My friend Ali sent me this tag, so here goes...

7 Things I Can Do...
1. play the piano
2. take a picture
3. make a great cheesecake
4. write a story
5. act out stories with my kids including the voices
6. pretend to be asleep when the baby wakes up at 2 am so Chad will get up :)
7. sew a straight line

7 Things I Can't Do...
1. convince Tate that candy isn't good for him
2. convince Chad of the same thing
3. carry a tune
4. keep my house clean for more than a day
5. dress myself fashionably
6. tolerate inhumanity
7. eat at least 3 vegetables a day

7 Things I always say...
1. That is NOT Ok.
2. I love you to the moon and back, and all around the stars
3. that's silly
4. Just try one bite, you might like it!
5. Yea! Good job going potty!
6. Shhhh....the baby is sleeping
7. Where's Max? Where's Max? (while playing peek-a-boo)


7 Things I Always Eat
1. apples
2. chicken
3. pasta
4. cereal
5. bread
6. grapes
7. junk

Tag Alison and Mandy!

Who Wants To Take Pictures?

So, when I say to my family "let's do some family pictures today!" I get met with the most incredulous looks. Seriously, even Max has learned to run when Mommy says the word "picture." Lucky for me they occasionally indulge me and even let me dress them in coordinated sweaters. Here are some of the results. My favorite thing though is that Tate loves to take pictures too. When you ask him what his name is, he replies "Tate." If you probe a little further for a last name he will tell you "Goeckeritz the photographer." I promise I didn't teach him to say that! I think it's pretty cute though!

Halloween and other fun times around our house!

We had a great Halloween at our house. The boys were not at all interested in trick-or-treating so we only went to two houses--and that was under duress! Tate was much more excited to give out the candy to the other kids who came to the door. Max knew there was a whole bucket of candy by the front door, and was confused as to why I wouldn't just let him eat it. I could see him doing the math in his little head, so we headed home with our 2 bags of m&m's and then proceeded to raid our own candy bowl (so much more efficient you see?)




Tate was a "Black Cat Creeping" (The title of his favorite Halloween book) and Max was the Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Chad as Napoleon from Napoleon DynamiteLindsay as Deb from Napoleon Dynamite
Chad and Tate standing by the enormous "snow bunny" they made together

Sheer joy! Tate spent three solid days out in the snow. We had to convince him on a couple of those days that he had to wait until it was actually light to go outside!

Max was so excited to go outside. Until he realized that snow has this one peculiar trait--it's cold. That was it for Max. He turned right back around and went back into the house. He loved watching Tate play in the white stuff, and laughed whenever Tate threw a snowball that splatted right against the window where Max was.

Going Private

Hi All,

After watching a particularly creepy segment on the new last night regarding blogs, I have decided to take this one private. To be able to see the blog you will need to have permission to view it--and to give you permission I need to have your e-mail address. So... please send your e-mail address to me so that I can add it to the list.

Thanks!
Linds