indoor playground

max loves the playground but since it's been snowing and cold, we couldn't play outside very long. we resumed our mall playground site. while we were there, max found these glasses and played with them on his face for about 15 min. i laughed so hard.

some firsts...

first time on the potty. he requested the gameboy. just like daddy.













sasha's so big!










olya's mom made this outfit


first snow of the season. he stood in the window for a looonnng time.

whatta weekend...

as we approach this weekend, i look back at last weekend as one of my best ever. max had his first overnight away from us and did great. (i did cry when he left!) saturday, we went to the zoo, saw a new baby, and hung out with good friends. sunday was a great day too. very relaxing weekend. we definitely needed it. now as we come to a busy weekend, i really appreciate that time even more and look forward to more of the same.

watching the sea lions
resting kangaroos
lucy jane bindewald and mama
daddy and his girls
max and his pal Phin

pumpkin patch and SASHA's home...

we finally made it to the pumpkin patch with chris' parents. it was a fun, fun day. it was overcast but still turned out to be super fun. i was shocked to see $20 pumpkins at the end of the month with 1000's left but hey, even a farmers gotta make his way.

love those wispy "bangs"

my two handsome boys

everyone else was doing it...

sweet pea in the pumpkinsHALLELUJAH THEY'RE HOME!!!
wow. what a month. olg and sasha left at the beginning of october and now they are home. christian whipped their new house into shape. he painted, bought furniture, cleaned things out...wow. so great. she was shocked when she got home. sasha is HUGE!!! max has a very small waist so all three babies wear the same size diaper now! 21 months, 16 months, and 5 months. sash isn't really chubby but she did grow a lot!!

she looks perpetually perplexed...