The Show Must Go On

As most of you know, this has not been the best month of my life, and yet, the blog must go on! Kids continue growing and doing cute things despite everything else, and thank God for that! Plus, my legions of loyal fans (a.k.a. the grandmothers) are demanding photographs.

So here's the recap of the past month...

Halloween was a bit of a blur this year, but the boys looked adorable in their dragon suits. Max had a Halloween parade at school and then his class "performed" a couple Halloween songs. I've had to accept the fact that my child is not destined to be the next American Idol, however. Max refuses to sing any song at preschool and during this performance, he stood in line with his hands over his ears. Oh well! We can't all be Adam Lambert (and based on his AMA performance, perhaps that's a good thing. But I digress...).

A few days before Halloween, we enjoyed a lovely pumpkin-carving party with our dear friends and neighbors -- Hayley, Austin, Sabrina, and Michael. On Halloween night, Papa and Nana joined us for some neighborhood trick-or-treating. The boys enjoyed giving out candy even more than gathering it. In fact, they gave away every single piece of their stash to kids who showed up at our door. Amazing! I'm sure that this is the last year that we can expect that kind of innocence. I also managed to capture a cute video clip of Henry. His language abilities have exploded recently and he is adding new words every day. He even has a few sentences, and he likes to keep track of everyone in the family -- "Where Daddy go? Where Mac go? Mommy doing?".

We had a nice Thanksgiving down in Valencia at Grandma Rhona's house. It was good to get away. The boys enjoyed helping with the meal preparations (though the only items they actually ATE during dinner were cranberries and dinner rolls), and they loved the special bedroom that Grandma had prepared for them. No more scary brass bed!

Despite all of our difficulties, we feel blessed to have two healthy, smart, adorable boys and to have loving and supportive friends and family. Here's to hoping that things start looking up soon...