well, i spent 6 hours neglecting my children to make costumes that were not as shiny as all the store-bought varieties, but my boys were happy and that’s all that matters! and the festival we went to was insane big and fun. awesome! it was about the size of the monticello fair. no joke. amazing.
so [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 31, 2007
trick or treat!
October 31, 2007
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
i’ve been a little busy, people. we’ve been carving pumpkins. and painting pumpkins – i’d have pictures, but they realized they could peel the paint off before i could snap some photos. the baby is no longer a slug – i can’t just set him somewhere and expect him to stay – so now i’m [...]
October 27, 2007
more baby updates
as of last night he’s actually trying to get up on his knees to crawl, although he’s perfected the military crawl so well that i have a hard time catching him when he gets determined to be somewhere. i’m to the new phase of chasing down every lego head and broken crayon that hits the [...]
October 26, 2007
letter to the family at walmart yesterday
dear parents,
i saw you in the check out line with 4 small children. your oldest looked just a year or two older than our oldest. and your youngest was just about a year older than our youngest. i noticed that your children were all so quiet. two of which were sitting so contentedly in the [...]
October 25, 2007
whilest there was no internet
remember these? i promised to put on faces and make their clothes actually stay on them somehow. finally:
my oldest asked for an anakin skywalker suit:
and with hood:
my 4 year old boy asked for a batman suit:
and for my girl a dress to match her own dress:
October 24, 2007
pushing daisies
lovin’ this show. from day one. it continues to get better. lovin’ it!
and then tonight they went on to sing a They Might Be Giants song. loyal fan to the end now.
you people better watch so it doesn’t go away. this show is so me.
October 24, 2007
i seriously just had this conversation
standing on the front porch:
2 yr old, while peeling pants off: i just pooped.
me: wait, wait! i’ll get wet wipes. don’t. move.
me, while cleaning up: is that all? are you sure? do you need to go to the potty?
2 yr old: that all. no.
2 minutes later while washing hands:
4 yr old to 6 yr old: hey! come [...]
