Two days after Laney’s birthday, we got to celebrate the big 21st birthday of our favorite au pair Angelica! Feliz Cumpleanos! (Edit: I don’t know how to make the squiggle n on WordPress, but you get my drift).

Laney is growing up to be an eloquent, thoughtful little girl – I can’t believe she is already 3! She knows her upper case letters, how to spell her first name, and is the only person in our family that is both a BIG sister and a LITTLE sister. She can really do it all.

We celebrated with a party with all her friends at Notasium, which is a great, both-parent-and-kid friendly establishment. Here’s to mimosas during all birthday parties.

Happy birthday Laney – we love you!

Look who has graduated to the big girl bath! Maggie’s favorite time of day (or maybe favorite time every few days) has always been bathtime, but she is just so thrilled to join her sisters in the bath now.  So exciting!

Kaya has been doing a fantastic job in Kindergarten – she LOVES learning every day and is reading full sentences and hard words. She now reads to us at bedtime! And she is very deserving of the 1st quarter scholastic achievement award she won in kindergarten. Congratulations Kaya!

I know you are all jealous of the beauty that appeared as my late evening snack after I whined about wanting an omelette. Tommy is the best.

The Pooh clan wishes you a very happy Halloween!

“What day is it?”
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.

We took advantage of the warm-even-for-North-Carolina weather in October and went camping at Falls Lake with some friends. We played in the lake, ate hot dogs, roasted s’mokes, and stopped at Pullen Park on the way home. A lovely fall weekend. I stopped counting, but I think the kids went in and out of the tent about 1294 times.

7 months and loving it! Look at all that hair – we love you Maggie.

We are getting in the Halloween spirit! I, for one, can’t wait for the big day.

October tends to be the most action-packed month in the area. Since our favorite local pumpkin farm sold to a developer and moved to a less charming spot in Cary, we have searched for a better option. This year we ventured to Vollmer Farm, which was a bit of a drive. It was a bit disappointing in terms of the actual pumpkin experience (we like to search large fields for cut-your-own mammoth pumpkins), but it was a pretty awesome autumn-themed amusement park for little kids.