I wasn't joking when I said this is how we pass our time!
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I wasn't joking when I said this is how we pass our time!
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This is what we do to pass the time while Anna & Sarah are at school! He can solve most of the puzzles we have up to 36 pieces with very little guidance from me now (partly because we've done them so much, but I'd like to note that he amazes me because he does not get frustrated when a piece doesn't go where he initially thought it would, he just sets it aside and tries a new one).
I am pretty sure I have a similar picture of each of the girls with this puzzle... I will have to go search and compare.
Craig looks like he thinks he gets to eat some of this candy, too.
Organizing.
The kids did great trick-or-treating this year! Henry started saying "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" at the doors so the girls quickly copied him (isn't this supposed to be the reverse???). Henry made it a lot farther around the block than I ever thought he would but Craig & Henry did go home before the girls & I finished. I was truly surprised though when both Sarah & Anna continued to say "trick-or-treat" and "thank you, Happy Halloween" at each door. This was a major breakthrough for Anna to talk to complete strangers! Before tonight, the girls couldn't comprehend how they would end up with "too much" candy but they definitely understand now.
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He can now climb up the ladder without giving me a heart attack.
He finally tried on his Cookie Monster costume (he picked it out but got scared of it when it was time to try it on a few days ago).
Dress rehearsal at the neighbor's door for tomorrow night.
I had the girls throw on their costumes, too, just in case Henry doesn't go for it tomorrow!
Yes, there was candy involved!
Since things went so well at the pumpkin patch we went to the little airport for lunch afterwards just like last year (I guess that means it's an annual tradition now?).
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Last year we bought and carved our pumpkins too early and they rotted on the front porch in the heat before Halloween. I braved the patch without Craig this year and the kids were fantastic. (I guess they are all growing up!)
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Sarah, Sarah, quite contrary! She wanted to be part of it but, well, you can see she didn't want to make it too easy!
They were excited when the train passed by (but it was too loud for Sarah: note she is covering her ears).
We went to Old Town Spring today to see how I liked it for portraits next week for a client; I wish Henry hadn't been so grumpy so we could have gotten some with all three kids! Maybe next time.
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Anita sent this fun cupcake kit down and it was a hit!
Sarah wanted to check out my witch costume from last year. Henry did not want to try it on.
Anna is the "snow princess" all in white. She was thrilled that the other girls knew what she was just by looking at her (I wouldn't have known!).
Henry & his friend that he plays with while the big sisters are in dance (Henry was in Kindermusik last fall with this little girl!).
Sarah loved that she got to wear her costume to dance today!
Sarah is in the background painting a pumpkin while Anna & E. put on a performance. (We had E's family over for dinner since it has finally started to cool off a bit around here!)
Anna and Sarah love to dress alike although that is something that I would never set out to do. Here they are matching right down to the sticker on the right leg and, as you can plainly see, there is absolutely no way for anyone to tell them apart.