rhino

When you think of Mo, you think of a gigantic African animal, no?

Well her best friends have name her Rhino.  The other two are Termite and Cucumber.  There are others in the group called Rice, Lady and Fishy.

This Halloween she embraced her inner nickname and dressed up as a ...

new digs

Someone told me moving is the 3rd most stressful thing after the death of a loved one, and a divorce.  

I believe it.

There are still quite a few boxes, but we're in and living here.

We have more room, we have another bathroom, and I have an office (whoop whoop).  We are really excited.  A little overwhelmed, but excited.

Volume Up

After Mo has a "big" glass of water.

The Rolling Who?

Katie:  Kaleo is going to play in LA can we go?

Me:  When, where?

Katie:  They are opening for the Rolling Stones

Right, we are going to buy tickets to see the Rolling Stones ... so we can see their opener.

Good band, but we'll have to wait to see them when they come back on their own tour.

In the meantime here is Katie singing "No Good" by Kaleo at Rockshop Academy.

See other videos of her playing here.

This picture is

... misleading.

They are NOT best friends.  They tolerate each other.  Yes, sometimes they play fight, and that's actually pretty funny.  It's slow motion fighting.   I'll need to post that someday.

In the last few months Tobey has been peeing on Fitz's bed.  What a jerk.

We've purchased 5+ beds in recent months for Fitz.

I finally bought a waterproof bed and slipped it inside a Costco outside lining (he prefers the soft outside), and it's like Tobey knows.  He hasn't peed on the bed since.  Like I said ... what a jerk.

weekends are pretty much full of this...

And this ... 

Love watching them play sports.  It's easy to get swept up in the excitement of watching your kid play.  We try hard to keep it all in perspective.  I want KT and Mo to have sport in their lives.  I think it's important, and fun -- but, there is way more pressure on kids and families to play competitive sports then when we were young.

Fitz's first 5K

I just ran the fastest 5K I've ever run -- and I have my dog and my 10-year old to thank.

We ran in a benefit race for my good friend's sister's family.  

Mo was a rockstar.  She placed 4th overall for ALL female runners in the 5K.

Seriously impressed by Little last weekend.