Mason's First Lost Tooth!

Mason Ruby Lieberman lost her first tooth, Yom Kippur morning, October 4, 2014. She was 6-years-old at the time.

She said she woke up and it felt all wiggly. So she pulled it out.

The tooth fairy gave her $2!

And she also got a charm bracelet from Mommy and Daddy. What a cutie patootie.

I have to admit, I got a little choked up at the thought of my baby losing her first tooth. I mean, before I know it she'll be driving. Jeeeeesh. Slow down sistah!

VO Fall Festival

This year I worked the pumpkin painting station again. Woo-hoo! Yay for Fall! 

Raspberry picking

The kids were way more into it this year. And able to pick their own. Even little Boo managed to pick a few that I pointed were red ruby in color! When we went to check out, Mason's whole raspberry bucket was full of mud. And raspberries. Are you even the least bit surprised?

Girls Night!

Mason had been wanting to go out on a girl's night forever! I finally got my act together and asked all of the appropriate invintees...Grandma, Aunt Jennie and Aunt Lena. And of course, the lovely Skye. Mason suggested we all go to the 99 since "I don't think any grown ups would want to go to McDonalds. Wise choice Mase. 

We all had a blast. It was our waitress's 21st birthday so she gave Mason and Skye her Elsa crown and wand that was given to her. I'm not sure if they were more excited about that or the popcorn. Total toss-up.

Let's go Pats!

So far it's been a rocky season for the 2014/15 Pats. After an embarrasing Monday night loss to the Chiefs people were calling for trading Brady and bringing in Garapolo. And cursing Billy B for trading away Mankins at the last second. It was chaos. And madness.

And then the Pats started winning again.

Despite the loss of Mayo and Ridley for the season, they beat up the Bengals and eeked by the Jets and are now 5-2 (with losses to Miami and KC) and are on the ups. I think.

Let's go Pats!

As a side note...the other day Jacob came back from this after school, "Jim Sports" program where he was playing soccer outside.

Me:  Did you have fun?
Jacob: Yeah! I was tackling kids like Vince Wilfork. And growling at them and taking them out and saying, "Grrrrrr".
Me:  But Vince Wilfork doesn't play soccer. Wrong sport bud.
Jacob:  But he's still huge and awesome.

Barvazonim

Skye also started school this year. We weren't sure if we were going to send her because of her fall birthday...we could have waited a year. But though, eh, it will be good for her. She's pretty much been surgically attached to my hip since birth. She's addicted to me. And me to her. So I guess, in reality I thought it would be good for both of us. And it has been.

Now she's been in school for about 1 1/2 months now and she loves it. I think. Some days she still says that she doesn't want to go to school. Because she wants to stay in her PJs and hang out with me. But who wouldn't?

She goes Mon, Wed and Fridays from 9-12. Her teachers are Sarah and Linda and she has 7 other little friends in her class. She paints. Plays with play-doh. Reads books. And plays with babies. All things that Mason and Jacob wish they were still doing instead of learning to read.

Here are some pics of my little hookie head on her first day of pre-school. And yes, she chose the outfit. As she does EVERY day.

FIRST GRADE!

The twins started first grade in September and so far so good. Jacob is upstairs with Ms. Pierce and Mase is downstairs with Mrs. Rizzuti. It's definitely been a good start tot he year. The first day of school they were excited. But sad that they were not going to be in class with Mrs. Freimont and Mrs. T. They were definitely a little bit nervous. But they did it! And are growing by leaps and bounds. They are learning to read and the progress had been truly amazing. Well, at least I think so. But that's just the "absolutely proud of anything they do" in me talking. They have each got chosen for a "golden" ticket award so far and Jacob chose "Show and Tell" and brought in Skye. And Mason chose to "wear her pajamas to school" and sported her all in one Zebras all day.

It's always a challenge getting them out of the house in the morning. They always want to play. And not eat breakfast. Or get dressed. Or do anything you need to do to get ready for school.

Me:  C'mon, you can build an angry bird tower later. It's time to get dressed.

Mason: We hate school!

Me:  What do you mean you HATE school? I thought you loved Mrs. Rizutti?!?

Mason:  No! All she does is make us work ALL DAY. We spend the whole day learning how to read and write!

Duuuh. That's what you DO in school Mason. Poor girl totally had the wool pulled over her eyes with the kindergarten year. Silly.

Here are pics from their first day. Awwww.

Yawcobe

Doesn't his "back to school" haircut look dreamy?

Yawcobe.

Yawcky.

Yawcks.

Yawks MaGawks.

These are all things I call Jacob as of late. It all stems from his hebrew name being Yawcobe. Well that's how you might spell it phonetically anyway. He's just the cutest. Ever. My little Yawcks. The best part is, he totally responds to it. 

Lake Winnipesaukee

Labor Day weekend we went up to Karl and Thelma's house up in New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. It was peaceful. Somewhat. When the kids were sleeping anyway. A fab time was had by all. We were on a little island and had to take a boat over. Kids loved that. Except for Skye. Who wasn't into it. Uncle Andy put on a fireworks show Saturday night. It was too loud and scary for the girls but Jacob was into it. Oh yes. Thanks Uncle Andy, Aunt Jennie, Hunter, Carl and Thelma for the perfect ending to our summer.

Lego Discovery Center

At the end of the summer, right before school was going to start, Harvey took a day off and we went to the Lego Discovery Center. It was fantastic. And so not busy. Which was awesome. There were rides, 4-D movies (which consequently scarred little Skye) and of course, lots and lots of Lego.

Taco Tuesday!

Big Girl Underwear

Skye has been wearing "big girl underwear" for a couple months now...I think it was officially mid July when she started...which would have put her toilet trained by 2 years, 8 months. She's a baby genius. And crazy advanced.

She seriously continues to amaze me every day. Not only does she pee, but she poops. AND, wait for it, wait for it...wait for it...she keeps dry OVER NIGHT! Yes, over night people. I've been putting pull-ups on her at night but every morning she has a dry diaper. And I continue to be amazed.

So sorry Jacob and Mason, but your little sis has you totally beat on this one.

The Many faces of Boo.

How could you not love this face? And this crazy ass hair? And her sassy attitude. This girl knows what she wants. And when she doesn't she says, "I can't know." It might just be the cutest thing ever.

One her favorite places to play...the park at the soccer fields. She loves this orange ice cream truck. And often gives me ice cream flavors such as Hot, Stinky socks, and dirty underwear.

One of my fave pics of the summah!

Yee-haw Cowboy Sparkles.

Walkin' round the neighborhood with Dada. Life doesn't get much better than this.

Baby Daisy

Aunt Jennie is having a brand new baby girl at the end of October. And Jacob, Mason and Skye couldn't be more excited. Especially because it's a girl. And they have no girl cousins yet. Mason is pretty adamant about naming the new baby Daisy. Not sure Aunt Jennie is into it. But Mason told me last night she'd be perfectly happy getting the baby a doll and naming it Daisy as well. Win win for everyone. 

Jump On In!

This year we had Jacob and Mason's birthday at Jump On In. The party was like 3 weeks after their "real" birthday. This was due to our action packed summer so they pretty much had 2 birthdays. Their August 1st, real, "family" party. And their friend's party.

Their friend's party was a duel Lego and Frozen themed party. Supah fun.

Emmet, Benny, Elsa, Anna, Jacob and Mason.

BFFs.

Ok. Really BFFs.

Me and Boo.

The king and queen of the 6 year olds!

Friends.

16 OK

So we totally upgraded our beach house this year. Mostly because my in-laws were coming but it was well worth it. We were basically on the beach. And we had AC. What more can you ask for. I love Cape Cod. Even though going with 3 kids is far from relaxing. I swear, whenever we come back from our vacation I feel like we need a vacation. Twins had a blast. Skye just loves playing in the sand. And my father-in-law got terribly burnt feet. Which we didn't even acknowledge until 2 days after they were burnt. Oy.

Some highlights from the gazillion pics that I took.