I've meant to post so often this past week! I actually have a huge list of things I wanted to write. First things first though - I uploaded a bunch of pictures. They are in the 8-14-07 to 9-7-07 set. Be sure to click on page 2 to see them all (there are 116 total!). I'll keep working on pictures until I'm caught up again. I only have hundreds more to go! Woo-hoo!

In case I don't get to full re-caps, here are some highlights from our last week. We had an awesome time at Mankato watching my cousin Ryan play football. Even though the team lost, we all had fun. Annika and James were spoiled rotten by Auntie Shelly, Auntie Pat and Uncle Dale, per usual. And James loves Uncle Dale so much he fell asleep in his arms during the middle of the game, noise and all.

Annika went to the dentist for the first time last Wednesday. I was so proud of her! She did such a great job. I had an appointment earlier in the day so I brought her with to watch me go through it. When it was her turn she sat in the big chair and opened her mouth and didn't complain once. They only got 2 of the 4 usual x-rays but it wasn't because Annika wasn't trying. She was trying so hard to follow the directions but her mouth is so little for those big paper things and she kept pushing them out with her tongue. I'm sure next time will go better. She didn't mind at all the hygientist or dentist poking around in her mouth or getting her teeth polished.

Yesterday we went to a Halloween party put on by our town. It was such a fun little evening. And the kids dressed up in their costumes was just precious. James is a chicken this year (too cute!) and Annika is Cinderella. I'll post pictures of them soon, this week I hope.

I think Daddy has dropped to third on James' list. Mommy is still James' all time favorite. He's taken to crying (not whining or whimpering but all out screaming, tears, flailing crying) if I so much as leave the room, poor thing. Annika has taken the #2 spot. She adores her and follows her around and even when she's mean to him (more often than not now that he's following her - she thinks he's going to take her toys and blah, blah, blah sibling fights argh!) he just looks up at her and adores her more. It's quite cute I think.

Today we had dinner with Grandpa, Marcia, Krystle and Pierce. It was a really nice evening. We even had our own little private room at the restaurant so the kids could make noise and we weren't disturbing anyone. Annika sat next to Grandpa and was leaning on him the whole time she ate. She loves her Grandpa. And James made eyes at the waitress. What a little flirt.

OK, those are the highlights. More soon, I hope.