"Rock and Roll"
The only thing on Superman's wish list this year, that I didn't get for him, was a guitar, just like his Dad's. Somehow my brother and his wife knew this from 2000 miles away and got it for him. Here he plays with Greg while Mimi dances. See her little twist?
"Can I lick it and see if it's delicious?"
We went sledding 5 times this week. I'm so glad we have a yard with a pretty good slope, so I don't have to drive anywhere. It makes me think of sledding in my neighbor's yard in NJ.
These guys are so cheesy. The totally posed for this picture.
Mimi really wanted to wear this instead of a real hat.
Superman is front and center for Jiggle Bells. 3 feet in front of the other children. He does NOT take after me in that way.
Mimi is in the middle, (if you click on the picture, you will get a close up and you will see her in the BACK, not the front) the lighting is terrible. She also loved being on stage. Our ward did the nativity with ALL 30+ nursery children. It was adorable. Mimi was among the very youngest, dressed as angels. I could never have imagined how cute this would be, so I never would have thought of doing this. I was recently released as the Primary President, our current one and nursery leader are much more creative.
The kids with Santa. She liked him much better this year. See that kiss? Here is last year's picture as a reference. Mimi calls Santa "noman" (snowman), Superman used to call him "the gentleman". I kind-of don't feel like correcting them, it's so cute. 
How unfair is it that they grow so fast?
I was hurrying to get Superman from school, I ran out of the house, rushed to the car, put Mimi in and then quickly sprinted to my side of the car and started to climb in. Just at that point I heard a noise I've never heard before--a gobble--a real one, not the fake one I've said since pre-school. I turned to see where the noise was coming from, there was a rafter of wild turkeys. I stood there in shock. The men working on the house across the street (also standing in shock) asked me if this happens often, I somehow was able to say "never". I was frozen, I'm such a city-girl, (even though I grew up with deer in my back yard in NJ) I had been on that side of the car, and just 10 feet from those crazy birds. This blog post popped in my mind and the need to share this bizarre New England moment overcame my fear of being pecked and being late to pick up Superman. I somehow got the camera.
Superman likes any kind of glasses. He wore these 3-D glasses ALL day, to EVERY store! The bank, the bookstore, the post office, etc. Most people took a close look and some people asked if he was going skiing, yeah, I didn't get that one either.
Mimi loves putting stuff on her head-food, wallets, hats, and balloons. I have been practicing balloon sculpture for the upcoming birthday parties, and this was my first attempt at a hat. Mimi wore it most of the afternoon.
But there is nothing my kids like more then wrestling.
Before my sisters left, we visited Salem. Here's the memorial to the people who were accused of being witches. There is a bench for each person, with his or her name, and how and when they were killed. It turns out it's only 20 people, which doesn't seem like much, but when you consider the population was probably only a few hundred people, 20 was a big percentage of the town.
"Woooooo!"
The house of the 7 gables. Nathanial Hawthorn wrote a book that took place here. He never lived here, but his cousin did. Actually it had 7 gables, then someone took most of them down, and Nathanial never saw all 7 of them. Later some rich person built them up again. Now it's part of the tourist-ity that is Salem.
My sisters came to visit and we have done a lot of fun things. We went for a African American History walking tour of Beacon Hill on Saturday. It's very cool to hear about what went on the in the lives of early Boston settlers and especially those who had fight against extra struggles. It would have been even better if Mimi wasn't freezing and sad. But we did find this cool eggplant .
Below the eggplant was this door way, I guess people were shorter when this building was built, and now this is what is said when someone tries to enter with out ducking.
Mimi cheered up once we got to the North End and saw these cup cakes. And some pictures of the the Pillsbury Dough Boy-she calls him "Baby".
Today is Greg's birthday, he says this will be a great year!
Superman didn't want a whole suit, just jeans and a t-shirt (just like me). And I didn't want him to wear red underpants on the outside:) Good thing it was a warmish night or he would have had to wear a coat and then if all you saw were his pant legs, you would have NO idea what he was.
Mimi getting down to the Halloween music. Can you see her tiny antenna?
