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Air Fuzzies

Sarah — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:11:12 +0000

This morning, as I was brushing Carolyn’s hair, Anna was jumping from sunbeam to sunbeam in the hallway, clapping her hands as though to catch something in the air. She had a look of absolute delight on her face.

Me: Anna, what are you doing??
Anna: I’m trying to catch the air fuzzies!

I like “air fuzzies” much more than “dust motes”. It sounds less like I really need to vacuum. ;)

Raking Leaves

Sarah — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:39:02 +0000

It’s pretty easy to get the girls on board with raking leaves when there’s a promise of jumping in the big pile at the end!

And now the payoff:

Anna in the leaves.

A shower of leaves!

Leaves in her hair...

Leaves, leaves, everywhere!

Friday Photos

Sarah — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:33:33 +0000

(Yes, it’s a bit past Halloween, but since I featured Carolyn’s costume last week I thought it only fair to put up Anna’s pictures this week!)

Little Brown Puppy

Most serious puppy face ever. (Why yes, there is a tree growing out of her head!)

These ears are floppy!

Happy Halloween!

Sarah — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:41:59 +0000

We had a fun and busy day today! I didn’t realize that the Primary school parade would be going on right as I arrived to deliver treats for the class party, so Anna and I wound up being able to watch all the kids in their fabulous costumes. Turns out there were two mummies in Carolyn’s class, but she was pretty easy to pick out!

Which mummy is mine? The cute one!

Then we dashed home, went for a quick piano lesson, and dashed back home to await pizza and friends for trick-or-treating! We had a good time walking around the neighborhood with Joey & Nikki, and got much farther than we’ve ever gone by ourselves…which translated to a lot of candy!

Don't all mummies wear pink mary janes?!?

Jazzy Jack-o-Lanterns

Sarah — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:44:18 +0000

Anna had her school Halloween parade and party today. She was also the daily helper, and I volunteered to help out with the class activities for the morning. Exciting day!

Anna is the daily helper!

The class made jack-o-lantern costumes out of paper bags over the last couple of weeks, and these were what they wore for the parade.

Pumpkins on Parade!

They also sang a cute song (to the tune of Frere Jacques):

Jack-o-lanterns, jack-o-lanterns
Halloween, Halloween
See the bats flying, cold black cats are hiding
Ghosts go “BOO!”, ghosts go “BOO!”

Such a cute pumpkin!

Costumes, Costumes Everywhere!

Sarah — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:22:33 +0000

Anna wore her dog costume to library story time today:

Anna Puppy in the library.

And both girls dressed up for dance class this afternoon. Since their “real” costumes were either too hot or not done yet, we went simple and cool!

Carolyn was a cute black cat:

Kitty Carolyn. Meow!

And Anna was a ballerina bunny:

Ballerina Bunny hopping on the floor...

Pumpkin Picking

Sarah — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:47:43 +0000

Halloween is just two weeks away, so we needed to get some pumpkins!

We headed to a local farm market and parked in what must have been the last space available – everyone had the same idea for this drizzly Sunday morning.

Girls sitting amongst the pumpkins.

Pumpkin perfection. Where's the carving knife??

We checked out the pumpkins and walked through the tepees they had set up. Those were very cool, they were dark inside and there were dozens and dozens of carved jack-o-lanterns lining the walls of the biggest one.

Just a few of the amazing carved pumpkins.

We skipped the hay ride because it was cold and rainy, but it was very popular. Hopefully next year the weather will be better!

Anna's pumpkin is nearly as big as she is!

Carolyn really liked this little white pumpkin.

When all was said and done, we came home with three pumpkins, a half dozen pumpkin donuts, some cider, a butternut squash and Indian corn to hang on the door. What a fun way to spend the morning!

Friday Photos

Sarah — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:35:46 +0000

Carolyn in her snazzy seasonal outfit.

Anna is showing us the door decor: jack-o-lanterns and spiders!

Love the leaves. Love the season!

Sharing is Good

Sarah — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:15:40 +0000

Anna is so excited to have the “sharing bag” to bring to school today. Since the color of the month is orange, she has to bring in an orange mystery item for her classmates to guess. Her clues are:

1. You eat it.
2. It’s crunchy.
3. It grows in the ground.

Any guesses?

No?

It’s a carrot!

Also, she gets to be the “star helper” for the morning. Like I said, she’s excited!

Say "cheeeeeeeese!"

Friday Photos

Sarah — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:32:54 +0000

Signs of autumn: pumpkins, falling leaves, and orange shirts. My favorite season!

Morning dew on a pumpkin.

It's almost time to get out the rakes!

But look, there are still dandelions!