Achieving the impossible

Mission: To get Tim to cut his hair.




Problem: How to do it.




Solution: Bribe with latest video game.



Problem solved!!!
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. See Dave, you just didn't offer the right things!

This is Tim offering his "smart alec" smile. Terry is trying to tickle him to get him to smile.

Birthday Blitz!

Well, the Colemere Family wrapped up its birthday parties for the rest of the year so we can concentrate on celebrating the holidays! (I know, any excuse to party!). This bash represents September, October, November and December birthdays. Missed you Jason, Courtney, Maddie and Kennedy!
Here is the cute cake Natty made! By the way, here is her business blog http://cakesbynatalie.blogspot.com/

Here are my grand puppies! I am glad these guys bring their dogs with them like I take mine with me! Front left is Tiger (my dad and Sue's dog), then Rev (Rachelle and Ryan's dog), and in the back is Maximus (my mom's dog) They thought they were being tortured because we made them stay outside!

Here is Ryan playing sports with Trey and Xander.

Rachelle and Becca. Happy big 3----0 Rachelle! I mean Shella! :) (She is gonna hurt me for that one. Nice blur on the camera, Jaylene!) Becca is also turning 14. Where does the time go????

Becca, Kenyon and Topher.

My two men, Terry and Tim, who don't like their picture taken!

Ryan is so quiet, but he is so cute with the kids. He lets them play with all of the sports stuff.

I got Bren to smile, and pose!

I think this is a good pic of my mom.

This is a good pic of my dad and Sue. I am so proud of everyone, they get along really well!

Terry was making everyone laugh with one of his stories. He had gone to the grocery store, put the bags in the back of his truck, then proceeded to the car wash. He obviously wasn't thinking. Bags went flying everywhere when we went through the dryer! I caught everyone laughing. Ryan was just a little too quick!

Grandma Betty.

Natalie

Grandpa Clyde

Here is Peyton enjoying some soda. The kids weren't all sugared up or anything! I missed getting a pic of myself and one of Dexter. Also missing is Alex because the rockstar is on an uber tour and won't be home until December!!! Next time!!! Thanks to Rachelle and Ryan for hosting. It was fun!

p.s. as some of you may have noticed, I usually match the music to the post. This Linken Park song doesn't have anything in particular to do with this post, we just listened to them all the way to Wellsville and all the way back!

Day out at the Witches 2009

My family started a tradition a couple of years ago. It started with just the girls, but it has grown to include everyone now. We go see the Witches at Gardner Village. All of the shops set up their witches and they are so cute.



This was the Witchy-poo!

Here is the bakery's witch

Tim and Toph posing.

This is a witch coming in for a landing.

This witch is guiding her.

Here are my funny faced boys.

Again.

Still.

Cool haunted house.

This pic was so cute. My nephew Xander had been asleep in the stroller for a while and he finally woke up. Natalie was taking his picture here. He woke up in such a good mood, but he had been all warm and cozy in the stroller. So in this picture, he is shivering and his eyes haven't adjusted to the bright light, but he is still smiling!

Toph and his strawberry milk that we waited in line for 15 minutes to get (note: don't go on a Saturday, it was a MADHOUSE!!!!)

Once again, Tim upset that I am taking so many pictures!

Bribe them with strawberry milk!!!

I think this is a cute pic. I'll have to show it to them everytime they start fighting to remind them that they really do like each other! Once again, most of the pics are at Topher's direction, I am just the photographer!

Here we are at our first shop. After the day was over, I realized my mom didn't get in any of the photos! Next year!!!

Da gang!

Witch flying/riding her bike.

Witch in the boat.

These were only a few, there are just too many to take pics of!

These guys are so funny, always making faces.

Natty and her brood.

Shella and her brood.

Da girls!

Me and (half) my brood!

It was really fun, but stressful trying to navigate the crowd. Next year we are going to be smart about it and plan it on a weekday so that we can enjoy ourselves more!

Rounding off our crazy September is Tim's Climbing Higher Award. I am upset because his teacher didn't send anything home announcing he had received it. Tim didn't even know until he was called down. I was home, I could have been there in five minutes. This is the second time this has happened. The first was with Topher last year, although we will forgive his teacher because she was new. Tim's teacher, however is not and I am a little disappointed! Anyway, let's not take away from the awesomeness of the award! This photo was taken on the days of Reflections and the egg drop and we all know how much Tim loves getting his picture taken. By the time I took this one he was SO DONE. This is his matricidal face. Good job Tim!!!

Judge: "Why did you off your mom?"

Tim: "I couldn't take it anymore! The flashes, the flashes! I just couldn't hear 'Smile' one more time!!!"

Rest In Peace Rikki, Love Topher

Topher and Tim had a really sad day, but they are going to be okay. Thank you, everyone for your sweet comments, it helped the boys a lot. We had a little funeral for Rikki and here is her final resting place.
It is hard to see, but Topher wrote her name on her headstone. It was kind of wet, so it didn't turn out so dark, we will have to fix it today. He went outside and talked to her all day yesterday. Breaks my heart as a mom!

RIP Rikki

Last night Rikki died, Topher and Tim are devastated. Rest in Peace Rikki!

Reflections 2009

The Reflections 2009 theme is "Beauty is....." Tim wrote a poem. Some of the lines are "Beauty is Marvel vs. Capcom; Sonic and Silver.... you get the idea!

Topher did a 3D project. His is a boat out on the ocean. Good luck boys! (Do all 10 year olds hate getting their picture taken?)