Halloween parade

Here is a video of Brady's first Halloween parade and "performance." The funny thing is, his preschool teachers always tell me how much he loves to sing and is one of the most animated ones when they practice, but he completely refuses to practice at home! Look for Thomas the Train in the middle.

Halloween (before)

A freezing, soggy day at the pumpkin patch, Brady's preschool Halloween parade, and carving some pumpkins (or "gummins," as Lauren says). Holidays are SO MUCH MORE fun when you have kids!! This year, I tried and tried to get Brady to cooperate just one more time and be something that "matched" his sister. Well, he didn't want to be Mickey Mouse (Lauren is Minnie), especially once he figured out that there was a Thomas the Train costume in the universe. So I lost, but he's still pretty cute as a train. And his preschool class was soooooo adorable. One of the pics is of him and his friend Addie (the fairy)...or is she more than a friend? He sure talks about her a lot :).

Trick-or-treating pictures to come! Praying for dry, non-freezing weather in St. Louis this Halloween!

Nighty-night

Bedtime at the Carmichael house...lots of running, singing, dancing, and generally ignoring Mommy :). Lauren wants to say her ABC's so badly and of course said something that sounded like "A-B-C" AFTER I turned off the camera. Worth watching until the end to hear the sweet "good night" and "night-night." And night-night to you!

Bubble bath and toothbrush fun

KU Homecoming 2009

Ahhhh...Lawrence. We came back for our annual Homecoming game, and it was--FREEZING. Poor Brady about froze to death, but he actually had a blast. We spent time with friends, Brady & Daddy played football on the hill, and Brady got to go to his first football game with all the trimmings (as you can see from the pics). My favorite picture is when he was running up the hill to the Campanile (a WWII memorial on the KU campus), looking so tiny, and all I could think about is that if we raise him right, he just might be a Jayhawk himself someday :). Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

Visit from Dallas friends!

Our friends Travis, Jen & baby Alex Young visited us in the 'lou a couple of weekends ago. We had so much fun with them!! We went to the Taste of St. Louis (a so-so event, but a nice day), and Brady decided he wanted his face painted. I am posting the series of pics so you can see his expression...kind of a quiet terror once she got started, then a "Mommy, I want it OFF" right when she got done. Lauren was a little freaked out, and Murphy tried to attack Brady/Spiderman when he got home. Oh, and the liquor bottles are from the boys (and a small contribution from Jen). Trav and Michael like to pretend that they are still in college when they get together. At least now they clean up their mess!

What happens at Nana's...

doesn't stay at Nana's. Nana is the snack queen, and we always go home with lots of crackers, cookies and candy when we leave. This time, though, the crackers were ALL over the car. And I mean all over. This picture doesn't even show the half of it. At least the dogs were in the car and cleaned out about 60% of the crumb mess!

Snack time!

We got to visit Brady at school for some songs, playtime and a snack. Lauren loved sitting at the kid-sized table with her big brother.