Thanksgiving Fun

We had a great Thanksgiving with Grandma & Grandpa Bob! The kids were happy to get to spend some time with their grandparents and so were Scott and I. Thanksgiving Day was beautiful and even was able to sit out on the deck and enjoy the sunshine and for that I was very thankful because we all know those days are numbered around here! Our dinner was a success and all was happy. Before I get any hate mail LILA IS NOT DRINKING WINE!!! so don't worry about her sobriety. Hope everyone had a great day and got to spend it with family and friends. Next up Christmas Tree!! Also I forgot to mention Lila was giving away complimentary manicures and Scott was persuaded to accept and WOW Lila did a very modern job!
UPDATE: Jake's tooth is still loose(if you can believe that it's
been over a month!!)we are patiently awaiting it's surrender!

Next up.....Turkey Time

Not much happening here in Charles Town just waiting for Grandma and Grandpa Bob to come and spend Thanksgiving with us and for that we are very thankful!! They will be here next Wed and the kids are excited to see them. It's a bit chilly here right now it went from 70 to 40 in 1 day(ugh) I guess I don't need to explain my feelings about being cold. We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and will post pics of our feast soon!!

Lila's Birthday/Baptsim Weekend!!!

Well as you can see Lila had a busy weekend.I am so happy to be able to spend her 3rd B-day with her and hope she loved being the B-Day girl. We all got to hear about it for the past 4 days. Gigi and Pop-pop came to take part in the 2 big events which meant alot to all of us. On Friday we went to the Japanese Restaurant and had a great time and all the kids ate like little champs( yes I know that is not hard to believe when Cade and Lila are involved)!! The restaurant had many B-Day celebrations going on while we were there but none as adorable as our little 3 year old! She even got an extra dessert with a candle which Jake & Cade attacked and lucky she allowed the "sharing" to pursue! Of course the camera was sitting at home wondering why she was left upon the counter during such an important event. Saturday we had a few people over for the cake and the present portion of her B-day and boy did she understand what a present was!! She was ripping through those packages like a real pro and it was so fun to watch but of course my camera battery died out of spite so I took some video. That brings us to the most important event of the weekend Lila's Baptism. I have really been excited about this for some time and was happy she could be baptised in the same church as her brothers and father. I had a dress made months ago just for this occasion and Scott and I gave her a beautiful cross and my parents a sterling bangle to remember the special day. So we got church all dressed and ready for the ceremony. Prior to leaving the house we gave the call for all to engage in a parting potty break where no one took advantage of.... this will come up later in the story. Jake has been sick all morning and had come into our room last night with a fever so he was just barley conscious getting to church and we didn't want to do ANYTHING to get him upset(my poor boy). The service started and Pastor John began his sermon..all was well. We are called to the front of the pulpit for the baptism. The pastor begins and I notice Cade is bending over, crouching on the floor and demonstrating the universal stance for " I need to use the bathroom". So he announces his intentions and runs out of the church to the bathroom minutes pass and here comes Cade pants unbuttoned and unzipped sweater tucked into his underwear/pants ready to stand up for his sister. Well my father is mouthing from the pew "His pants" and they are both trying to keep from laughing as so are we and the rest of the congregation!!! So Scott fixed the problem and Pastor John completed the ceremony! Lila was great throughout the whole ceremony and even poor sick Jake wanted to stand up for his sister. So all was well this weekend in the Stark house.

Halloween 08

The kids have been so excited for Halloween, even Lila who has no real idea what is going on with all the decoration and adults dressing up like witches and cats. Scott took Cade yesterday to the pumpkin patch with his class but forgot the camera. I know Cade loved having his dad their with him after all he is a daddy's boy! So Jake came running off the bus to see when we were going trick or treating and I had to break it to him that we couldn't go until 6:00. He was also excited to get his monthly reward for getting stickers for every day at school for Oct. and his dreams of the red Bakagun were made a reality! And yes Cade is just like Scott and can not take a picture without making some kind of crazy face!!