The following videos are of Nick and Nora. They were playing in the family room and Nora was pretending to be Dora the Explorer. She started saying, "Swiper no Swiping," to Nick and out of the blue he began saying, "Oh Man, " just like Swiper the Fox. It was so cute I had to get it on video. It took 3 takes because in the first one I cut off Nick's, "Oh Man!" In the second take Nora was laughing so hard you couldn't hear Nick. The Third time was the charm, but all the videos are cute, so watch them.

Nora Secrets

There is a Holiday commercial for Swanson chicken broth. The mother tells her little girl that the secret to great stuffing is Swanson Chicken Broth. The grandma comes in and says that it is an old family secret and don't share it with anyone. The next shot you see is the little girl going to a cousin or brother and saying, "Do you want to know a secret?" Whenever Nora watches this commercial she gets so mad and says, "She wasn't supposed to tell! It was a secret!" It is very cute.

Holiday House

Our Neighbors have informed us that our house is the one to beat for light displays. One neighbor called it the "House of Bling." Ben was in the garage getting ready to put up more lights, and 2 different neighbors said, "You're putting up more lights?" The way they said this made Ben change his mind about adding more lights. I still think we need a glowing Frosty or Santa. Let us know what you think!

This is more video of Nick playing football. As you

will see he cannot catch and doesn't seem to mind

being hit in the head, or throwing the ball to mommy

and hitting her in the head. He loves being on camera!

Nick and Ben were playing Football last night

and Nick has the funniest reverse hike.

I finally caught him in the act, but it took awhile.

My uncle John just sent me this picutre from Thanksgiving at my other uncle Steve's house. We had a great time and ate delicious food. In fact Ivy thought the food was so great she couldn't stop eating it and that night her body decided to purge some of it on Grandma's new carpet! I have never in my life seen her eat that much. It reminded me of when she was a baby and would nurse and then spit up all she just ate, and then eat some more. What great memories!

We went to a Pumpkin Patch this Halloween and it was so much fun. We went to Sauvey Island in Oregon. It is a beautiful place and I hope that we can go back next year.

Nick was Batman and had more fun with his flashlight than Trick or Treating.

Halloween was fun. Ivy was a Devil, Anna was Tinkerbell, and Nora was Ariel.

Nick turned 2 on November 21st. He loves Cars! I attempted to make him a Lightning McQueen cake. It wasn't very pretty, but he loved it. If you look closely he is holding a miniature version of Lightning McQueen.