Halloween, birthday parties and all that

It has been an interesting couple of weeks around here.  Besides the normal craziness, I developed a rather nasty case of the flu.  To top it off, the kids killed the computer.  So here I was home, going stir crazy because I had a fever, but wasn't really that sick, no computer and then the kids were home for a couple of days with no school (teacher conferences).  HAHA--Ted had to do the parent teacher conferences.  Sr. Eileen said that Rauan--while and extremely sweet little boy, has a bit of a smart mouth.  Hummmm--imagine that???  

Obviously--a new computer in our house.  I'm loving the MacBook.  We were planning on buying a laptop anyways--this just got moved up a few months.  We have to take the desktop hard drive in and get everything copied--then redo the whole system.  I don't want to lose those pictures.  Heaven only knows how much that's going cost or how long it will take.  Damn kids.  They WILL NOT touch the computers ever again!  Most definitely not the MacBook.  

So, Saturday, was cousin Henry's birthday.  Henry and my kids absolutely love each other.  I'm so happy.  I want them to be close.  Of course we did have to endure Chuck E. Cheese's on a Saturday--but we survived.  Then out to try and get some pictures of the kids for the Christmas card.  The leaves never really changed color this fall--it was so windy and rainy--I swear the leaves just turned brown and dropped.  I just want something half decent to try and record the kids' growth.  Plus--we lost all the pictures right now--so I have to get some photos ready for the upcoming post placement report!  Then Saturday evening--Halloween and trick or treat.  We had Daphne (Scooby Doo), Evil pumpkin, and Wolverine.  Julia says no wigs next year--we'll see.

For some reason I can't type under the photos to talk about them.  And I can't get rid of the underline and blue.  Hummm--more things to play with.  Anyways, first photo is one of my "fall" pictures"--of course the one with Bubba's eyes closed.  Oh well.  Second one is Julia and Henry--this one just cracked me up.  It was a jet rider game--and both of their little cheeks were just jiggling away!  Everyone cracked up watching them!  Third one is my beautiful baby sister with her beautiful baby boy--playing Deal or No Deal.  Interesting game concept.  Then Mr. Handsome.  Need I say more--except that is the happiest kid I think I have ever seen.  Last photo--trick or treating.  Some hair there huh?