Photo Contest Winners!

I just found out we won the Women's Day Back-to-School photo contest! And I will soon be the owner of a cool new digital camera. Yay! Photo credits go to Steven who had the great idea to get a picture from behind of the kids walking down the porch.

This is the winning photo with the caption "Take good care of your sister."

And here is a link to the contest results.

Imelda Marcos, Watch Out!

When I was a kid, we had two pairs of shoes - tennis shoes that you wore every day and dress shoes that you wore on special occasions. Oh, and you got in trouble (!) if you grew out of them too quickly.

Here is Katie's current collection of shoes. One pair of light pink crocs is not pictured, bringing the count to 16. Because she NEEDS them!

In my defense, many of these shoes were purchased for less than $2/pair. How can you pass that up??

50's Day

To celebrate the 50th day of school, Cedar Hills Elementary held a 50's themed party. Students were encouraged to dress up and they had crafts and activities related to the number 50. Here are Michael and Katie in their outfits. Katie's "Poodle Skirt" is actually a tutu that I made for her. I figured she could wear it again for dress up and it was way easier than making a real poodle skirt!!

Halloween

The kiddos had a blast on Halloween. Katie dressed up as Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Michael was Batman. These are some pictures from their class Halloween party. Both kids had a great time Trick or Treating. They went out for about an hour, then stopped at home to dump off some candy because Katie's bucket was full. Katie went back out for more Trick or Treating and Michael stayed in and watched the Charlie Brown Halloween special. Later that night, Katie snacked on her candy and watched E.T. with dad.