Mesmerized

Charlie loves the music from Superman. When we turn on the movie, he sits immobile through the entire intro and credits singing (or dun-dun-dunning) along.

Halloween 2009

Abby was the cutest little piggie ever

Emerson was Super Baby from Dora

Charlie IS Superman

Anna Jane and Ally were Princess Jasmine and Dorothy (with Toto in tow)

I even got whole family pictures which were a real treat

Bo, Mandy and Abby
Chad, Liz, Charlie and Emerson
Lucas, Lacy, Anna Jane and Ally

Charlie is THREE

Charlie celebrated his birthday with (naturally) a Superman Party

Mimi made a cake that Charlie helped design

It had Metropolis with the Daily Planet

and all the other places from the movie!

Clark Kent, Superman and Jor-El

All the little Super Heros

Aracelli brought a GIANT Superman pinata for the party

Happy birthday you super little boy!

Abby is TWO

Abigail Elizabeth Bain is Two Years Old

...and I am getting "SO BIG!"

Abby had a party in Dallas with her friends that week

On her actual birthday, she came to Houston and we just kept on celebrating!

Our church had a 60's Party that night and Abby danced the night away

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Emmy and the Bug

Labor Day 2009

End of summer - Oh No!

Abby was in Dallas but celebrated with friends

and sent pictures of their fun

Mimi and Papa had all the other bugs (and their parents)

for a pool party and cook out

Dare devil Charlie - Papa and Daddy encouraged him!

Liz and Chad entertained all the group by

flipping each other in the pool

Emmy had a ball too

What a great summer this has been - the pool was so fun for us all!

Halloween Preview

I've always been a little premature about Christmas, BUT now it seems Halloween is beginning to come too early too!

Both Abby and Charlie have already gotten their costumes

Too Cute....

This must have been as close to a CUTE Razorback as Mandy could find!

Of course - Charlie picked SUPERMAN

Check out these abs - no gym time involved either!

Back to school...

Summer is officially over. Liz returned to school, so Charlie, Emerson and Mimi are back on a regular schedule together. Mimi is not in the groove yet, and realized we needed milk and money for Aracelli QUICK! We attempted an emergency run to Kroger today all together. We were successful and Charlie wanted to show Em all the "good things" at Kroger. She shared the Spiderman ride, but not the Carousel and got no donut. Maybe next time we will actually buy groceries!

Crazy Daze

Mimi and Papa had an unexpected visit with Abby. Mandy & Bo needed to be in Arkansas with Mandy's family, so we got bonus time with the bug!

The house became a wild playground and we had SO much fun

Charlie and Abby had a ball together. They invented a game with Duckie and Turtle where they sandwiched each other between the toys and screamed. So much fun for Emerson & Mimi!

Emerson was amused by it all and watched their antics safely from her Exersaucer

I knew Abby was crazy about Emerson when she insisted that she play with her precious bunny that is her security toy

Abby love going "Side Side" - which was outside in the driveway to ride the bike. She has become very brave and wanted to do it all by herself

Just a small peek at the fun at our house this week....

Charlie scares me sometimes...

Charlie has returned from Orlando and yesterday as we were on our way to Little Gym, he commented on the CD that was playing. It was the CD that I made for Camp with songs that were favorites of all the kids. One of Charlie's picks was Yellow Submarine.

He never said a word during camp, but today when it started playing, he said,

"Not this one Mimi, put on the real one.

The one with John, Paul, George and Ringo."

I laughed and asked if he didn't think that was the real one. He informed me that it wasn't!

I wasn't sure which disc it was on, but I changed it and started searching through the mix tape I usually play in my car.

When the first notes of the song started, and I still had not recognized it, he said,

"Yes, that's the right one. Thanks"

Today, when I was out in my car, I put both CDs in and kept switching back and forth between the 2 versions. The camp tape is definitely not the Beatles, but it is such a good cover that I didn't even realize it when I burned the CD

COUSIN CAMP DAY FIVE

Camp ended on Tuesday with a photo shoot at Mimi & Papa's house. Pictures will be posted when I get them back. What a fantastic week. They have all been gone less than a day and we miss them SO MUCH!

Anna Jane went back to Dallas with Mandy and Abby for a visit. Ally went home to see her Mommy and Daddy. Charlie and Emerson were heading to Orlando to visit Chad's grandmother.

It sure is quiet here

COUSIN CAMP DAY FOUR

Day four was a trip to the Downtown Aquarium. Liz, Mandy and Mimi loaded all the cousins into Papa's Tahoe and headed downtown - we were stuffed in the car but it was fun. The kids all wore their Camp Shirts that Anna Jane and Mimi made when she was visiting

We had lunch on the patio after all the rides and exhibits

- and then they ran in the Dancing Water

...or crawled ...or rolled!

COUSIN CAMP DAY THREE

Sunday we had a "Cousin Camp Party" at Little Gym. All Charlie's cousin have been to watch his gym class and they all wanted to get to play too. Coach Jeff was going to host the party, but had to attend a conference, so Coach Ashley stepped in and was GREAT! We all participated in the fun - all the grown-ups were invited too!

Liz & Chad and Mandy & Bo came to help and play

We also invited Brooke and Paige, so Nat & David joined us too

Anna Jane Ally CharlieAbby
Emerson wanted to run and play too She and Mimi played games in the wheel

After an hour and half of fun at Little Gym, we had lunch at McDonalds