Friday Yet?

It's been one of those weeks. The Kid decided to cut his own hair yesterday, I guess every kid does this at least once. (I know I did it, not only to myself, but to my baby sister as well.) Ever since Halloween, when he wore his knight hood for six days straight, he seems to have lost interest in his hard hat...the habit is broken!!!! But as he has worn it every day for a year, I almost don't recognize him without it. And I'll bet he wouldn't have thought of cutting his hair if he was still obsessed with his hard hat, because he NEVER took it off. Very weird to think that I'm missing him wearing it. The Baby's new favorite thing is playing Ring-Around-The-Rosy. He says: "Mama, Dadda, Up, Down, Uh-Oh, Bye-Bye, etc" Not a big talker so far, but that's OK. The Kid and I easily make up for The Baby and Justin's quietness. Yikes, I take that back...he just screamed bloody murder when I tried to feed him carrots. He recently considers veggies to be absolutly evil. Well, the weekend will come, I suppose, and with it, a whole new set of obligations. It's always a mixture of relief and dread to find Friday night upon me, because I can't say no to anything. Let's see...a school play, Justin is working on a wheelchair ramp all Saturday in Chelsea, a holiday craft fair/fundraiser, a birthday party, no wait, make that two birthday parties, a pie that needs to be baked, house that needs to be cleaned, shopping to do, etc, etc... Geez, maybe I wish it was Monday?

Whew

Wow, I was holding my breath for months! I don't remember caring about elections really, when I was little, but it was awesome to see all the kids hugging, screaming, laughing, crying and dancing when I dropped mine off at school on Wednesday morning. And even more awesome to realize that all these small people have a much brighter future now. Thank God.



Oh, I wanted to add some funny-kid-sayings, while I was thinking of them. The day back to school after Halloween, he came home saying "Gus had take-out GRAMP-PIRATE teeth!" It took me a minute to figure out what gramp-pirate teeth were. And today, we were rhyming words. Just stuff like Pop, Top, Bop, Stop. So, he asks "What rhymes with Taxi Cab?" I was like, "Hmmmm, I don't know". We played for a bit longer, then made lunch. He was kind of muttering to himself over his sandwich, and then he shouts, "MOM! Taxi-cab, MAXI-PAD!!!!"

Frosty Morning

Halloween Party

The party at Jim, Myra and Raven's was very cool. I had a hard time walking/dancing in my farthingale...but after seeing Jim's centaur costume, I felt like I shouldn't complain! Justin couldn't think of anything, so he pinned training pants and baby socks all over his clothes, frizzed up his hair, and went as Static Cling. Mom just borrowed my regular clothes for her disco outfit. We took the baby with us...thought he might be frightened, but he loved it. I wish I had taken more photos because there were so many great costumes. Plus the decorations were pretty awesome. Nice job you guys!

This is Raven's 2nd costume change. ....Everyone was a little freaked out at how gorgeous he looked.

Darn, I wish I had gotten his boots in this picture! Raven's 1st costume. Had amazing pointy, curled-up toe boots.

Myra and Jim. Holy costume insanity!

Jim changed into a sheriff after his back legs started to become painful for dancing...

Dad and Jo

Vampire couple of cuteness

Halloween Preview

And I had to add mine too...even though I still have to behead myself with makeup later on.

Home-made costumes! We had quite a time with The Baby's tail...it started out as only a foot long, but the material stretched as we stuffed it. He gets rather twisted up it it, which is pretty funny.

My Darlings

Pumpkins

Trying to get back on track with the photo uploading! Here are a few shots from The Kid's last field trip...in the rain.