More Dancing

Here is a short video of the kids dancing. Patrick even remembered his father's dance moves!

Tailgating in the Snow

We made the trip to South Bend this weekend and managed to have some fun despite the disappointing football game. Look at how Becca fell asleep in the car.

Patrick looked pretty cute himself.

We ignored the freezing temperatures and tailgated on Saturday. Mike's parents even made the trip from Wisconsin to watch the game.


The kids and I did not go to the game. We headed over to my brother's house and played. Patrick was introduced to finger painting with AJ and Gabe.


This is the masterpiece they created. Dan liked the fact that you could still see all of Patrick's colors.



There were any number of funny things said and done this weekend. I think the winner is this:
The kids and I were at the hotel, trying to go to sleep. Becca is quiet in the pack 'n' play and Patrick is running around the room like a madman. When he fell off the unoccupied bed and started to cry, Becca stood up to see what was going on. I pulled Pat into the bed with me and got him calm. Five minutes later in the darkened room, I can still see Becca's head. I got up to check on her and discovered the little girl had fallen asleep, standing up and leaning on the side on the pack 'n' play! Can you believe that!?

Welcome Winter

The temperature has fallen outside but we are prepared! The kids tried on Mike's hat and loved it.


We also practiced our football over the weekend. Here's Becca in her Bears jersey trying to tackle me.

We also studied the playbook.

I showed Patrick the way to tackle with tickling.

And, of course, Patrick practiced his victory dance.

The following video started as a dancing demo but turned into a track meet.

I have a kid quote for the week. Patrick was sitting on the toilet when he shouts "No butt. Don't Go!" I laughed so hard that he now repeats it every time.
We hope you all are staying warm and to see you again soon.

Veteran's Day

In 1918, in a boxcar outside of Paris, the Germans and the Allied forces agreed the to end the greatest war the world had ever known at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Most of the world celebrates this day as Armistice Day, but we hare in the USA call it Veteran's Day. I would like to thank all the men and women in the armed forces for protecting us all.
Here at the Hatton house, the leaves have fallen. All 10 million of them! We had a great time this weekend playing in them. Here are some pictures.

Patrick had a great time throwing and kicking the leaves.

Mike brought out the football, of course.

Don't they look cozy?

I tried to make a leaf angel but it didn't work very well.

Mike sent in the troops to rescue me.


Becca also had a good time in the leaves once she got used to it.

We had good times in the house as well.


Here the kids are doing "push-ups" with Dad.

We'll end with the kids sitting on the cushion-less couch after Patrick threw-up on it last week.

I hope you enjoyed our silliness and will come back again sometime.

Becca is ONE!

Becca turned one yesterday but since Grandma and pa Hatton and Aunt Annie were here over the weekend, we celebrated early. Here is a picture of Mike and Patrick in aprons as they prepare to make the cake. I don't know why the picture turned out so fuzzy.

And here is the finished masterpiece.

Becca watched very intensely as the goodies were brought over.

She was rather dainty about the whole thing. I was a little disappointed she didn't just dive in.

Chocolate cake makes you thirsty.

Annie just had to put some frosting on her nose.

Yeah Cake!

Becca cleaned up on presents. Annie got her this tutu and Becca naturally knew to dance around in it.

And some day, after losing it for several years I'm sure, Becca will love the necklace Annie gave her.

Everybody had a great time and the kids are getting a lot of use out of the new toys already. Thanks for all the cards and phone calls. Becca danced each time someone sang "Happy Birthday". For those keeping track, Becca weighed in at 19lb 6oz and measured 29in long today.

Halloween

Last week we carved two pumpkins, one for each kid. Patrick had a blast digging out all the pumpkin guts, as long as he didn't have to touch them.


As you can see, the event was not as exciting for Becca!

Here is the pumpkin Patrick and I designed and cut.

This is Becca's pumpkin. Can you guess who designed and cut this one?

On Halloween we went over to Showalter's and did some Trick-or-Treating with the girls. Here's Patrick with Sam and Pia.

And Becca and Emily looked pretty darn cute themselves.