Our finished product pumpkins

Caleb loved wearing this hat around

Aidan had to get in on the act

Pumpkin carving

Random blog shots

Giddy up doggy

Caleb with a yogurt goatee..

Blowing out mommy's bday candles

Caleb likes to help as well

Daddy's helper

Andy repainted our guest room... with a little help

Aidan and Caleb having a "picnic"

Snuggly in the ATL

It has been COLD for Atlanta this week... down in the *gulp* 30 degree range at night. We have Great Grandma Donna to thank for these cozy pajamas for Aidan

Bedtime is storytime for everyone

There is lots of activity as you might imagine!

Aidan took this picture of Caleb-- a bit close, don't you think?

More pajama pictures

Aidan loves having the goggles on

Caleb playing peekaboo out of the "house" that is built daily in our house!

After seeing Caleb in this robe, Aidan kept calling him "Lady" and asking Caleb if he wanted to dance...

Big Day

Today Duke University called me and they will be sending me an offer letter for the faculty position that will be in Moshi, Tanzania, starting this July. We are very excited and feel led into this amazing opportunity! There are negotiations to be done, so this is obviously preliminary-- but we are hopeful.

We will be wanting visitors, given that we are hours from the Serengeti and at the base of Kiliminjaro, there is no shortage of activities.

Time to start practicing my kiswahili: Penzi la mama ni tamu... a mother's love is sweet...

And, I learned that Bibi is Grandma and Babu is Grandpa...

Fall fun

Jen made the boys the most darling shirts...

Aidan as Bob the Builder-- thanks Nana and Papa!

Andy loves this shirt...!

Pajama buddies

Osh Kosh had a great sale, so couldn't resist the cute jammies.

Crawling all over my bed is part of our nighttime ritual

"Night Owl and Up all Night" are very fitting names for these two-- it's been one of those weeks!

Our firefighters

Our little friend Anna was over and they had lots of fun (except Caleb in the last picture...) playing with the fire truck. In case you didn't figure it out-- the noodle is Aidan's fire hose!

Silly guys

In his favorite place-- the bathroom- water to splash, toilet paper to unwind, steps to climb

Typical silly face...

Caleb playing with a little friend

"I do things my way"

Caleb currently has quite the independent streak...

We go down the stairs like everyone else, none of this turning around and going down on our knees bit....

If we leave the bathroom door open downstairs, he climbs up to "wash his hands"

He is saying "cheese" here...