doorknobs that lock ...with a key

So, we learned a lesson today. If you have a doorknob that locks, but do not have the key that will open the locked door, you should replace the doorknob!

Now I am not going to say we weren't warned before about this. The boys have locked themselves in their room in the past but have ALWAYS unlocked the door when we have told them to. Until tonight that is. It all started when Auggie was being his stubborn little self and not cooperating and behaving at the dinner table. I sent him up to his room and told him he could come back down and join us when his attitude was better. He screamed, cried and apparently locked the bedroom door. After we finished dinner I went to check on Auggie and discovered the locked door. Rick, Adeline & I sat at the door for 20 minutes trying to console a very upset Auggie while trying to get him to unlock the door; no luck. We (and when I say we I mean Rick was listening to my suggestion of how to fix the problem) wound up destroying the door in the process of opening it up. Do you know what Auggie was doing when we finally got in there? sleeping!

After that I hurried out of the house to make it to my board meeting for the twins club I belong to. The night did get better though. This is what I came home to :) Four sweet babies all snuggled together. Daddy is actually sleeping alongside of D'Angelo but I didn't get him in the picture.

D'Angelo, Adeline, Tia & Auggie

This was our wonderfully calm evening yesterday. Adeline reading to her monkey.

A boy in princess pajama's

This is just wrong of me isn't it. Oliver needed me to change his pajama's in the middle of the night and this is what I saw in the morning. Great example of why I should not pull pj's from a laundry basket in the dark!

So, why don't I manage to find time to blog?

A few months ago I decided to start selling Usborne books. I was already in love with their books and knew I would be buying lots more for my own kids. I have been very busy the past few weeks doing home shows and holiday bazaars. I am enjoying sharing these great books with my friends and others. Can you believe I was out last Saturday, Sunday afternoon, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night! I know what my kids are getting for Christmas :)

What else have we been up to?

Friday morning we went to a fun playgroup to make fleece hats & pumpkin soup. The kids had a fun time & are wearing their new hats. Auggie ate his whole bowl of soup, D'Angelo ate most of his and Adeline wouldn't even let it touch her lips! I had a small cup of it and it was yummy. Adeline was having so much fun that she didn't want to leave though so she decided to be dramatic and defiant. I wound up having to carry her out without her shoes on to the car. She continued to scream and cry as if I were killing her for another couple of minutes and then she passed out. I knew she was in need of a nap!

Adeline is 3!

The first thing Adeline asked me when she woke up was, "Who's making my birthday cake"? We usually make birthday cakes together in the morning on their special day. For Adeline's birthday though we headed out of the house early to celebrate up at Gaga & Poppy's. Gaga made the most special pink, sparkly princess cake for Adeline. She absolutely loved it! The cake was pink inside and out! After celebrating, the kids got back into the costumes they wore the day before to go to a Halloween party at one of my Mom's neighbors homes. The kids had so much fun getting to wear their costumes again, jumping in the bounce house and taking a long hay ride.

Halloween 2008

Our whole family went trick or treating together with our friends the Miller's.
The kids had a wonderful time and Xavier especially loved carrying his pumpkin basket around. Can you believe the Miller's were brave enough to have all of us stay for dinner too!

Autumn weekend fun

Here are some fun pictures from last weekend up at Gaga & Poppy's farm. The kids had a wonderful time playing in the leaves and running around. The weather was cold enough for coats but not cold enough to require hats & mittens. We celebrated Poppy's 61st birthday weekend too. The kids made him a cake that was quite a site! They added sooooo many farm decorations to it that the icing was almost hidden. They were very proud of thier creation.

Our 9 year anniversary

Yesterday we celebrated our 9th anniversary. Thanks to my Mom & our friend who babysat last night so we could go out to dinner. Our favorite restaurant to go to is a nice little French place close to home, Le Titi De Paris. We had a fantastic meal paired with some wonderful wines.

Yesterday evening

Our Wedding Day 1999

Yesterday afternoon

a few other pics from our wedding weekend 1999

Jenn & me

me, grandma & my mom

Michelle, Eric & Bailey

Jenn & Rob Rick & me

Cardboard Testimonies

You can't see it in this picture but there is a big pile of coats, hats & shoes that these naughty monkeys pulled out of their cubbies! They love to do this and don't understand that they need to leave their stuff hung up.

Augustine's 3rd Birthday (10-10-2008)

Here is our 3 year old Auggie! We had great weather on Friday so the kids got to play outside and enjoy the day. Auggie wanted an orange cake, so that's what he got. It looks a bit on the pink side but he was happy.
Gaga & Poppy came over to celebrate with us and brought some cool gifts!
---concentration---carefully removing the tape---

Here are a few pictures from last weekend when we went to Didier Farms in the rain. Just after we started loading the kids in the car it started to rain. After telling the kids we were going and getting everything ready I wasn't about to consider NOT going there. I told the kids on the drive over, that because of the rain we may just have donuts & hot cider under the shelter and walking through the store. We had our donuts & cider, took a pony ride & listened to the band that was playing. Thankfully after the first hour+ the rain stopped and the kids got to enjoy running around and the rides.