Happenings around the house

Just some things I want to remember:

Ian started soccer a few weeks ago, and as he tells me all the time, "it's his most favorite sport".  He has tried baseball and basketball, but he keeps coming back to the soccer ball when given the chance.  One of my favorite pasttimes is watching he and Emma in the backyard passing the ball, and Emma showing him how to do headers.  He is going to be a beast on the field as he gets better and older - can't wait to watch it (first game is this Saturday!)  Jerseys were handed out this week, and ... hmmm ... not sure if there is a correlation, but he ended up with #4 (also Emma's number :)

We are all getting ready to head to Disneyland next Tuesday - super excited about it being the 4 T's first time to the Happiest Place On Earth!  It's also first plane rides for Nick and Ian, and they don't know it yet, but also another fun little surprise when we arrive :)  In preparation for the airport we decided to get all of the kids state issued ID cards (Emma already has one), it's always a good idea to have one to tuck in pockets when out and about away from home.  Should be an interesting trip to the DOL office on Saturday morning :)

We subjected Emma to a viewing of Silence of the Lambs last night.  She talks constantly of wanting to be a spy or FBI agent when she grows up, so initially we thought it could be interesting to watch.  I seem to have forgotten about when I first watched that movie:  and I went to bed with my door locked and dresser pushed up against it!  She was a little freaked, and it didn't help that we brought out the Halloween decorations earlier in the week.  RT has a 6-ft hooded creeper that is motion activated - and when you walk by, his face lights up and he has a truly scary repertoire of phrases and eerie laugh - a lot like Boris Karloff's in "Thriller".  RT's favorite thing is to place him in secret places to find when you least expect it.  You can guess where this is going... as soon as she said good night and started up the stairs to brush her teeth, she encountered him in the dark hallway of the stairs - and she jumped so far and screamed so loud, I almost peed my pants.  We truly did torture her last night :)

RT and I are finding little bits of fun time around the family vacations we have scheduled this month - Saturday night we are heading to the fair WITHOUT THE KIDS, just to actually walk through the exhibit halls and eat fair food!  Now that's a date I'm looking forward to :)  When we return from Disneyland we are heading back to Seabrook for the weekend - a little rejuvenation to look forward to:)
I just booked a week's stay at this all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for March 2013 - counting down the days! We will be celebrating RT's 40th birthday and a belated honeymoon:)