Nay News

Andrew and Marissa have had a great time riding their bikes. Marissa was nervous about riding something with only two wheels, but then she saw a boy in her class that lives just down the street from us riding his bike. She is getting more daring every time she rides it. Andrew, as usual, was scaring me from the first time he tried his bike. He rides his bike on the sidewalk, grass, rocks...you name I'm sure if he hasn't tried riding his bike on it he will and soon. He falls a lot, but that doesn't seem to slow him down much. There is always another adventure he has to explore.

I know I am the mom and that I should always think that my kids are amazing, but my kids really are. I don't know how they got the idea to get into the toy bin. And Marissa is a very sweet sister to sit and read to Andrew.

As you might already know I went on a trip this last week for two days to try and find a job. I wasn't home for three mornings in a row to get Marissa ready for school. Before I left I asked Micah if he wanted me to show him how to put her hair up in a pony tail. He felt more comfortable with just brushing it out and putting a little gel in it to keep it from frizzing. When I got home and asked about how doing her hair had gone he said that her hair progressively got more tangled each morning when he brushed it out. I put her hair in a pony tail moments later and saw how broken and damaged most of her hair was. (I'm not saying it was perfect before I left she has needed a hair cut, but she wants "princess hair." So she really doesn't even like it when we tell her it is just a trim.) I guess when you add everything up: long hair that broken and damaged and loosing it's curl, a mommy who is more comfortable using pony tails, and three days of a daddy try...

I got home from work a few weeks ago and found a very tired Andy Man waiting for me to come home.

I decided that I really did need to take new pictures of the kids. They really have grown up a lot in just the last few weeks. Well at least it seems that way to me.

The kids were so excited to go trick-or-treating that these are the only pictures that I was able to get. They took Micah on a two hour walk all around. I think part of the reason why they had so much fun this year was because they were both old enough to understand how it all works.

I didn't realize when they took my picture for my ID badge that I would receive a packet of pictures too. These are our school pictures for this school year!