Christmas Family Pictures

Just a few Christmas pictures. Alex had a birthday a week before Christmas and had a Lightning McQueen cake too.

Benjamin Pictures

We went to get Benjamin's pictures taken last Tuesday. Our appointment was for 9:20am. We had to wait while the first wave of kids got their pictures taken. Unfortunately, these kids were not so coooperative. We got in at 9:30 and were out by 9:32. That's right 2 minutes! He smiled so much that the photographer ran out of poses and called it quits. These are the results.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Last week was Thanksgiving. Our week was packed full of fun stuff. Daddy has been spending his time at home entering all kinds of contests to win free stuff. Last week, tickets to "Plaid Tidings" and "Sesame Street Live" were the big winnings. Nothing big happening in our world this November.

The biggest addition to the family. Four holes!!

Caryn has been asking to get her ears pierced for several weeks and last Wednesday was the big day. Not to be outdone, Elizabeth also joined in. After the piercing, we went to the Hallmark store where Webkinz were on sale. Alex couldn't have been left out of the festivities, so Elizabeth is now the proud owner of Daisy the turtle, Caryn has Rainbow or Princess or Princess Rainbow, whatever you want to call her is fine, she says. Rainbow is a unicorn. And Alex has been carrying around Rudolph the big nosed Moose since Wednesday.

Hoping to get our Christmas cards ordered today to take advantage of the CyberMonday deals everywhere.

Halloween

It's over. Here's a few pics from our fun Halloween. Benjamin slept through trick-or-trick and there's really not a good picture of him, but we'll have to cheat and put the costumes back on for a good group shot.

Probably can't tell, but this is a list of all Elizabeth's candy. I'm sure she'll be crossing them out as they're eaten too.


Auntie Jen
Aunt Jen with the Kids "Taylor Swift", "Tinker Bell", and the cutest little penguin ever
Taco Dip ala Mommy

Numbers

I had forgotten how much fun it was to take Caryn and Elizabeth out for walks when they were a little younger. We had fun racing each other to the next house and trying to recite the next house number quicker than the other.

Now, Alex has decided "House Numbers" is a cool game. He travels up and down the block shouting the numbers out. He usually starts out our afternoon walk just riding his bike, but always at the same house his game begins. The house across the street, with the big "for sale" sign in front of it. First, the same question about why the neighbors are selling their house, then the same answer: "because they're sick of hearing their 3 yr. old neighbor all day!"

I was surprised to hear him shout out the numbers at first, but then again, why should I be surprised. He looks at the clock and can probably tell time better than his oldest sister, he does "calendar" everyday at school and we read many books about numbers. Countless times we have read the "10 doggies" book.

It's a fun game and very soon, Daddy is going to take Alex on in a game of "House Numbers."

Aunt vs. Auntie

We invited Aunt Melissa over for dinner last night. Daddy said we were having company for dinner "Auntie Melissa!" Caryn looked at him strangely and said "Auntie?" Seems for some reason all the "Rebarchik Aunts" are Aunties while all the "Brefka Aunts" are Aunts. Why is that? Who knows, but it made for some fun conversation yesterday.

Aunt Melissa is in her first year at Carrol College and we went to pick her up after the end of the Packer game. Had her help Caryn with her homework, fed her tacos and brownies and brought her back to school before bedtime.

Here's a few pics from the weekend...Ted E. Bear was an overnight guest for the weekend too.

Eat Your Crust!

Last night, we had lasagna for dinner. For the last year or so, everyone has been eating their garlic bread, but leaving the crust. Last time we ate garlic bread, Mommy came up with an oddball way to get the girls to eat their crust.

"Eat your crust and your hair will grow!"

Why that worked is beyond me, but last night when we were eating our lasagna, Caryn proudly proclaimed, "Mommy, I'm gonna make my hair grow!"