feels familiar

Mimi, 11-2010, age 4 1/2

Mimi, 11-2006, age 9 months.

It wasn't until I was taking the top picture that I realized how similar these outfits are.

Trick-Or-Treat Part Four: The 30th

Yes, there is more...


First, Baby laughing at the church party, a.k.a. Trunk-Or-Treat.
Then some carnival games. Mimi was so talented at eating a doughnut off of a string, it was a cake walk.
Speaking of a cake walk.
Trunk-or-treating.
Greg pulled out the Handy Manny costume again this year.
Mimi:"I wish candy was good for you body."
Me:"me too."

Trick-Or-Treat Part Three: The 28th

In our town they don't want trick-or-treating to interfere with any religious observances or football, so if Halloween falls on a weekend night, it's switched. For 3 years I've worried that we will be the only ones out trick-or-treating, but so far so good.

Trick-Or-Treat Part Two: School Parties

Indiana in the costume parade.

Mimi changed her mind the morning of her school Halloween party, so I whipped up some cat ears.

Baby C in Indiana's classroom.

Trick-Or-Treat Part One: The Costumes

First, Baby C as Yoda.

My wildly, talented sister knitted this darling Yoda hat for Baby C. We borrowed the robe from our kind neighbors.

Second, Mimi as a pink doggie and Indiana as Peter Parker.

Me:"What do you want to be for Halloween?"
Indiana:"Spider-man"
Me:"That's nice, but I don't like masks. what else would you like to be?"
Indiana:"Well, then, Peter Parker, before he was bit by a spider and became Spider-man "
Me:"Good idea"

What's this?

Indiana:"A feet rest-er"
__________

__________

Indiana:"I want to watch something kiddish"

Return of the Return of the Jedi shirt

UPDATE
To clarify...

Baby C, Fall 2010

Baby Indiana, Fall 2003

And I believe the shirt will live on and on, it's in such good shape for being 25+ years old.

Happy Halloween

Did you get it? Baby is a werewolf. Awooo!

Another Tornado!

It was actually way south of us, but still the tornado sirens were going off. And it was during school so Indiana got to have a tornado drill for the last little bit of the school day, i.e., sit on the safest wall with their heads down. (Well, it wasn't a drill--what is it called when it's the real thing? I guess 'emergency'?). Anyway, when I picked him up the wind was still whipping around and it was raining hard.

Indiana:"What did you do during the tornado?"
me:"We watched the news"
Indiana:"Did you check on my Lego's?"
__________

Isn't that a hilarious picture!? I was laughing crazy hard when I saw it! "This is not a drill"--HA! Genius!

Fear Factor

We toss Baby in the air a lot. The others kiddos wanted a piece of the action, but they are each in a different stage of fear.
Baby=fearless, Mimi=at times a little afraid, Indiana=totally realizing his mortality.
__________

Indiana:"So today we voted for student council."
Me:"Do you want to do that some day?"
Indiana:"No, I don't want to give up all my recesses!"
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Mimi:"The swing is going zig-zag!"
Me:"Do you want me to fix it?"
Indiana:"So that it will be a normal zag?"

Soccer

Mimi:"I'm so excited I could kick all day!"

Mimi being aggressive.

At the end of Mimi's games the parents and other adults form a tunnel and the players all run through it. It was SO cute!

Indiana enjoyed soccer way more then Baseball, I was still a nervous wreck throughout the game.

This day he played goalie and stopped the ball twice. I was impressed.

Stripes

Tiger's mom:"Nice pants"
Mimi:"They are made of stretch. Look!"
Tiger's mom and I *laughing*
Later
Tiger's mom(something like):"I want to see that on the blog"

DoneMimi teaching her friend Tiger how to play chess while wearing her stretch pants.