THREES

Me @ 3 months old.



Me @ 3 years. (It's okay to laugh - I do, after I cry about it. I blame my mom for this one. You don't put the chubby kid in a high necked moo-moo.)

Me @ 33.

Happy Birthday Jonas

Belated Halloween & Last Soccer Game

I'm getting caught-up on my posts. Hopefully I'll get a little video up in the next couple of days of Jonas' 3rd birthday.  

Our halloween was quite fun.  The kid's all had special costumes this year. Paxton got an outfit from the Disney store; he looked so handsome as Prince Caspian (from the Narnia series).

Charis wore a "little red riding hood" costume my mom made for me when I was her age. 

And Jonas was a bear. So cute. My mom made that costume for my older brother when he was Jonas' age. So it's about 37 years old.

My kids put up these hilarious home-made halloween decorations around the house. This first picture of Pax posing by a ghost kills me.

Then of course, no halloween is complete without a couple of zombies in the house...

Our day started with a Halloween lunch party with our book club friends. 

One of the little girls had organized tons of games that she beautifully orchestrated. I was so impressed with her kind leadership abilities at the age of 9. All the kids had so much fun. The night of Halloween we attended another party with our unschooling friends. You can see the pictures here. Ginger hosted and did an incredible job with homemade bean bags for games, personalized glasses for everyone, hand made spiders, pumpkin pie and more.

Pax finished his first season of soccer. Not to be his last I'm sure. He really enjoyed being a part of the "Fireflys". 
We loved his coach. She kept the practices fun and low key. I never heard her yell at a kid or shame anyone. She was only encouraging. That was so perfect for Paxton.

He made his first goal on the last game! It was so cool to watch him improve over the season. He began timid and scared of the ball. And became much more confident and bold by the end. He got the "most improved" award.

I love this picture of him on the sidelines with his little friend Ethan. This is such a Pax face.