Avocado

This is how the girl looks all. the. time.

The good thing is that she'll eat almost anything.

In the last few weeks she's eaten coconut curry chicken soup and gingery pork meatballs with rice noodles without skipping a beat.

Halloween

Daniel dressed up as "Captain Lightning" this year, and Catherine was a pumpkin.  When we got Daniel all dressed for the night, he stood up and said, "I'm ready to go fight some crime!"  We first walked to a small festival at a nearby church where we met some neighbors.  We then trick-or-treated around our neighborhood.  Daniel loved trick-or-treating the most and is super excited about all the candy.  We were ultra proud that he volunteered to give up almost half of it to Ms. Marcy without us even asking!  He had fun with Ms. Marcy that day too, who came to our house dressed as a witch!  All in all - a successful Halloween!

Life Without Kids

The other day we were all sitting at the table, the kids were screaming for more food/milk/etc., and David said something to me like, "Can you imagine what we could be doing right now if we didn't have kids?  We could be vacationing in Italy."

Before I could respond, Daniel butted in and said, "If we didn't have kids, we could get a dog!"

David said, "Who could get a dog if they didn't have kids?"
Daniel replied, "You, Mommy, me, and Catherine!"

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago.  Here are a few of the best pics:

Racecar Surprise

David and Daniel are at the Abilene Speedway right now to attend Daniel's first car race!  David wanted to keep it a surprise, and this is how the conversation went down:

David: Daniel, I have a surprise for you tomorrow night.
Daniel: What is it?
David: Well, it's a surprise!  It's something really good though.
Daniel:  Is it a tea party!!!???
David: A tea party???
Daniel: Yeah!
David: No, it's not a tea party!
Daniel: Hmm.....is it a slumber party!!!???

Hope our "manly" little guy isn't disappointed in the race.  :)

What's in a Name?

Daniel uses a lot of nicknames for Catherine.  I can't even think of all of them - he just calls her random silly things that come to mind.  Sometimes he calls her bunny, snuggle buns, and paper monster, but the two that get the most use: Munchy Bunny and Big Belly Monster.

Teething

Catherine is teething.  She's not one of those horrible teethers that you hear about, but she's obviously teething because she's biting down on things really hard, including my shoulder - yikes! 

Today she found the ultimate teether.  I was vacuuming, and she crawled up to the vacuum, yelled at it loudly, then bit down on the front (while it was running!).  Apparently the vibrations or something felt good because she proceeded to follow me all over the living room, doing whatever she could to bite down on that thing!  Goofy girl.  :)  Vacuuming took a little longer than usual today.