Class Hallowen Party

Last night Carter (and the rest of the Meek family) hosted a costume party for his pre-k class.  I love the pre-K class at Orchard Park.  All of the kids are so sweet and the parents are too!  We couldn't be happier with this school! The kids had fun playing together outside of school hours.  They played in the basement, had snacks and did a little craft.  Here are just a couple of pictures from the evening.

The group wearing the spider hats they all made

 Yes even the parents wore them too!

Thank you to cousin Allie (aka our basement roommate) for helping make 48 owl cupcakes the night before.

 Ryan as Bat Girl enjoying a mid-party snack

 Daddy (vampire) and Dolly (bumble bee) are both looking a wee-bit tired from all the festivities.

The kids (and us parents) are wiped out after the party.  Carter and Ryan slept in this morning and went to school late.  I was laughing at how many of the kids in Carter's class were rolling in a half-hour late too!  Glad to see we weren't the only ones!!

Is there a Dr. in the house?

So how cute does Ryan look in her doctor costume? Seriously adorable.  Speaking of doctors, Mommy had a visit to the ER this week.  I was having extreme pain above my belly button which was caused by an umbilical hernia.  I had a quick surgery Tuesday night and was back home the next day.  The kids have been pretty cute and understanding about the whole thing.  Ryan is always asking me, "You not feeling so good, Mommy?" and Carter wants to pat my belly very carefully.  The most difficult part of the recovery is being hands off with Ashely.  I can't lift anything over 15 lbs. for 4 weeks.  That includes Dolly.  4 days in and I'm already guilty of taking her out of her highchair and pulling her up onto the couch.  Hopefully I'm a fast healer and I'll be back to normal quickly.

Busy Life

Life is pretty busy these days.  I'm finding it difficult to stop, take pictures, download pictures and update the blog.  I know, shame on me! I really do have lots to share!

 

Little Ashley finally got some teeth at 10 months. She has 2 on the bottom.  Hers came in much later then the other two kids.  She is also busy crawling all over the place (which she does some weird side scoot to avoid putting her knees on the hard wood floor).  She is also cruising the furniture and pulling up on everything.  Thankfully she isn't interested in getting "into" everything and had only recently discovered she can crawl up the stairs.  Ashley loves to play with the air vents.  She sticks her head over it and likes it when her hair blows up.  We recently discovered she's scared to swing and is terrified of store shopping carts.  Ashely is really enjoying fall.  She loves to crawl around in the backyard and to go for stroller rides around the neighborhood.  She says momma, Da-da (but not often) and bye-bye. 

 Carter is a kid who loves activity.  He is always asking to have friends over or wants to go to school, classes and sports.  Recently Carter started Tae Kwan Do.  He loves all things Ninja so we thought it might be fun for him to try a class.  He really likes it.  He has been working hard on the moves and learned to count to 10 in Korean.  He is learning to work hard for a goal and to be proud of himself.  Here are pictures of him after he received his new yellow-stripe belt.  It took nearly 2 months to be promoted and he was beaming ear to ear when the instructors rewarded him with it.