Halloween is almost here

Signs of Halloween at our house:

Birthday Gorilla

Yay for awesome coworkers, mom and Jason, who arranged for a dancing, cupcake-bearing gorilla to embarrass the hell out of me, cause me to laugh 'till I cried and nearly pee my pants!

Happy birthday to me :D

First football game

Thoughts about Avery's first game:

• Bobbleheads
• We have the loudest coach EVER
• Ernesto made the field nice and muddy
• Bright, bright sun
• Beautiful, beautiful son

Have an awesome season, Braves!

Bums!

Cinder! Boyfriend! Tubby! Bluex!

They're all bums!

Bums!

Ok, so football practice isn't that bad...

It does force us all outside every evening to enjoy to sunset :)

Our kitties are Interior Decorators

Tonight, while I tried my hand at jarring tomatoes, Avery played catch in his newly acquired football gear, and Jason listed some comic books.

And the kitties created a new centerpiece for the dining table:

Thanks, kitties. It looks great!

Philadelphia holiday

We stayed in Philadelphia this weekend for the Wizard World Comic Convention. The convention was fun (especially for the boys), but I think the visit to Cereality in University City was the real winner this trip. Seriously? You need to go.

We usually stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Midtown because it's cheap and they have a pool. A pool on the roof. I mean, it's like, we're automatically the Coolest Parents on Earth when we stay there. However, this trip we stayed at Loew's Philadelphia, because the Holiday Inn was booked. We had an awesome experience at Loew's. It was the best customer service we've ever had a hotel. Everyone was friendly and knowledgeable and pleasant - the housekeepers, the valet, the front desk people - everyone! The only thing we were disappointed with was the charges a la carte-style for the amenities. Ten bucks to use the gym...? Otherwise though, it was really a great, great experience :o)

On the way out of town, we stopped at FDR skatepark. Jason didn't have his deck, but AveryCain let him borrow his so he could hop on the ramp (not the 12 foot one!). Most of the time, though, Avery rode the concrete section of the park and Jason and I watched.

The best part of the entire weekend though, is the picture of Avery we found on the camera, and placed here at the bottom right (click on it for a larger version). It has got to be the best photograph I have of him. He's so happy, so natural and so unbelievably beautiful. And, that's Jase on the left - the one Avery's smiling at. Damn. I love my boys!

Yay for mini-holidays! :-D

JAM

That's us. Always a shining example of politeness, restraint and seriousness.

It would be nice to have a decent photograph of us, though :o)