Novemeber in (lack of) Pictures

For some reason, it seems like I never have much to show for November in the way of pictures.  In the past, at least every-other year I could blame this lack of photographic evidence on feeling crummy with morning sickness, but not this year!!!  Sure, a very small part of me is sad that that part of my life is over (not the feeling crappy for 2 1/2 months part, the rest of pregnancy part) but the rest of me breathes a sigh of relief that our family feels complete *grin* But that's mostly because of the phase that Jace is just now getting in to (that Hailee JUST got out of!)  He is having a hay day getting into everything he can- and of course my kitchen cabinets are far more exciting than cabinets and closets full of toys *sigh*

Pretty much the most exciting thing that happened was Kim's puppy (yes, PUPPY) having puppies!  When their black lab Dusty died in the spring, their other lab Remmy was lonely so they got another black lab, a female puppy... fast forward a few months, and turns out Remmy is a pedophile *wink*wink*  on Veterans Day, after piano lessons, we headed up to Kim's to hang out for a while... and not that I'm an ob nurse, but I have had 5 babies, and Ellie's body language just screamed that she was in labor... so my kids got a crash course in canine labor and delivery!  Their faces were a mix of wonder and disgust for sure... but overall, they were absolutely fascinated and thrilled with the tiny puppies.  TEN tiny puppies!

Bryson and Dallin were the photographers *grin*

 Delivering 10 puppies takes some time, so Nathan took the kids home around 8... I left after the 9th was born just before midnight...  The next day we had to go visit the happy family and get some puppy love!

Avengers Assemble!

Some years, I feel the motivation to try to coordinate my kids Halloween costumes... but when you've got as many kids as I do, it just gets a little more challenging, so I end up bagging the idea.  To find a theme that can incorporate 4 boys with 1 girl AND that they'll all be somewhat interested in, or at the least be willing to wear is difficult.  Before I thought too much about it this year, I bought some costumes for the 3 older boys on amazon- they were cheap and it would be easy-  I'd gotten Ironman for Bryson, Captain America for Dallin, and Thor for Eli.  But as time went on, I realized that there was just too much of a theme going to not involve Hailee and Jace... A little red hair spray paint and a black sweater transformed Hailee into the black widow (minus the skank factor)... I found a little bow for Jace, so he conveniently was Hawk-Eye... which was easy since he didn't have a costume he could rip off!

 The fearsome five:

Jace was obviously only in it for the candy *grin*

Happy Halloween everyone!