a picture says a thousand words...

...or that's what I'm hoping for anyway...not a lot to say...LGK is in Oregoon, fixing up the old homestead; so the kids and I have been going to the movies, gorging ourselves on pizza & nachos and staying up til midnight.

That being said...here are a couple of pictures that my mom sent me this week that made my day......

I am actually "somewhat" photogenic when I don't know there's a camera (not to mention I find the sepia tones quite flattering *wink wink*)

The young master, looking pensive (yes, he's growing up awfully fast...I don't want to discuss it!!)

"insert your grammatically incorrect and poorly spelled LOLZ cats caption here"

someday I'll tell you about Molly's obsession with the Yule Log cake. She finally talked my mom into baking one while she was in town. The look on her face is so priceless...and SO Molly!

SCATTERGORIES...it's harder than it looks! Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things.. nothing made up!You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. And you cannot use the same word twice

(Note: I got this from Alana and can I just say it’s totally unfair that a fabulous swear starts with "A" - that made it too easy! ;P)
WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Rachel
BOYS NAME: Riordan
4 LETTER WORD: Rich
GIRL NAME: Rebecca
OCCUPATION: Realtor
COLOR: Red
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Runderwear? I mean Rag de Dew? Oh wait I’ve got one...Ring
BEVERAGE: Rootbeer
FOOD: Risotto
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Rose Petals (?)
A PLACE : Rhode Island
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Resting My Eyes
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: RRRAAAAAAA

and now for the kids’

WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Max
BOYS NAME: Matthew
4 LETTER WORD: More
GIRL NAME: Meghan
OCCUPATION: Maintenance Man
COLOR: Marroon
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Mittens
BEVERAGE: Malt
FOOD: Macaroni
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Mouthwash
A PLACE : Malaysia
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Morning Hater
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: MMMAAAA

WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Molly
BOYS NAME: Montague
4 LETTER WORD: Moxy
GIRL NAME: Maxine
OCCUPATION: Medicine Man
COLOR: Magenta
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Medal
BEVERAGE: Mead
FOOD: Muffin
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Magazine
A PLACE : Minnesotta
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Monkey Invasion
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: MMMMEH!

speechless...

wordless...I am a bit.
He did it. We did it.
Yay!

To heck with Joe-the-Plumber....

"Rachel-the-Waitress" and "Leigh-the-Carpet-Puncher" voted today? how 'bout you?

Actually it was quite a relief. I wasn't sure if we were going to be able to because we're still registered in Oregoon...but we were able to register today and cast "provisionary" ballots. Yay!
Now we're watching the comedy central coverage (because I pride myself on getting my news from Stewart/Colbert) and in a while we're heading downstairs for the "real" news with Oma.
It's going to be hard going down the stairs while crossing all of my fingers & toes. Hope I don't fall down...........

Twick-o-Tweet

A few pictures from Friday night. Max made a very handsome Vampeer (let's hear it for Oma's costume closet!!!) and Molly the Odd was Emily the Strange.

And the dog was a bumble bee...but he hated the sweater so he didn't get to go trick or treating.

Their first door-to-door trickortreating was a rousing success! 2 buckets each!!! sweet!