Speaking of Godparents...

Our children now have official Godparents... and the drumroll (in your head) please.

We've asked Kathy, my sister-in-law, and my brother Gene to be Savannah's Godparents. We were long overdue to have two great people to hold those positions and I think we found them in two of our own family members.
Pat's longtime friends, Karin and Elliot, have taken on the task of being Julius' Godparents. If he's half as spirited later in life as he is now they will have their hands full in helping guide him the right way.
He's a sweet boy, but like his father he does nothing softly!
We're very thankful they've taken us up on our request to be Godparents and we appreciate them for taking on a special role in our children's lives.
We hope to have a Christening next year and hope all can come to celebrate with us!

Karin's visit to Virginia...

Karin, Pat's longtime friend and Julius' Godmother, came to visit us last weekend. I've been bad about taking pictures lately (and blogging) because Pat's schedule has been crazy and I've been working on freelance stories.
I took a few pictures and Karin did, but we hope to take lots more when she comes back early next year. She only spent a few days with us and it was over too soon.
We did take a drive up on Skyline Drive and that was fun... look forward to having her here again soon.

Where is Julius on Santa's list...

Santa sure is haphazard with his coffee... glad it spared his book again!

http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/86030-secrawfo/

On Santa's good list...

I found this Web site that would allow me to check in on the kids and see if they've made Santa's nice or naughty list... think he's being charitable and forgetting all of Savannah's temper tantrums of late!
Check it out for yourself...

http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/86016-secrawfo/

Disney on Ice...

Savannah and I had a Mommy and Me day on Sunday as we joined our friends, Melissa and Jayden, for Disney on Ice's Finding Nemo. I won four tickets from Albemarle Family Magazine and we cashed them in for the final performance on Sunday.
Pat and Julius stayed home and watched football and cleaned while we were away... Pat said Julius just toddled around behind him without Savannah there to be a distraction.
It was a great show with lots of colors and dancing around... and the bonus was Savannah got to see Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy (all her favorite characters from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse).
My little girl is growing up so fast and I'm so glad we were able to have this time together.

Halloween party...

I took the kiddies to a Halloween party on Friday... one of the few Mommies Club events I've been to in the past month. I've been fortunate enough to take on a lot of extra freelance stories, but it's kept me from getting out with the children as much as I would like.
Here are a few pictures from our fun afternoon with the other Moms and kids... Savannah had a blast and Julius seemed to enjoy himself watching the other kids running and crawling around.

Trick-o-treat at the Mall...

Pat and I took the kiddies to the Mall on Saturday for the little candy grabbing. It was cold and rainy here and Pat was working so we were only able to stay out about an hour.
I think Savannah had a good time and Julius slept through most of it... here are a few pictures of her candy adventure.