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Any Room for Sleeping?

My urge to blog this evening is prompted by Teagan's blood-curdling screaming...still going on as I type. It's 8pm and all the kids were put to bed 15 minutes ago, and Teagan is still screaming. Wow, this girl has a set of lungs!

Now, she's not upset about the act of going to bed. All the kids are very accepting of the bedtime routine and even welcome the idea of going to bed. Teagan loves getting into bed at night with her 2 favorite blankets. However, we have allowed her to develop a bad habit over the past couple weeks. It all started just before Halloween.

She had grown fond of a particular stuffed animal dog...and wanted to take it to bed. Well, we thought that was fine.

A few days pass and she became obsessed with a certain baby-doll. She insisted on bringing it to bed with her.

A couple more days pass....and a couple more animals join in the crib party.

Now we created a problem! She insists on bringing everything to bed.
Tonight the head-count was at: 3 stuffed animals, 2 babies, and 2 blankets. And her screaming fit tonight was because I put my foot down and would not let her sleep with her sippy-cup AND hair-tie she loves so much.

I am laughing so hard! Teagan is so entertaining these days. She sure has a mind of her own and loves to express her feelings. Her brothers bow-down to her and she sure tries to rule the roost.

She also has no fear. Yesterday I found she had moved a diningroom chair across the room to reach for her balloon. Smart and Fearless.

And she loves accessories! Hats are her favorite. This one was a hand-me-down for Cal, but she won't let him wear it.

Trick or Treat 09

Happy Halloween 2009! We went all-out this year for our 5th annual Trick or Treat Spooktacular party! The costumes were great, treats and drinks were spooky and everyone had a blast.

Ethan and Nick were pirates, I was a gypsy, Cal was our guard dog and Teagan was a spooky black cat. (In the picture Nick put some extra clothes on just before going out to trick-or-treat)

There were other very impressive costumes: 80's aerobic instructors, SNL's Gilly and the Professor, football players and enough animals to fill a zoo.

Check out the pics...

4-0

GO VIKINGS!!

Packers- you're sacked!

14 to 30 with 8 minutes to go...

and the VIKINGS are undefeated.

It's a great night to be a Vikings fan!

We love you FAVRE!

Monthly Blog

If you haven't noticed, I've recently lost interest in blogging. Is anyone out there anyway? I'm sorry if I've disappointed you Waltons5 fans with no blogs for a month.

Here is my plan. I'm going to post a blog ONCE A MONTH. Now, you know my frequency and no longer need to check in regularly wondering when I'm going to get my act together. Check back at the beginning of every month.

Here are a few pictures from September...

Rooney (Cuddy) Reunion

Ethan and I had a great weekend in Des Moines, IA for the Rooney-Cuddy reunion. I have to be honest...not the greatest turn-out for my generation. Where were you guys?! In fact, I only saw 1 of my immediate Rooney cousins (out of 17, plus all your families= 40+). The older generation was well represented though, and we had a fun time. Mostly, I had a great time with Ethan because it was his first hotel experience. He had a blast! Staying up late and swimming until 11pm, fun dinners and all you can eat desserts, running around the hotel with cousins and site-seeing in Des Moines.

(Ethan thought Jack was the coolest!)

We were super impressed with the Des Moines DT Farmers Market! It was like a Fair!

Then we went to the Zoo- also impressive! My favorite part of the zoo was the pond full of Koi fish. It brought back memmories of feeding the fish off the dock at Lake Mead. Long ago we would take visiting family to Lake Mead, and they used to sell bags of popcorn to feed the ugly bull-catfish. The Koi were much more colorful, although still a little gross in large masses.

For the next reunion, in 2 years, our generation should be in charge of the planning. It's time to pass the torch. Ideas?

While Ethan and I were in Iowa, Nick enjoyed Labor Day weekend in Boulder with Doug, Tom, Ian and other Boulder Buddies. Here he is at the CU vs. CSU football game!

Go Buffs!

Little Cabin Time

Barefooting on Crooked Lake

After looking at that picture you'd expect to hear that we have spent most of our summer enjoying the cabin...

BUT, you know, traveling with toddler twins is not on our list of favorite things. Even if it's just going to the cabin.

We've had the lowest attendance at the cabin this summer than any summer on record. Last year we somehow managed to get up there every two weeks with infant twins. This year we can count on one hand the number of times we've been up there. Toddler twins are much more difficult at the cabin. They love to run toward anything dangerous, in opposite directions. Nothing is twin-toddler-childproofed in the northwoods. It ends up being exhausting.

But, we obviously love the cabin and try to get up there once per month this summer, especially for Ethan. We know that next year, and the following years, will only be easier with the twins, and we'll be enjoying it more as the kids get older.

This month we had a great time with Nick's cousin Kristy (we always say Krsity is Nick's Colin) and her family at the cabin. It's always wonderful to see pictures of the fun we have at the cabin to remind us of why we love this place so much, even though it's challenging this year. Check out some pics from Kristy:

BONUS!

Nick celebrated his 15th year of Barefooting on Crooked Lake this summer. Check out the video of Nick and Jeremy Barefootin! (watch them drop their skis 40 sec into the video) They make it look so easy!

SOLD!!!!

After almost 4 months on the market, over 60 showings and 10 open houses....
We finally sold our house!!!
The purchase agreement was signed yesterday. The inspection was this morning, and passed with flying colors. Plus, we even get to close at the end of the month! -No more wasted mortgage payments!
Yippy!!!