Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Mr. Max

So for weeks before Max's birthday, he informs us that he is getting a "Cookie Monster cake!"
A) He barely knows who cookie monster is, so where did this come from? and B) There is no way in heck I can make one! I can BARELY make a regular cake! But lo and behold, the day before when I was getting supplies at the store to attempt the dreaded cake, here was this beauty sitting there, just begging to be taken to Max. How perfect is that!
This boy had been watching his friends and relatives blow out candles for the past month for their birthdays and he had been practicing. He was so ready for this big moment!

One happy boy!
Look at that grin! He doesn't even care what's inside!


Another big event that happened in November was Ella's first swim meet! She started on the Silver team in September and has
been doing amazingly well. She is the youngest on the team (ages 9 and up and she is only 8). To have a meet was pretty scary and she was so nervous, but she did amazing. Grammy came up to watch her and her family was there! We're so proud of all the hard work she puts into it!


Trying to figure out what a "relay" is. Her dad was one of the time keepers so he got this awesome shot of the fear in her eyes!

Halloween 2011 (Best one yet!)

Go ahead and fill in the blank on what Andy is supposed to be: Gandolf, Moses, or, according to one neighbor girl, Jesus. His intent? Dumbledor. He does a perfect voice of Dumbly-dor that all the neighborhood kids loved!

Ella was adamant on wearing her costume from kindergarten. About three inches too small in all directions, but she couldn't care less. Look at that smile!

Zoe informed me that she wanted to be "Christine" from Phantom of the Opera. Wow. How does one dress up for that? Well, this worked. This dress is actually Grammy's from when she was Zoe's age!

Max's current obsession is Darth Vader. No other costume would do. He even wore the mask for about two minutes!

Ahhhh, what an awesome sight! The streets crawling with little trouble makers! I love it!
This just warms my heart!