Goodness gracious is this girl funny.
Today we were looking at a flap book together. Caroline pointed to an ostrich with two eggs and asked me if I knew what was in the eggs. I thought I would be funny and say, a monkey! She opened the flap and said, "Two sausages!" "Caroline, do you mean two ostriches????"
The other day Evan was home with the girls and had the Monterey Pop Festival on the TV as background noise. (music festival from 1967) He walked out of the room to grab something to drink and when he came back in he saw Caroline staring intently at the screen while Janis Joplin makes her premiere. He asked her, "Caroline are you watching her sing?" "No Daddy. She is not singing. She is screaming!"
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Friday, November 17, 2017
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Happy Birthday to Butters!
This old dog just turned 9! Unfortunately her birthday is on Halloween which means she spends most of her time in the bathroom whenever the doorbell rings and that she also doesn't get a walk. I think all of the people dressed up with masks on would make her go nuts.
The kids sang her 'Happy Birthday' before we left the house that day and I'd like to think she took some really long naps and enjoyed the peace and quiet. Sounds like a great birthday to me!
The kids sang her 'Happy Birthday' before we left the house that day and I'd like to think she took some really long naps and enjoyed the peace and quiet. Sounds like a great birthday to me!
Happy Halloween!
Our Halloween was a quiet one this year. We skipped the Children's museum and the library. We tried to keep it as low key as possible.
We did go with cousins to a Halloween party a couple of weeks before the holiday.
We also went to our church's Trunk or Treat event the week before.
The weekend before I took just Liam over to ISU for Tune or Treat. The strings students decorate the music hall (which is in a spooky castle) with spider webs and bats and then play music throughout the building. The kids have a code that they are trying to figure out and with each musician they would be given a letter to write on their sheet. It was pretty cool. They even allowed the kids to play a cello and violin at the end. After that we went over to a small Halloween carnival also at ISU which was ok but would have been a bit better for Caroline's age group. It was fun to just have a little time with Liam on our own.
On the actual day we went to Evan's work for a little party for the kids and then out trick or treating in our neighborhood. The kids had fun but Lucy was pretty cold. And Caroline wouldn't talk to anyone. After about 30 minutes I decided to take the girls home and Evan took Liam out more with the boy who lives a couple doors down from us. Evan said they had a lot of fun together.
This holiday is still one of Liam's favorites. He loves to go to the Halloween stores in town and check out all the creepy stuff. He had a hard time picking out an outfit this year though. He was trying to pick something really scary but I told him he had to dial it down a notch. So he decided on a skeleton. He wasn't too happy with me when I told him that for the church events he couldn't wear his mask, so when the actual day came around he was determined to wear his mask. He wore it for about 2 blocks before taking it off since he couldn't see anything. (just like his parents said)
Caroline was talked into being a tooth fairy and then changed her mind to Queen Elsa. Of course.
Since Lucy can't talk yet I decided to have her be the tooth fairy instead. She was super cute.
Pumpkin carving was an Evan activity this year. (I think I was making cookies) The kids drew what they wanted their pumpkin to look like and then Evan carved it for them. They were ecstatic once they saw the finished jack o'lanterns. Evan also carved one for himself.
We did go with cousins to a Halloween party a couple of weeks before the holiday.
We also went to our church's Trunk or Treat event the week before.
The weekend before I took just Liam over to ISU for Tune or Treat. The strings students decorate the music hall (which is in a spooky castle) with spider webs and bats and then play music throughout the building. The kids have a code that they are trying to figure out and with each musician they would be given a letter to write on their sheet. It was pretty cool. They even allowed the kids to play a cello and violin at the end. After that we went over to a small Halloween carnival also at ISU which was ok but would have been a bit better for Caroline's age group. It was fun to just have a little time with Liam on our own.
On the actual day we went to Evan's work for a little party for the kids and then out trick or treating in our neighborhood. The kids had fun but Lucy was pretty cold. And Caroline wouldn't talk to anyone. After about 30 minutes I decided to take the girls home and Evan took Liam out more with the boy who lives a couple doors down from us. Evan said they had a lot of fun together.
This holiday is still one of Liam's favorites. He loves to go to the Halloween stores in town and check out all the creepy stuff. He had a hard time picking out an outfit this year though. He was trying to pick something really scary but I told him he had to dial it down a notch. So he decided on a skeleton. He wasn't too happy with me when I told him that for the church events he couldn't wear his mask, so when the actual day came around he was determined to wear his mask. He wore it for about 2 blocks before taking it off since he couldn't see anything. (just like his parents said)
Caroline was talked into being a tooth fairy and then changed her mind to Queen Elsa. Of course.
Since Lucy can't talk yet I decided to have her be the tooth fairy instead. She was super cute.
Pumpkin carving was an Evan activity this year. (I think I was making cookies) The kids drew what they wanted their pumpkin to look like and then Evan carved it for them. They were ecstatic once they saw the finished jack o'lanterns. Evan also carved one for himself.
These three sure do keep us busy!
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