.  One was bobbing for gummy worms where they put the worms on a plate and cover them with whipped cream.  The kids wouldn't try it since they don't like whipped cream. 

Right after that, we headed to our ward Halloween party.  After chili and hot dogs, the kids tried out the donut hang.  Neither broke the rules until after 20 minutes of nibbling away at their donut when I offer to tear it off for them.  We had trunk or treat in the parking lot where the kids collected even more candy.  I decorated the car with a couple things from the dollar store.  I think I'll do the ghost balloons again.  They were pretty cute.

Pumpking Painting Round 2 = SUCCESS

Round 2 of pumpkin painting was much better.  Kevin had spent the afternoon at Isabel's house while I took Jonathan to his check-up then fell asleep in the car on the way over.  That was good thing since once he woke up he wasn't tired and cranky.  Happy kids made painting so much more fun.

We painted pumpkins with acrylic paint this time instead of tempura. We let them dry and then broke out the sticker box and let the kids go to town.

I think they turned out awesome!  Yissel brought dinner over for all of us too.  Pretty perfect afternoon.

Jonathan - 9 months

Jon Bon's 9 month stats are in...
Height: 26.75 inches (20%)
Weight: 16 lb 8 oz (5%)
Head: 17.5 inches (20%)

I'm not a big nickname person, but this one has stuck and we all refer to him as Jon Bon more than Jonathan.  He still takes the cake as my hardest child.  He cries a lot.  Like pretty much all the time.  He like to be held, but doesn't like to cuddle.  And when you hold him you must be standing...but in reality this doesn't guarantee that he won't be crying.  He loves Costco samples.  If you open the dishwasher he hears it and bolts over to 'help.'

Early Morning at the Glovers

The kids were super cute this morning so I took a picture of each of them.  Kherington all ready to head out the door to school, Kevin helping himself to some breakfast and Jonathan happy and crawling around.

Breakfast Layover

One of Ryan's good family friends from Indiana, Christie Sinclair, had a 6 hour layover in Dallas so we picked her up and went to breakfast.  We tried a place called Old West Cafe in Grapevine that had a bunch of good reviews.  It was delicious.  Our kids both got pancakes that were ginormous, then asked us to scrape off the whip cream because they don't like it.  Kherington and Kevin only at their bacon and a couple bites of pancake.  Jonathan, on the other hand, scarfed down half of Kevin's pancake.  After breakfast we went to a nearby playground so the kids could run while we chatted before dropping Christie back off at the airport.