"I'm a Big Brother?"

The shirt says it all...I think?

More playing...

And let's not forget Charlotte...now 5 months old!

Concert...

Thought I'd show my loyalty to the symphony by getting the word out about our concert this Saturday and since my lovely sister already wrote up a little invitation for the deal (thanks, Bek!), I'll just insert it here:

Dear Students and Family (and Friends),

Symphony of the Southwest (formerly The Mesa Symphony) is having a concert this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. featuring two winners of a local and international piano competition. It will be an exciting and beautiful concert in an amazing performance hall at the Mesa Arts Center. If you would like to attend and receive 50% off your admission ticket, use this promo code: MSO-ORCH-51. I believe the code will work online or at the door, but I'm not sure, this being my first season with the orchestra. Hope some of you can make it!

-- Bekki Lyman

Seriously though, for any of you even remotely interested in a night of culture, this is the event for you! And I don't say so just to get you to my concert (last chair...remember!), but the Beethoven and Chopin piano concertos are AMAZING! Take advantage of the 50% off! This is what it's for. Here's the website for more info. on the concert. http://www.mesasymphony.org/

Halloween Hangover

Well, it's been one of those "8 AM time-out" days (see Joni's blog) and I'm not sure if it's because of the sudden influx of sugar in their diets, the 5:30 AM wake up call (Ellie's idea), the spur of the moment decision to potty train (ran out of diapers) or simply that I'm a bad mom who on days like these just wants to throw in the towel, put on a show for the kids and sit down to some blogging. I'm not ready to admit to the latter just yet, so we'll just go with any of the former justifications. At any rate, the kids have been sat down to a show and I'm ready to blog! Here are some fun Halloween pictures from last night.

Jonah was an "Injun" (Ninja) turtle...

Ellie, a princess...

And Charlotte, Little Red Riding Hood. Halloween photo shoot with some of the Allred girl cousins. I think the fairy theme was a popular one this year.

Faith and Ellie being cute...

Luke and Jonah being cute...

The loot...and yes, those are full-sized candybars!