Happy Birthday JEDIDIAH !!!!

Jedidiah is now officially 'Lucky 7' Birthday's are never as much fun when they land on Sunday. However, Jedidiah's was spread out so much, I think it was worth it. It started a week early on an early Monday morning. Uncle Ryan called shortly after midnight and waited patiently for the zombie boy to arise, to go see what was on the front porch. We almost thought some one was going to jump out and yell surprise, the package was so big... Friday evening we went out to eat at Costa Vida to combine the celebration of Allison's birthday too. Sunday morning Jedidiah got a special phone call from the African Baxter's (it actually took them 3 tries to get thru to Jedidiah, as he kept hanging up on them thinking it was prank calls)... More Star Wars from the FL. rim of the galaxy, to add to the young Jedi Knight's battle against the Empire... Uh-oh!!! A clone Trooper (very small, and mostly naked) has been spotted... and it turns out the young master was a bounty hunter, spying for the Empire ... Sunday evening was coming to a close with yet more of the Star Wars saga... and then to the long awaited yummy treats, marbled cup cakes with chocolate frosting and chocolate chips.....

Consequences

Everyone learns at their own pace, I guess. But Barbie is a little slow in this area. When you act up in my house, there will be consequences, sometimes a bit medieval. Yes, yes, it appears I have taken a Louisville Slugger to the back of her calves.Well, in this particular case, during Barbie-De's wee-hours-of-the-morning re-decorating project, an unbalanced HEAVY wrought iron attomon (which was leaning against the wall), fell over and hit its intended target as seen above. This is 6 days after.

Trick - or - Treat

Happy Halloween.!!!
This year was very successful during the candy raid, especially since we went to only about 2/3 of the houses we went to last year. Daddy pushed our little bumble bee around in the stroller, while the ladybug had to fly on her own, and the soldier had to march on his own. Mommy stayed at home to hand out the goods. No scarry houses this year, the soldier and his pet ladybug went to each one without hesitation. However this year was void of a spooky haunted house to scare the dickens out of Barbie-De (I was looking forward to her freaking out again, next year the wait will be worth it).

Train Park

10-17-09 We went to the old favorite... the train park in Scottsdale. It turned out to be pretty hot, so we only stuck around for a little more than an hour. We rode the train twice, and Jedidiah and Amelia rode the carousel twice (Bellissa was too scared of it). Jedidiah rode in the cattle car at the back of the train for his second ride. Bella warmed up to the train on the second run, but wasn't too sure about it on the first. Especially after coming out of the dark tunnel, as seen in the pictures.