If I'm ever needing someone to make me smile or cheer me up. It's this little guy who can do it. Everybody needs an Owen in their lives.

I checked my bank account today and I had many thousands of dollars more than I expected. It was wonderful!

But then lower on the screen, I noticed that we had a 0 balance due on our mortgage and remembered--"Oh yeah we sold our house." Mike didn't have our account info handy when we were signing all the escrow papers, so all the equity from our house went straight into my checking acount, since I have my check book with me at all times. ( =

For a few precious seconds I was imagining all the fabulous things I could buy, all the amazing vacations I could go on, the nanny, maid, and chef I could hire, it was glorious. I guess you can afford things like that when you don't have a mortgage. Living with my parents, I think I want a mortgage. (I do love my parents though--just for the record.)

. . . well if you have to actually buy produce in heaven. I'm thinking it will be free and somehow even more delicious.

I bought this whole stash for $9.68. CRAZY! Bananas, grapes, peppers, artichokes, gala apples, granny smith apples--Luke loves to make homemade cobbler.

I may not be able to afford my dream house, but I can afford my dream produce and lots of it. ( =

The only problem with this store is they play dance music (instead of soft pop listening stuff like your major chain stores) and it really gets my little guys moving. Sometimes Aaron dances into people--it's kind of embarrassing, but adorable and funny at the same time. Here's a video of his moves.

Thanks Amy! You can check out a slide show with more photos here.

Mike took the wheels off, put him on the bike, and told him to push hard and peddle fast. Off he went. The rest is history. Aaron is super coordinated and has great balance. His only spills are due to cutting corners so close the peddle catches on the ground. Go Aaron Go!

I love it--"Look, see, I did it!" Not bad for only 3 years old. ( =

Here's the band. Can I just tell you how weird it is that Joey has a beard? Somehow it seems like he should still have a buzz-cut and suck his thumb.

Afterwards, I bought their CD and even got an autograph. ( =

Here's a shot of some of us who came to the show. Tyler took the picture. Mike stayed home with the boys, so I went with my dad. Good thing too. There was a not sober under ager who was sure I was an interested cougar. I had some trouble getting through to him I was NOT interested. My dad stepped up and said enough. He asked him, "who are you? her dad?" It was pretty funny to see his reaction when my dad said, "yes, I am!" Thanks Dad!

It had been far too long since I had been to a live music concert and I had forgotten how much fun it is. Thanks for a great show Joey!

Also, House of Blues has some really cool quilts hanging up. And the curtains to the stage are ginormous crazy quilts. As if the music wasn't enough, there were quilts too.

Luke wanted to be a bat this year, so we went with a Halloween theme. Here's our skeleton, jack-o-lantern, and bat. Mike and I just wore Halloween t-shirts.

For Halloween, we went to a really great kid's party thrown by this very good witch, my Aunt Paula. Her super cool hat is even from Salem, Massechusets.

She had all the festive foods:


And all the perfect decor:

After the party we trick-or-treated her neighborhood and it was a great neighborhood to trick-or-treat. Aaron tried to chat and get to know each new "friend" handing out candy. They all loved him. Owen thought he was in heaven and just stared in amazement at all these WONDERFUL people who give out candy--if you just say trick or treat. I suspect he'll be saying trick or treat for days to come. Luke wanted to run the whole night from house to house--he knows the drill. ( =

Thanks for a great time Aunt Paula!!