November Pictures

Hot Chocolate 10k. 17 degrees. Fancy new super magic cheater shoes. 48:43. Finished in time to make it to Liturgy.

A little treadmill nap:

The boys and I visited Chicago. This is a couch full of blanket burritos:

Old pictures that someone sent to me this month. Cross country pic is from 2003 (probably? since Justine has her jacket already?). Second one is earlier than cross country. Maybe 1999. Halloween pic is from 1992ish. 

Some friends gave Theodore a Ravens sweatshirt to borrow:

Legos in the Sam-proof cage at the Smith house:

Ribbon festival. Olivia is in there somewhere:

Turkey Trot 5k. Much warmer weather than the (4 days earlier) Hot Chocolate Run. Also in fancy fast shoes. 23:15. Beat Jillian and James and won a pie. Picture by mom. :)

Theodore had a hole in his shirt, so I fixed it. The brachiosaurus is not original.

Oma, Opa, and lots of grandbabies:

Family picture at Euphemia's baptism:

Bonus Post: Sound Bites 65

Some of these are old (and might be repeats). I went through my phone.

Matthias: I will eat one yesterday.
Bryan: What does that mean?
Matthias: It means tomorrow.

List of things Gretchen is going to invent:

-Teleporter

-Phone that does not need to be charged

-Car or truck with invisible wipers

Irene: Do you want to play Harry Potter?

Kaitlyn: I know Harry Potter! My mom read it to us!

Irene: My dad is reading it to us. So I'll be Harry.

Kaitlyn: And I'll be Potter.

Irene: ... No, I said I'll be Harry. Harry Potter. They're the same person.

Kaitlyn: Oh. Okay.

Irene: Hi, Hermione.

Kaitlyn: Hi. I'm... Lorraine.

Irene: No, that's not in Harry Potter!

Gretchen: Mom, you got new towels! Can I use one? They're so pretty and soft!

Matthias: Mommy, what's not okay?

Me: ...I don't know.

Matthias: Well you know that this isn't okay: Getting eated by. That's not okay.

Bryan and the kids were playing the car game where you have to name a place that starts with the last letter of the previous place. Someone named a place that ended with S and then it was Kaitlyn's turn.

Kaitlyn: Snail.

Bryan: It has to be the name of a place.

Kaitlyn: Ohio State.

Bryan: Well, state starts with S, but Ohio starts with O. Can you think of a place that starts with S?

Kaitlyn: ...

Kaitlyn: Suburban community!

Bryan: Your second grader is showing. I'll allow it.

Gretchen: Do you have any wood?

Anthony: What?

Gretchen: I'm pretty sure that I'm going to break my leg in the game with Ava and I need crutches.

Anthony: I don't think I have anything like that.

Gretchen: Can I just see your wood? I'm pretty sure I can find something.

Anthony: I only have a few 2x4s and they won't help.

Gretchen: Okay, do you have any cardboard?

(She ended up finding sticks outside and fashioning crutches out of sticks and scotch tape.)

Matthias: I know why dad is bigger than you.

Me: Why?

Matthias: Because boys grow when it's not their birthday and girls only grow on their birthday.

Me: After I get you new pants, I'm going to hide your old, paint splattered brown sweat pants.

Bryan: Nooo! Not my brown pants!

Gretchen: Why is she going to hide your pants?

Bryan: Because she's mean. She's a mean, old lady.

Gretchen: Hey! She's not old!

Kaitlyn: Why are we cleaning up?

Bryan: Because the house is a mess.

Kaitlyn: Our house is always a mess. What's special about this mess?