belated happy halloween

happy halloween!!

...10 days ago. oh well, that's how things roll around the jeffs household. (our pumpkins may or may not still be out on our front porch.)

we took austin and reagan trick-or-treating with their cousins katelynn and curtis and they LOVED it. at least the "action" of doing it. i don't think they understood the knocking-on-the-door-asking-for-candy part, but reagan sure enjoyed running reckless through the streets. she did NOT want to be picked up or go home.

we dressed them up as pac man and pinky and i think the costumes turned out rather well. i'm pretty sure i spent quadruple the amount of time making them (with denise - thanks!) as they did wearing them. oh well, at least we got pictures. at this stage in life, that's all that matters. it's documented.

this first picture is trick-or-treating at grandpa's law office. he had candy and cookies waiting for them. :) and i promise my son smiles in real life. for some reason he won't smile for pictures. we had family pictures taken about a month ago and he is straight-faced in about every. single. one. *sigh*

"official" halloween pictures. it's funny to me that one of the best ones we have is of the back of them. go figure.

austin watching for trucks - his favorite thing i the whole wide world.

we hope you had a great halloween, too!

hats and belts

HATS
austin loves, loves, loves hats. he has some of his own, but he also loves to play with dad's.

he thinks it's hilarious to cover his face and walk around. he does this with towels, blankets, hats, etc. i'm happy to report that he hasn't run into anything too serious yet - no injuries to speak of. *knockonwood*

trying to share with reagan (who, yes, is brushing her teeth).

BELTS
later that same day, tyler was giving reagan a piggy back up the stairs so that we could get the kids ready for bed. it's kind of hard to see in these pictures, but reagan was using tyler's belt to "stand up" while he was giving her the piggy back. her little toes are digging in between his back and his belt. so funny!

recent picture

i realize (again and again) that i don't take enough pictures of my kids. i think for the entire month of september i took three. seriously. anyways, i'm trying to take more, but it's hard when they don't hold still or they want the camera.

this is the most recent picture i have on the computer of the twins together. nevermind my dirty and half-put together house. can you believe how big they're getting? they'll be 2 in january!

we're still only 2/3 unpacked so once we're more settled and i pull all the pictures together, i'll post more of this double trouble!

we're back! ...again

the kids are asleep.

tyler's at home depot.

i find myself sitting on the computer, trying to think of "fun" things to do with my free time. (why do i think i have to spend my "free" time on the computer? denise, you better finish that book fast!) i ended up on my blog, looking back at some of the blog posts that i did. i REALLY need to start blogging again because it was a great way to document my kids' lives. it's harder to get pictures and videos of them now, especially since they think my iphone or camera is their iphone or camera, but the effort is so worth the outcome.

i've decided to un-privatize this blog. at least for the time being. if i find that weird unknown people from russia, etc., are reading my blog again, then it will have to go private. but i hate to do that, so let's try and see what happens.

i'd post pictures but i really don't have anything to post right yet. i'll get on taking pictures of our new house and of my kids.

until then, good night! :)

snacks

my sister wanted me to do a post on foods i feed my kids so that she can get ideas and so that you can share your ideas with us...so help!

what do you feed your babies (9-18 months)? it can be your children, your grandchildren, kids you babysit, nieces, nephews, etc. etc. please help me (and my sister) add to this list; i feel like my poor kids eat the same thing all the time.

i guess i should point out that my kids rarely let me feed them. they like to feed themselves.

they WILL eat
blueberries
grapes
apples
pears
bananas
carrots
green beans
broccoli
hot dogs
sausage
ground beef
chicken
pork
quesadillas
cheese
yogurt
pudding
crackers
milk
juice
freeze-dried snacks
corn
peas
bread/rolls

pineapple
watermelon
olives
pickles
raisins
craisins
fruit leather
fruit snacks
chocolate chips
cereal
vanilla wafers
graham crackers
jello
popcorn

they will NOT eat
strawberries
beets
sweet potatoes
pasta pick-ups

and that's all i can think of at the moment. i would love more ideas! :)

oldies but goodies

i think i may have posted these pictures of the twins already (my mom brain can't remember for sure), but they're just so gosh-darn cute that i had to share them again! i love their faces.

this was back when tummy time was the big thing going on 'round these parts. (these were taken in may of 2012.) now i'm chasing two toddlers around. yup - that's right! reagan is now walking, which means i have to walking toddlers. time for backpack leashes? maybe so. :)

happy birthday, brynn!

brynn would have been 2 years old today. i can't believe it's already been that long (a little over 2 years) since she briefly joined our family.

i usually plant flowers for her in the spring, around her due date, but it's been entirely too cold to go out and do it. we'll do it soon enough. and, when we move into our new house, we intend to plant a tree for her - something a little more lasting. :)