Halloween.....kinda

Halloween is just the coolest, most underrated holiday ever. I LOVE that one day a year I can transform myself into whoever I want, introduce myself to countless strangers, and eat thousands of calories of candy I didn't pay for. It's just icing that this all happens in the dark. I can't wait until the little girls are old enough.

In the meantime, this was our Schwab family version of Halloween. Jaden dressed for school and had a sort of cookie party with the other almost-two-year-olds. Jaden loved that her costume came with SHOES. Shoes with velcro, no less. Caitlyn dressed to please the Mamarazzi. Her costume inhibited her budding crawling skills, but she was a good sport. Craig indulged me, but I think calling the girls "Jadie-bug" and "Catie-bug" was a tad too precious for him. Kharli and Christian actually had places to go and people to see. Maybe we will all Trick-or-Treat next year!

Here's Caitlyn...

And Jaden...And Caitlyn again...

Scream and Laugh really Hard Until You Can't Breathe Anymore

That seems to be the name of the girls' favorite game. They didn't exactly tell me, though.

Dinnertime

Last night we met an old friend of Craig's for dinner. We ended up going to the Rainforest Cafe'. We are so lucky that the girls are the "going out" type of kids. Even when they're not surrounded by trumpeting elephants and cheetahs swishing their tails, they are very well behaved. Jaden used the crayons for actual coloring and only ate a couple things from the floor. Here's Caitlyn eating her dinner. She dined on stuffed leg of lion. I heard tell it was quite yummy.

The Napping Hour

What a peaceful time. Both girls are down, Craig is off doing boy things, and I'm alone in the quiet. Here and there the floor is littered with the relics of happy babies playing. My fresh pot of coffee has just finished brewing, and it smells delicious. Come to think of it, everything about the Napping Hour is delicious.

Toddlers!

Jaden has joined some freak ass cult. They speak in tongues and writhe on the ground screaming when you look at them. Today Jaden smiled sweetly at me, then bit me! I love her greatly but...OMG I hope we get through this stage in one piece.

Another Last "First"

Caitlyn has a tooth! It broke through last weekend. I was holding and rocking her today and I realized, this will be the last time I feel my baby's first tooth. Something inside me became so sad thinking of all the "lasts" to come. Someday, I will rock my baby for the last time. And when I do, I won't realize it's the last time. And I will never get to have another go-around. This is it. Some people seem to rush through life always wishing for that next thing they're anticipating. Not me. I savor every single moment as if it will be the last I ever have. Because...sometimes it really is :(

Feed me!

Here's our Chunka-Lunka having her first rice cereal. She chowed down! There's not a whole lotta calories in rice cereal....I hope :)