well..

move well and eat well (MWEW) is going ... well. i'm about 3 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight, and my goal was to lose all of it by the end of 2011. it will work if i keep on adding more work outs to the week. i'm still feeling some pain on the left side of my body, but i'm also noticing that i'm gaining some strength and it is not the ONLY thing i think of while working out. which is great. i love swimming, but it's getting cold and i don't really want to be stuck doing it every time i exercise. we'll see. though!

halloween is tomorrow. i have 4 kids, two are definitely going to be super heroes. the other two i'm not sure what they are going to be. trick o' treat night here is on halloween and i STILL don't know whata they all are going to be yet. ak! how dreadful. i think #3 will be a super hero as well (a more -home-made version though), and then the babe might be a polar bear. this is the same outfit you can see on kid #1 here.

cheers! so sorry i took about 2 m to write in this thing. for those who have blogs and i pester you about not writing on them... sorry. forgive my high expectations for you, and not myself. :/ we'll see if i'll be inspired to boost this blog up or shut it down. (yes, i'm wondering about ditching this entirely)

in case you're wondering if i still take pictures... here is a sampling of what i've been doing... or at least the kids ;)

 brother love (#3 and #4 are almost always like this if i let 'em)

 red target balls are *so* fun to climb on

 #1's first day of school. (both are wearing backpacks...)

 this lil' ham is really into playing with golf balls

 my first niece turned 5!

 my second niece turned 1 (i was taking this photo to emphasize the size of cake/her head, she was a bit tired and also a bit unenthused. oh well!)

 the three oldests. so cute!

 kid #2 wearing dad's helmet. kid #3 ... does this every time i say cheese.

 raspberry farms!

 every time i say cheese (apple thief!)

the result of our apple picking. 1/2 of this is still in our fridge. it will probably not make it to our bellies. we're not as into pies as i thought (good this i only made one... though not nearly as good as my aunt's apple pies)