Happy Halloween!

Halloween Preview

We are sooo excited that it is Halloween. Sadie woke up this morning talking about candy. We'll be heading out for trick-or-treating a little later, but in the meantime I thought that I would post these photos from the Halloween parade at the kids' school on Friday.

We have a big painting of an owl (courtesy of my mother) in our dining room and, as a result, the kids have always liked owls. So for Halloween this year I made a snowy owl costume for Sadie and a barn owl costume for Jack.

Stay tuned for more Halloween photos...

Holiday Spirit

Sadie and Jack are INTO Halloween. They are thrilled by pumpkins, ghosts, bats, and all things Halloween. All this and I don't think they even know what trick-or-treating will bring. It looks like the holiday season is going to be very active this year in our household.

Joy of all Joys

Sadie and Jack got a special treat while I was away. J. took the kids to the Eagle Rock Street Music Festival and there was a fire truck there!

Good Hair

I've got admit that despite my dislike of skater kids, I am digging Jack's shaggy skater hair. It was not a look we were going for - I've simply had a hard time mustering up the energy to spend $32 to get the kids hair cuts, but I realized recently that Jack's hair is really working for him. He's, of course, naturally very good-looking, which helps when trying to pull-off the disheveled look. Looks like I'm going to get to hold on to my $32 for a little bit longer!

Big Kid Beds on hold

We've been going back and forth about whether to try to transition the kids out of the cribs and into beds. Jack's done some serious damage to his crib mattress, but the thought of trying to get the two of them to stay in beds until they fall asleep strikes terror in us. Bed time with twins is a unique experience. Every other parent of twins I've talked to has talked about the horrors of bedtime. Jack and Sadie are good sleepers, but they have their days. We've had a few experiences of naps not happening at all because they get each other going throwing all their blankets out of the bed or finding ways to crawl under the crib flat sheet (who knew that that was even possible?). So, at least for the short term, we're probably going to stick with cribs. Hopefully the courage to make the transition will come to us in the future.

Chalk Board & Fro Yo

I'm going to play catch-up and post some pictures from the last few weeks that did not make it up. During our brutal September heat wave my sweet tooth got the best of me and the only cool activity I could think of was to take the kids out for ice cream, so we headed over to Menchies Frozen Yogurt where they have fantastic flavors like Red Velvet and Chai Tea. Sadie insisted on eating green ice cream so the kids had green apple yogurt (I do not feel the need to explain the difference between ice cream and frozen yogurt to them). After their yogurts the kids discovered the giant chalk board on the wall and went to town. I ended up spending less than $5 and keeping the kids occupied for more than an hour, which is a pretty darn good ratio.

Reunited

After being away for 4 days, my longest stint yet, I'm back home with my beautiful children and amazing husband. J. was a super-dad taking care of the kids while I was in Maine. Here are Sadie and Jack this afternoon with their presents from downeast. We had a lovely afternoon reading every book we have that features a moose.