Supermom Chronicles
Sunday, November 23, 2008
I Yoda
We decided to go with a Star Wars Halloween theme this year. All the kids seem to be into Star Wars and were thrilled to dress up as these characters. If costumes weren't so darn expensive, I would have loved for John & I to be Darth & Queen Amadala, Faith to still be Princess Leia, Cole could have been Luke, and there's no denying who's the best Yoda in town.
Here we are at the beginning of the night participating in our friend's annual Halloween party and hay ride. I can't believe James actually let me apply green makeup all over his face without wiping it off. The only "defect" is his snot trail!
We purchased a really great Darth Vader costume for Cole, complete w/ gloves, mask and I even bought a light saber. This is the only 10 seconds of the whole night that he wore the mask or held the light saber. Oh well, they do play w/ the sabers a lot at home, so it's worth it.
Princess Leia and her father. It took 4 pictures before I finally convinced Darth to move the light saber away from his face so I could take a decent picture. Little stinker.
It was hard to get a picture of all 3 together. This was the best I could do.
Oohh, candy. Then he would say, "More? More?"
If you can guess my next-door-neighbor's costume, I'll give you bonus points. My slow Aggie brain didn't get it at first.
Here we are at the beginning of the night participating in our friend's annual Halloween party and hay ride. I can't believe James actually let me apply green makeup all over his face without wiping it off. The only "defect" is his snot trail!
We purchased a really great Darth Vader costume for Cole, complete w/ gloves, mask and I even bought a light saber. This is the only 10 seconds of the whole night that he wore the mask or held the light saber. Oh well, they do play w/ the sabers a lot at home, so it's worth it.
Princess Leia and her father. It took 4 pictures before I finally convinced Darth to move the light saber away from his face so I could take a decent picture. Little stinker.
James was a real trooper. He refused to be carried all night AND he insisted on carrying all his loot himself. I was impressed how well he kept up. Whenever we passed someone on the sidewalk he would tap his chest and say, "I Yoda!" He was a big hit with all the neighborhood. What cracked me up was when he went to the doorsteps to collect candy. After receiving his treat, he would wave and say, "Tank you. Bye bye. I love you."
It was hard to get a picture of all 3 together. This was the best I could do.
Oohh, candy. Then he would say, "More? More?"
THE SPOILS!! Cole & Faith wanted to change pretty immediately. James did not want to take his costume off until it was time for bed.
Yes, that is THREE lollipops he is working on at once. That is definitely his favorite candy.
Yes, that is THREE lollipops he is working on at once. That is definitely his favorite candy.
If you can guess my next-door-neighbor's costume, I'll give you bonus points. My slow Aggie brain didn't get it at first.
The day after... caught him giggling in front of the mirror w/ Leia's hair on.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Hello out there....
Uh, I've been busy. For 7 months. Yep, that's my excuse & I'm sticking to it.
We are doing fine. I truly do have much to say. So much happens in 7 months; where do I begin? I think I'll just post a few random cute pictures with simple comments. You know, easing back into blogging. Actually, I blame my friend, Zoe, partially. She is pregnant for the 1st time and lives in New Mexico. I am dying to see her pregnant. She sent me an email a few weeks ago saying that she was on Facebook, so I thought, "Great! I'll finally get to see pregnancy pictures of her!" But to view her Facebook profile, I had to sign onto Facebook myself. Well, the rest is history. Suffice it to say, I have found an amazing number of my old vet school buddies and got a bit distracted. I admit, I actually posted Halloween pictures on Facebook instead of this blog. I will try to blog again, and as Leah puts it, go to Facebook as a reward for blogging.
The furniture has upgraded in the boys' room over the summer. Just 1 month ago, James transitioned from his crib to a toddler bed. And for Cole's 4th birthday, John built him this loft bed. We had an extra crib mattress, so I decided to tuck it under the loft bed. Every night we put James down in his toddler bed on the other side of the room, but when we go to check on him later, he has moved to this spot. Apparently he really likes it under there.
This morning it got kinda quiet, so I walked around trying to find the boys (Faith was still sleeping). I walked past the staircase of couple of times before I looked up and saw these 3 just sitting there together, quietly.
Everyone's got a little Captain Morgan in them.
A little cool illusion -- this is a picture of James at the Southpark Meadows playscape looking through one of the tinted half-moons. That is a happy boy.
Cole in a good mood. Freeze this into your memories everyone. It doesn't happen often.
More to come...I'll try to post Halloween pictures VERY soon.
