Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Samuel Johnston Dirksen

8 months old

Halloween

Halloween falling on a Saturday was a glorious thing. We had many opportunities throughout the day for fun and picture taking. The girls were desperate for nighttime to come...something we don't experience very often at our house!

Our little "punkin"!


Can you guess whose jack-o-lantern was not a cat?


One bee...


two bees...


three bees!


"Raise your hand if you like candy!"

We hope that everyone had as happy a Halloween as we did.

Halloween Eve

On the night before Halloween all through our house
the girls were carving eyes, noses and mouths.



Their Dad used the knife and handled it with care.



Natalie and Amelia scraped out seeds until the pumpkins were bare.



This year Halloween Eve was filled with fun and laughter.

Look soon for photos of the kids' jack-o-lanterns!

Window Gazing

One of Sam's favorite things to do is watch the world go by from the big window in our living room.

Sam Oct. 16, 2009
7 1/2 months

One of my favorite things to do is watch him watch the world go by.

It reminds me of a time when two other little people did the same thing

and how I loved watching them watch the world go by too.

Amelia and Natalie Feb. 19, 2007
1 year old

Can you spare a square?

Let me tell you that having the girls toilet trained is a glorious thing. (I guess I never did post results from our potty training boot camp in August. I am happy to report that the girls graduated from camp in a record two weeks!) Having only one child in diapers is great for our budget. Though now having three kids to feed/clothe our trips to Target still seem to always hit three figures.

Both Natalie and Amelia are great at using the toilet and letting us know when they need assistance. Most of the time the girls fly solo and all goes well. Recently though we have had a few more toilet issues (literally) than usual. At first Mike jokingly blamed me. However I have evidence to the prove my innocence.

When walking by the bathroom one day I caught Amelia trying to use all of this!

Amelia is not our only guilty party as Mike just recently caught Natalie repeating this same act. As a result of the girls' affinity for t.p. our toilet has needed a little T.L.C. so much that just this morning we had to purchase a new one of these...

Our first one was a bit older and couldn't handle all the pressure!

Little Pumpkin(s)

There is a certain little pumpkin who is 7 months old today!

Sam Oct. 4, 2009

And for those of you who like to be nostalgic...

here are our other little pumpkins three years ago.

Amelia and Natalie Oct. 29, 2006