Catching up on October

We'lll let's see. Where did I leave off? October 25th. We were preparing for our family photo session and Aidan and Ella's 2 year old portraits with Natalie. A&E had their first haircut that Saturday 10/23/10. They did so well; no tears or, even better, no sudden erratic moves to throw off the barber! After she was done (the barber) their hair looked better but not drastically different which was just what we were going for. I like Aidan's hair on the longish side and Ella's hair is taking its sweet time to grow so, I didn't want her to have much taken off. We did the pictures on Sunday morning on the Lawn and around the Rotunda. The hyperlink is working now http://nkrovetz.zenfolio.com/. It was a beautiful fall morning - A&E were fired up and the pics of them are especially wonderful to me. The leaves were just starting to fall and they were running and playing in the pools of yellow leaves. Our autumn seemed to last longer than usual this year despite the mild drought over the summer.



First haircut:

We were also getting ready for my father to visit. My father, Grandpa Fred (grandpa bubbles as he is now affectionately called), visited on his way to Spain. He brought an early birthday gift for A&E - bubble wands which make enormous bubbles! And they are catch-able bubbles if you're patient and delicate in your approach. The kids loved that and the very soapy water which Ella bathed herself in. She was not so much interested in making the bubbles but Aidan was into it.

We also celebrated a belated B-day for grandpa Fred who's b-day was Sept 28th. This was the first time A&E had met grandpa Fred and it was great for them to get acquainted. After a good visit grandpa was off on his much anticipated Mediterranean sailing trip.



My father has just retired after 25 years in the insurance business. At the same time my dad was visiting us, my sister Christy - I mentioned her in an earlier post- had passed the Illinois bar exam and she was being sworn in that last week in October. Yay Christy! We are very happy for you! And thank you for being a follower of our blog, too :) This is my shout out to you!






I love these pictures of Chirsty and sisters Kathryn and Erin at Christy's graduation from Law school. These women were born in California. The are my sister's from another mother and not just in the metaphorical sense. We have the same father but different mothers and we haven't seen each other much over the years. Kathryn and Erin live in California and Christy now lives in Chicago.

My father (grandpa Fred) and my mother (grandma James) were both born and raised in Illinois. Christy's mother is originally from Detroit. My aunt Betty, who is also in these graduation pictures, lives in Chicago still as do several of my relatives on my mother's side. I hear Christy enjoys living in Chicago. It's kind of like she's getting back to her mid-western roots and... its also a beautiful city.

Halloween: Aidan and Ella looked so cute as little black cats in black leotards, pointy ears, whiskers and tail but Aidan developed a wee bit of a fever and it didn't seem like a good idea to take them out in the cold. That night Aidan had his first nightmare. He dreamt that Llamas were trying to eat his feet. It was terribly scary for him. Since then he is doing much better.