Family Run, Dress up & the Library

The girls have adjusted to the time change and both sleep in until almost 8am...thank goodness! Waking up on the weekends on my own, not to an alarm or cries from the girls, is simply wonderful. Saturday morning we went for our first family run since the Spring (we've both taken a girl in the single jogger here and there throughout the summer) and it felt great! All week we've had mild temps (in the 70's!!!) and we knew this was the last weekend we'd have to get out with the girls. Izzy came prepared with a purse full of entertainment for us: sunnies, DJ Lance glasses, goggles, headbands, etc. She had us cracking up the entire time. Girl likes an audience...and she LOVES to be silly, which we (of course) foster.

I'm sorry to say she had the goggles off before we completed our run...but you'll see more of those soon.
We had Funsters Saturday night and got a sitter for the girls while we met out the group for a yummy dinner (2 of the 4 of us Funsters are prego so it was low key and we also had a shower during the day!). Sunday morning we went out for our weekly breakfast and Izzy insisted on wearing her tutu, tiara (she calls it her crown), purse and magic wand. Izzy got lots of oohs and ahhs at the restaurant and she LOVED every minute of it. Wonder where she gets that from?!?!? Mike said I did the same at Halloween in my leotard. Like mother like daughter!

Iz rocked her goggles on the way home.

The tutu did NOT come off all day. It went with us to the library as well.

Buggy is really letting her personality come out; she's quite the comic relief in the house. We thought Izzy liked to be the center of attention...well Laney just loves to make us laugh!

Smooshed face
Just as Izzy has her signature "W" sit, Laney has her signature squat.
Nice look.
We spent a few hours this afternoon with Katie & Christopher with an impromptu playdate.
And finally, Izzy found her birthday tutu and wings and hasn't taken them off for a few hours. I just love that she has such a creative imagination and is so into dress up these days. So much fun.

Swimming, Bouncing & Sammy

So this weekend we had ZERO plans on our calendar. Love. That. I've been trying to let go of my calendar, of my scheduling, of my routine (with the help of my dear friend MC) and weekends like this are helping do just that. It's ok to not have a race to run (even though it was hard to not be a part of the Monument Marathon this weekend when my bestie was - and earned herself a PR!). It's ok not to have a date or an event to go to. Just living in the moment and enjoying my family is top on my priority list. And that we did this weekend.

We went out for a late breakfast (Izzy has been sleeping past 8am all week!) and later in the day we hit up the indoor pool. The last few times I've been there alone so having Mike with me was much welcome! Laney is absolutey fearless in the water (I hear this is true of most non-firstborn kids) and has zero problems jumping in from the side (and underwater). Izzy wears her lifevest fulltime and is a swimming and jumping-from-the-side fool.

Laney's faces are just so animated...she's even started doing Izzy's infamous "excited face" recently!
Swimming to mommy from daddy
Izzy swimming on her own

Buggy swimming

Counting 1-2-3 and then jumping...

...into daddy's arms!

After the pool Mike stayed to workout while the girls and I returned home so they could get in a LATE snoozer (clocks changing tonight so I wanted to keep the girls up as late as possible) and I got some good reading time in (I'm reading two books right now: Little Bee by Chris Cleave and Freedom by Jonathan Frazer). After naps we ventured across the street to our neighbors, Jill, Matt & Sam's house to bounce. Sammy is just a few weeks older than Izzy and they have been riding their bikes together all summer while Jill and I get to know each other. We trick-or-treated with them last weekend and we continue to connect with them whenever we see they are home (Izzy sometimes wants to ride her bike by their house and ring her bell until Sammy comes out to play!). Anyway, Sammy got home from the pool while we were bouncing and after a while of giggles and bouncing, we were invited in for some wine and playtime. Um, OK!!! We wanted to keep the girls up at least an hour past their bedtime to make them sleep in with the upcoming time change tonight. We adults enjoyed several glasses of wine while the girls played with Sammy until it was an hour past Laney's bedtime and we walked home. So. Much. Fun. Can't believe we've lived here for 6+ years and we've just made our first true friends. It's about time, I tell ya.

Izzy...

...getting her sillies out

Laney loves bouncing, too

Sam is so quick that I couldn't get an in-focus shot of him!

Resting

Buggy

Buddies!

Sissies!

What a gentleman, Sam walked Izzy girl home

Jill & Matt have told us that Sam has been in this costume pretty much all of October and now most of November, too!

Halloween Weekend

This was NOT Laney Bug's costume...

...although it looks like it could be! It's her bunting she wore for our chilly Saturday morning run. So cute!
Saturday night the Fellers came over with their kids and we shared a babysitter so we adults could go to a Halloween party (where costumes are required!). So. Much. Fun. Jeremy was a gangster, Jaime was a flapper, I was Jane Fonda and Mike was a 70's gym teacher.

I simply LOVED this costume, as it gave me the most perfect excuse to do what I love: dance, bounce around and general tomfoolery.

Look at those legs!

The people that hosted this (10th annual) party were the same that hosted the Beer/Man Olympics in June. There was a stipper pole IN THEIR LIVING ROOM, a "Shot Wheel of Misfortune", and an ice luge (see above).

Honesty and Corey

Maggie, Susan and Clay

Self portrait of Jaim and myself. It's red b/c all the bulbs in the house were replaced with red ones. Oh, and this party had two separate bars that were tended, room after room full of food, tikki torches outside and a full on bonfire. Yes, please.

Jaime and I had some SERIOUS fun on the dancefloor. Ridiculous fun.

I looked over and saw Mike at the bar in this stance. Swear.

Friends having a good time.

Aerobics anyone?

Mommy & Buggy

We had the Fellers and our new-ish neighbors, Jill, Matt & Sam, over for a full Thanksgiving dinner (Mike likes to make this on the years when we don't host the holiday). We ate quickly and then changed into costumes for trick-or-treating.

Jacob the buzzing bee

Laney BUGGGGGGGGGG

Feller fam

Family shot

The littles traveled in the wagon...

...while the bigs went door to door.

They had so much fun...

...after EVERY house they would come running back screaming, "WE GOT CANDY!" Dude, we know.

Laney kept on leaning over to smooch on Jacob

Was such a fun night (and chilly!). Izzy came home and I immediately put Bug to bed. When I came back downstairs I found both Mike and Izzy sorting her candy. Looks like Daddy was plotting out what he'd take from the loot! Happy Halloween!