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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:14:05 GMT

Yeah, I posted these pictures last year. But who wants to go looking through my archives to see them again? That's what I thought.

So. Last Halloween in review. We put Little Boy in an apron, gave him a handful of Sharpies, and let him have at his pumpkin.

He took it very seriously, as you can see--he always sticks out his tongue when he's concentrating.

And here's the two of us (Isaac didn't dress up). I was a pirate--argh!--and Little Boy was a clown. You can see a little bit of his costume at the bottom of the photo. No face paint for him--he hates gooey things.

This Halloween will probably be a lot like the last one. Light on candy, heavy on "scary" movies. Y'know, like "Ghostbusters" or "Casper". The really terrifying ones.

Oh, and we'll dress up. We have some...different...costumes planned for this year.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:39:49 GMT

Lately I've been noticing the fact that--duh--Little Boy isn't a baby anymore.

So I was being all nostalgic and looking at pictures from when he was a baby, and I found one from his very first Halloween. He was less than two months old. My mom made him a little orange hat with a green stem on it:

The little punkin. Of course, he couldn't be bothered to wake up for the picture.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:13:13 GMT

Little Boy has two items of clothing that he wears every single day. One is the little hat from his birthday, which I mentioned here.

The other is a pair of Lightning McQueen slippers that I got from a clothing swap at our church. I was going to hide them and save them for Christmas, but he saw me walk in the door with them [he was supposed to be in bed by then. Heh.].

He literally wears them from morning 'til night.

And if we accidentally leave them at Grandma's house, well...I'm sure you can imagine what happens.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:39:42 GMT

Guess what--these pictures are from yesterday. I know! Usually I'm blogging pictures from at least two weeks ago.

Anyway, Little Boy got to pick out a pumpkin from his grandma's garden yesterday. (Yesterday! Yes!) He had three choices:

[But before we pick, we have to stop for a little cheeeeese.]

Eenie, meenie, miney...

...moe! We have a winner!

He picked the one with the cool scars on it. Awesome. This pumpkin will be one scary jack-o-lantern.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:39:10 GMT

Little Boy: "I'm gonna purple comb my brown hair!"

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:38:42 GMT

Isaac: "Hey, crumb cruncher!"
Little Boy*: "I'm not a crumb cruncher! I'm three."

*Translated from toddlerese: "I'm nah a tum tunchah! I'm fuh-lee."

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:04:15 GMT

Our local grocery store hosted a Safety Fair a few days after Little Boy's birthday.

There was a fire truck.

A biiiiiiiig fire truck.

I thought maybe they'd let us take a few pictures of it.

But they let us go way beyond picture-taking--they let Little Boy get in the fire truck. And sit in the front seat. And look at all the cool gear and lights.

I don't know about you, but I've never sat in the front seat of a fire engine.

It was probably the best day of Little Boy's life.

They did not let Little Boy go up the ladder. Not that he wanted to--that was Isaac, actually. I got dizzy just looking up at it from the ground. [In fact, I'm getting a little dizzy looking at this picture. Yeesh.]

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:12:32 GMT

Sorry about the lack of posting. My grandparents were in town last week, and we were off adventuring.

So anyway, Little Boy had a birthday a few days ago. He's three [I know, right?].

Cupcakes = perfect size for little boys' hands.

He got his first balloon ever. He likes to run up and down the hallway with it, looking over his shoulder to watch it float behind him. He hasn't tripped yet.

And...there were presents. Including, but not limited to...

a little wooden train...

and trucks. Lots of trucks. Fire trucks and dump trucks. So many trucks. They're everywhere.

His grandma sent him the little hat he's wearing in that picture--it used to be Isaac's. He wears it all the time now. Pretty stinkin' cute, if you ask me.

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:17:13 GMT

Quote of the Day

Little Boy, as I walked into the living room: "Mom! I'm gonna duuuuuuuust!"

Monday, August 24, 2009

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:45:08 GMT

Little Boy's latest art project:

He loves trains. I mean, L-O-V-E-S them. And he doesn't even know who Thomas the Tank Engine is. Yet.

I'm afraid to expose him to Thomas because he may never eat or sleep again, after that.

Anyway, all we did was glue down paper rectangles and circles. (The alphabet magnets were his idea.) Two-year-olds are so easy to please.