Happy Halloween!

Moments before I was about to leave the house this morning I heard the distinct pitter patter of Linda's footsteps on the hardwood floors. She had woken up early and was making her way from her bedroom to the bathroom for an early morning tinkle. I snuck out of my bedroom just in time to see my 3 year old buck naked with her arms spread in the "pick me up" pose. After a few "what happened to you pajamas" type questions I realized that she couldn't figure out how pee without taking her one piece footie pajamas off.

After we were done in the bathroom, I wished her a Happy Halloween. She went from a mopey 1/2 asleep zombie to a full on tweaking junkie in about .5 seconds. "CANDY, HALLOWEEN, TRICK OR TREATING..." She almost didn't even have time to finish the first word as the next was ready to jump out of her mouth.

This should prove to be a fun day. The Phillies victory parade is today so there should be about a million and a half extra people in the city in a few hours. I am going to try and leave work early to see some of the celebration and then pick Linda up a bit early. Terry and Elizabeth promised to be home a bit early also so that we can enjoy the Trick or Treating a bit.

LOTS of new pictures to see on the Flickr page.

Black Eye

Monday was Elizabeth's first day in her new class. I guess those Gummy Bears can be pretty rough because she came home with a pretty nasty scratch under her eye. She is pretty physical when she plays; Linda Terry and I have all been tackled and jumped on, so I'm sure she can handle herself. Those older kids better watch out.

Things Kids Say

Sunday Morning while Linda was going to the bathroom after waking up:

Steve: Linda, hurry up and finish so we can wash your hands, go downstairs and have breakfast.
Linda: I just had breakfast, right out of my nose.

And yes, she was chewing on a booger.

Photos

Something is happening with the photos. They don't seem to be displaying correctly. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.

Halloween Costumes

Superwife answers the question, "What are the girls going to be for Halloween?"

Elizabeth is going to be Princess Leia since our trip to Puerto Rico really limited the use Linda was able to get out of it. Of course we haven't found it yet (I think it's in the back bedroom closet) or tried it on. But Henry and Ellie are having their annual Halloween party, so we've got to get it together by Saturday afternoon. I'm thinking of picking up some Yoda ears and brining Elizabeth to my office as my prop for our costume contest on Halloween. I bet she'd love to hold Steve's toy light saber.

Linda has requested a brown puppy costume with a purple leash. I've purchased the fabric (a nice chocolate velvet as I couldn't find any brown felt with much tooth in my 20 minutes on fabric row), but I'm still waiting for the patter to arrive (actually the pattern is for a leopard, cat, bunny, and bear, but I figure I can just adjust the bunny ears to be more rounded and use the cat/leopard tail). I guess if it's not here by tomorrow, I'm going to have to use some of Steve's trace paper and make my own pattern. Good help Linda! She wants Steve or I to be a "dog catcher" (now keep in mind she has no idea what a dog catcher actually does) and walk her on Halloween night. She better not crawl around on the sidewalk in that velvet costume if I ever get it made.

We'll take pictures on Saturday and post them (hopefully).

Why Can't Us?

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Birthday Party Photos

I just posted some of the photos from Elizabeth's birthday weekend to the Flickr page, go on over and have a look.

Elizabeth's Birthday Party Photos

I just got an email from MFMIL letting Superwife and I know we haven't posted anything to the blog in a while. Sometime I forget that people actually read this. I will upload the photos from Elizabeth's first birthday party sometime this weekend.

My apologies.

New / Old Pictures

I posted some "new" pictures to my Flickr page of Linda's first Halloween party. Click on over and have a look at Linda and her friends all dressed up.