November

November was a busy month for us. Russell landed a great job and so we moved up the highway to a temporary apartment. Here's me and the kids watching Daddy pack the POD with non-staging stuff.



Apartment Life...Zach watching an animal show modeling his new boots.

"Helping" with the laundry.

Goofing around.

Putting away the washcloths...kidding, he loves to open cabinets and see what's inside.

We bought a season pass to the zoo and visited several times. Tess loved it (even if it was a little cool!)

Checking the mail when daddy gets home.

And on a more memorable note...a trip to the ER. She swallowed a penny on the way to church so we turned around made a couple phone calls (since neither of us knew the protocol for kids doing that) and then daddy took her for some xrays. The penny had passed through the esophagus so verything was fine. Here she is displaying her "bracelet".

October

October was a nice month. We grilled out in the lovely evenings and went trick-or-treating. Tess was Pebbles (pronounced "Petals" according to Tess) and Zach was Bam-Bam. I figure that I won't be able to put him in just anything when he gets bigger, so now's my chance! :)

Yackity-yack

So, I haven't blogged in a while, but Tess inspired me today. We were on our way to the park and Tess was "making phone calls" on the little play cell phone Zach got for his birthday (she insists it's hers). She said she was going to call Granny, paused for a few seconds and then said: "'sup, 'sup G-dawg." I laughed out loud! Her conversations on that phone get better everyday! :)