Brett and Allison's annual pictures

WARNING:  this post is FULL of pictures of Brett and Allison.....

So, I usually take the kids pictures at their half birthday since they are both born in December and it is cold here in Manhattan.  But, I procrastinated A LOT because that are such little toots when I take their pictures.  Cole agreed to come, thank goodness he did.  They did a great job this time. It was a cold morning, so they were happy to be good so they could get back in the car!! 

The following pictures are FULL of Allison's true personality :)

Brett

Oh what can I say about my sweet little man.  He very frequently has me wrapped around his little finger.  He is fun-loving and soft hearted. My poor children have a wide variety of nick-names and yes...even theme songs (they even change the words to make them about me...bahaha)...right now they love it, but I know the day will come when they think I'm a big dork. Without further adieu

Bretty... (and he says..."Spaghetti") For the longest time when people would ask Brett's name, he would say "Bretty"hahaha

Scoobs/Scoobert

Bubbee (Allison's nickname for Brett)

Preschool starts September 2013

Where does the time go?  I love seeing the new things my kids can do, but I hate them growing up.  Brett was SO excited to start school.  As you can see in the pictures.  They each picked out their own outfits (which is hard for their controlling mother...see she's learning to do new things too) and were ready to rock and roll.

So sorry for the crumby picture quality of a lot of these pictures (not like I'm a photographer or anything so I'm safe).  But seriously, I have realized I wear many different hats...and the photographer hat gets hung up frequently because it can be SUPER stressful with these two crazy children.  Bottom-line...these pictures were just taken by a mom who helped her kids get ready for the first day of preschool :)

Halloween 2013!

This year we actually decorated for Halloween.  I'm ashamed to say that we haven't decorated the ENTIRE time we've been in Manhattan (I'm going to blame vet school....) The kids had a blast...especially when they got to throw spider rings at the cobwebs!

Allison and Brett both changed their minds at LEAST a hundred times as to what they wanted to be this year.  Fortunately, we had plenty of options in the dress-up stuff.  

Final choices:  Rapunzel and Sorcerer Mickey :)

Someday when we leave Manhattan, this is something I will truly, truly miss.  The world is a beautiful place!

This year, they also got to go to a school Halloween party.  This was great because Cole was still off of work, and we got to go on a breakfast date to a place called The Chef (very yummy food).  It was a good thing Allison and Brett got to go to a school party, because we had to be responsible parents and follow-through with a ..."if you don't start behaving, we won't go to the church Trunk-or-Treat."  I don't know who was more upset about this, us or the kiddos....at least they got to go Trick-or Treating for the first time around our neighborhood.