Colorado Cashens

Yesterday was Sunday. We take Sundays off most of the time. I try not to do much housework and we don't school those days. We go to church and then come home and play. We'd had lunch, Chris had already played his allowed screen time on the Wii. He and Kate were starting to pick at each other so I looked outside...thankful for a sunbreak from our nearly constant rain, I sent them out. They were not happy about it. "Go play. I don't care what you do. Watch for cars, and don't go home with a stranger." So they grabbed their bikes. Kate didn't want to...she's been on training wheels and trying to get off them for about 6 months now. So Chris decided to help her find her balance. I decided to play the piano while the little ones napped and when I looked out the window, I saw Chris yelling, "Good job Kate! Let's go tell Mom!" She was peddling! Hooray! I ran out with the camera. So here it is! Yeah Kate!!!

Of course Halloween was filled with fun...we begged for candy around our neighborhood and aside from a ding dong ditch that ended with the hose, it was quite elementary. When you're a parent, that is the goal isn't it? Chris was Darth Vader...anyone who knows Chris knows that he loves Star Wars. Kate was a bride. Nana altered a friends' dress to fit an 8 yr old and Kate wore it with sheer delight. Tom the helper was Bob the builder with a tool belt to fix any problem. Little Ben slept in the stroller, contented and warm as a snuggly Tiger. It's the Cashen tradition, thanks to Roxanne who gave us the costume at Chris' baby shower! So we ventured out happy to retrieve a bucket of sugary snacks destined to be consumed after every salad gulped down by a child with their nose plugged enduring nutrition to enjoy their sweet goodness.