High 5 for Stella!

Stella just turned 5! The Lovely's Birthday tradition for Stella is a pancake dinner.

Here is the Birthday Girl getting a Birthday Hug from her brother!

 Stella and Oscar together on her Birthday last year.

There was singing...

 and eating...

 and lots of pestering that occurs for Stella these days...

None the less, she will always be our girl!

Happy Halloweenie!

Guilty mom alert! I was feeling bad for our little dude that all of his little friends got to dig around in the pumpkin guts this year. So, I did what any mom would do...if the other kids are doing it- then so are we, darn it! And if the other kid's moms buy them booze when they are 15...you better believe it...kidding! kidding!

Oscar plucked about 2 seeds from his pumpkin before he became more interested in hauling them around and trying to fit the tops back on. What you see here will be sitting on our front stoop tonight! ooh scary!

While we do our best, the real festivities will happen at daycare today.

Q. Why was the teacher annoyed with the duck?

A. Because he wouldn't quit quackin' jokes!

Do toddlers make fun of each other yet?

Happy Halloweenie from The Lovely's!

We hope you all have a fun and razor blade free holiday!

Monster Dash

Oscar's parents didn't bring him to a pumpkin patch or on a good old fashion hayride. Boo! Instead we hauled him down to the big city to cheer me on in a 10 mile race...dressed as a ketchup packet. Why?

His mom is a ketchup bottle...and his mom's friend, Devon, mustard! We proudly used Oscar as a prop to try and win the event's costume contest. 

From the beginning...

Pre-race training.

Mustard yells "KETCH UP!"

Clever, right? We put on a good show.

We didn't win the costume contest. However, we did run 10 miles dressed as large condiments, so we feel like winners at heart!

Where's Waldo? In front of Mustard and Ketchup!

Mid race love from my little squirt...huh? huh? I could go on and on!

Approaching the finish line and still smiling. Devon is my running soul mate- The mustard on my hotdog;)We trotted along chatting and supporting each other, all the while dressed like condiments. 

Friends like Devon are a real treat- Happy Halloween to me!