Becca's 4th Birthday

Becca's birthday this year was celebrated over a couple of days. She took cupcakes to school on Tuesday and we had the rest on Wednesday night and sang.

She looks beautiful in this shot, doesn't she?

And Patrick looks very silly and excited.

Blowing out the candles.

After singing, I notice the cops across the street. We saw two people being handcuffed and several cop cars blocking the street. In the end, both suspects were released and the cops went away. We don't know what happened.

Then the kids enjoyed the cupcakes.


George even got some of it in his mouth.

Becca got a Rapunzel doll from her brothers that she loves.

On her birthday, Pat was home in the afternoon and they played with the new princess magnets.

In the evening we had Subway for dinner and "watched" Mike play soccer. This morning I had parent-teacher conferences and both kids got glowing reviews. Then we went for Becca's check-up. She is 42in and 36lb 6oz and is perfectly healthy. This afternoon a package from Grampa and Gramma Sullivan finally arrived with some more stuff. I think the sweater and hat are great!

Despite all the running around, Becca says she had a nice birthday. Thanks to all of you who called, we loved the singing.

Halloween

Our Halloween celebration started last Thursday when Becca's preschool class had a party.
First the class enjoyed some cookies.


Megan is so cute!

Here are the two Rebeccas.

They even let George have a cookie.

Becca gladly posed for the camera.

And here's the hair for Rapunzel.

Becca's class all dressed up.



Ms. Wharton joined in the costume fun.

All lined up for the parade through the big school.

On the parade route.

We had a couple of small pumpkins this year that we drew on. The one with the hat is George's and the other one is Becca's.

This is Patrick's jack-o-lantern...

...this is mine...

...and Mike's design.

Sir Patrick Hatton with the family crest on the shield.

Pat and Ben K.

Here are the boys all ready to go.

And George who refused to wear the hood.

All line up ready to parade through the school.

It took me three shots but his is the Kindergarten class all dressed up for Halloween.



Later in the day, most of the family got dressed up and ready to trick-or-treat.

Let's go guys! (He left the hood at school).

Becca posing for the camera...again.

And they're off!

George was happy to hang back with Dad.

Trick or treat!

This house down the street does it up every year. This year they went with a ghost pirate ship.

We hope you all had a great Halloween. There will, of course, be more pictures later this week for Becca's birthday.

A Costume & A Cutie

I managed to finish Becca's Halloween costume this week and I think its perfect for her.

She even did a little dance to show how it moves.

Mike caught George flipping through Sport Illustrated awhile back. At first, he was annoyed with the interruption...

...but then he decided it was hilarious!


We're off to South Bend tomorrow to see some hockey, football and family. I hope you enjoyed this post and we'll have more pictures next week.

JDRF Walk

Last Saturday, after soccer in the morning, we head to Columbus to join the Coffeys in the JDRF Walk. Upon arrival, we were treated to a 5th grade football game. John was the quarterback.


Captain Coffey talks the officials.

John even scored a couple of touchdowns. The Pioneers won 27-0.

On Sunday morning we made our way to OSU Horseshoe for the JDRF Walk. Jake was ready to roll.

Here is the Coffey Crew as we started the 2 mile walk through campus.



George knew it was nap time and sacked out.

Clara and Harvey hand in hand.

We saw these two little girls in front of us and had to take a picture.

I don't really know what Patrick is doing here. It was a beautiful day but too early to see some anyone playing frisbee.

George needed some water after all the hard work.

Becca got Aunt Pat to carry her for awhile.

Some guys got really dressed up for the walk.

On our way home we saw an orange blimp. If you zoom in you can see that it says "Conan".
This was the first time we made it, but the Coffey Crew has been doing this walk for 8 years! Hopefully some money was raised and the cure that much closer. A special thanks to John and Esta Coffey for letting us crash and for breakfast.