New Shoes!

We got new shoes yesterday - and we were very proud of them!!

We got home from daycare, and Mom opened the box for us. We couldn't our old shoes off fast enough, and we were so excited to walk around in our new RED shoes! They feel a little different - they are the our first "hard sole" shoes.

Of course, we can't always be angels. Look what we did to Mommy's wall - at least it's washable crayons!! Otherwise, we'd have a "purple church" story like the one from when Mommy grew up and drew a "purple church" on Grandma's newly painted wall! Grandma says she couldn't get mad because Mommy called it a church... Mommy was a smart kid!

2-9... Another fine year of Cyclone Football is almost in the books!

We are talking non-stop and moving non-stop, so it's hard for Mommy & Daddy to keep up with us. Right now, we are putting our babies, bunnies, and puppies to sleep in the big rocking chair, the little rocking chair and the end table with our blankets, and the blankets Grandma made for the babies. "Night, night... shh... baby sleeping!!" Mommy even had to make a "hat" for the baby out of a sock - the other babies had headbands.

Last week, we talked to Uncle Tony - and said "Hi Tony" so many times he was thrilled! We are also getting much better at Angie & Grandma - and recognize all our Grandmas in our flash cards. Of course, we can say almost everybody in our flashcards - we really like the "Mommy & Daddy" card! Our other favorite thing is coloring with markers, crayons, stamps - whatever we can get our hands on - and we love to singalong to Row, Row, Row... ABC's... Wheels on the Bus... Do your ears hang low?... Itsy, bitsy spider... and any song on our "Wee Sing" CD in Mommy's car!

Grandma & Papa G. came to visit two weekends ago (November 8 & 9). We took them to Little Gym for "Grandparent Day" (or whatever relative you wanted to bring). We showed off how much we love the bars, the beam, the balls, the bells, the bubbles... they have lots of "B" stuff there! Then, we went to a birthday party for Great Aunt Carol and Great Uncle Mark - they turned 60! We weren't the youngest guests - our cousin Caroline (OK, 2nd or 3rd cousin) was the youngest. We taught Carol & Mark all the things that were NOT baby proof in their house, so they could get ready for Caroline to be mobile!

Now... we are done with babies, and we're climbing on the end table - just like we do on every piece of furniture... this is a combination of Grandma E., Papa G., Jesse (from daycare), and the Little Gym all rolled into one.

This last weekend was the final Cyclone home game. It was COLD! We got to wear our hats, mittens and winter jackets (Daddy calls us his little "Sarah Palins" with the fur on our hoods) and play outside a little. When the game started, Becky took us to Tim & Terri's for supper, baths and bed while Mommy, Daddy & Chuckie froze at the game... the Cyclones lost 52-20... time for more of that "2-10 Water" we drink!!

Here are some pictures of our adventures...

Mommy's birthday brownie didn't turn out perfect - but we enjoyed it!

It was a little big to bite into - but it looks like Mommy is VERY hungry!

Uncle Chuckie came down for the game - we're sure he came to see us more than football! We couldn't wait to get dressed up and go outside to play with him!

Neela's Cy tattoo

We had fun in the RV, too! Here we are playing with Ben & Adam on the RV bed. They were teaching us to play catch and JUMP!

Picture time - Kylie LOVES Adam!!
and we both LOVE Ben's tattoo!

Neela & Ben

Adam & Kylie

Having fun with Mommy...

Chuckie's Beer... or is it Kylie's?!?!?! She really wanted to get it away from him!

We played the game... "Where's Chuckie?" Can you find him?

We hope you all have a great week!! We have lots of parties coming up - Mommy's birthday is Wednesday, and so is Mason's (he's at daycare - we're coloring his card tonight!).

Love, K&N

Trick or Treat!

Tarzan, Jane, and the 3 monkeys get ready to trick or treat!
Kylie is the monkey on the left.

We got "dirt pies" from Bonnie & Hambone - we waited to try them until Saturday, but we LOVED them!! Especially Kylie - Mom used a lot of Spray & Wash on our shirts that day!

Our trick or treating was scaled down this year - we went to Richardson's, Peterson's, Soderstrom's, Cockeriel's, Starken's, Stehura's, Tenner's, and the Fire Station (pretty much the same route as last year). At every house, we had to help dump out the entire bowl of candy - then help refill it again, and again, and again... We convinced Mom & Dad to give us a few bites every once in a while, but they won't give in as much as Aunt Angie! We ended up at the Sheehan's for the second year - Cy loves their house, and the girls enjoyed the freedom of no more costumes while Mom & Dad had a beer with Mike & Sue.

On Saturday, we went to the Oman's for a party - this was the first time kids could attend. Everyone was impressed we knew "beer" and "pop", and that the little monkeys were true monkeys - climbing EVERYWHERE! Mom brought us home to the babysitter (Sydney), and she went back to the party for a little while.

It was such a great weekend to be outside, we did all kinds of things! We helped Daddy rake leaves - we did most of the work (pictures always tell the truth, right??).

We also helped Mom & Dad clean the garage - we tipped over Mom's bike, emptied out rubbermaids, and rearranged the pumpkins - all very necessary work!

We loved Mommy's hat on Halloween - we tried both of her hats on - we liked the witch's hat on Mom, and the Spider web hat seemed to fit us a little bit better.

Last weekend, we cleaned pumpkins with Grandma & Papa G - Mom & Dad didn't want to miss out on the fun - and the nice weather - so we cleaned out MORE pumpkins last Thursday night. Neela really wanted to use the spoon to clean the pumpkin - and Kylie loved the "seeds". She dug them out - then put them on a spoon and tried to feed them to Mom. I wonder who taught them that... (PAPA!!!)

Neela is in love with Elmo right now - she and Elmo took a break (with Cy) while Kylie kept working on the pumpkins.

What else is new? Kylie has all of her eye teeth at various stages - Mom hopes that helps her sleep better - but helping herself to Mommy's latte last Saturday certainly didn't! Neela's teeth are not coming in as quickly, but that's been the story all along.

We hope everyone had as much fun as we did in the last few days!
Have a great Election Day - Mommy's taking us to the polls tomorrow (we'll get stickers!!).