Halloween Cookies

Now that Uncle Derek lives in Portland (he's a college student! Yeah!), he comes over for dinner every Sunday night. The kids are loving it, and by "it" I mean DEREK. He walks in the door and they swarm him. Liam wants to show him his new owwie and Isla wants to be picked up. He doesn't carry her with her legs wrapped around he waist, but the reverse. His right forearm grips her belly like a lobster pincer and her legs flop to and fro. She's big enough now that it looks sort of awkward, but you wouldn't know it from the expression on her face. She'll take what she can get from Derek and loves his attention, even if she's receiving the Heimlich.

Derek is so cute with them. He is like a hardshelled bug: Tough exterior, but squeeze him a little and he is nothing but soft goo. Last Sunday we decorated Halloween cookies together and ate the spoils in record time. Here are a few pictures from the night...