A witchy, blue monster-y Halloween!

So our self-proclaimed "scary little witch" and "happy blue monster" officially celebrated their first Halloween together! The weather was picture perfect for Hallow's eve; a bit blustery, with the most perfect, eerie, whispy clouds creeping in front of a full Harvest moon all night long. Add some obligatory werewolf sounds in the distance, and a few stray black cats, and it would have been the perfect backdrop for just about any (80's) Hollywood horror flick.


Scary little witch scored some excellent candy loot and was sure to "please take one for her brother too?" at every single stop. (Because Charleston chews & Starbursts are definitely what a toothless, gummy, 4-month old blue monster needs, right?)
Little blue monster fell asleep in the stroller about 1/2 way around the block, but scary little witch was a trooper and did the entire circle PLUS all side streets too.
Upon arriving back home, (where Nana & Grampy had been filling the important role of candy-giver-outers), blue monster had a nice big bottle and fell right to sleep, and witch followed suit about 30 minutes later.
All in all, a successful Halloween and the perfect, New England fall backdrop of an evening. Happy Halloween everyone!

Gavin: meet formula. Boobs: meet freedom.

Scary thought of the week:

Jeff & I have officially become "those people" who yell & angrily pump our fists at high school kids driving "too damn fast" in the neighborhood when our kiddos are riding their bikes... Wow, we are literally turning into Jayne & Larry, YIKES.

Earlips...?

A: "Momma, I would really like a new pair of earrings to put in my earlips."
Me: (chuckling), "What in the heck is an earlip?!"
A: (pulling on her earLOBE), "You know Momma, this thing, your earlip."

Little moments like these remind me that even though she's 4, she is still so little! :-)

When all else fails: random afternoon photo shoot in Gav's room!

Rub-a-dub-dub, 2 floating thingies in the tub?

So we thought that tonight might be a good night to attempt this whole assembly-line style tubby routine and do BOTH kiddos at once. On paper, the idea is awesome-- no having to fill up the tub twice, everyone gets clean at the same time (and thus earlier bedtimes), and good ol' fashioned bonding time for our kiddos. That was, until Ava exclaimed in a very disgruntled manner:

"Ewwwwwwww Mommmmmmm, Gav just peed in the air and it got all over me! Gross!!!!"

followed a few minutes later with:

"What are those two floaty thingies underneath Gavin's noodle? Are those floating balls?? How come I don't have any?"

In conclusion, joint tubbies have been discontinued until further notice. Thank you, and have a great day.


Right after the peeing incident-- look at Ava's disgusted face!


Right after her discovery of aforementioned "floating ball thingies" - again, look at her face:


Gav's just taking it all in- he loves it!

And she's off!

Well, one of the best things about turning 4 is getting a brand spankin' new, pink & purple, Disney Princess big-girl bike, (complete with sparkly streamers and cool bell) from your Nana & Grampy! We thought for sure that the first time out would inevitably end with cuts, scrapes, bruises, tears, and at least 4 Hello Kitty band-aids.
As it turns out, she's a fearless pro with an amazing center of gravity. Not one fall whatsoever, and man is she fast! When all was said and done, the only tears shed were mine, in the realization that the next set of wheels she takes out for a spin won't require a helmet or a Barbie water bottle...