Happy Halloween!

Halloween didn't go exactly as expected... Jack refused to wear the "had to have" spider costume that I was forced to acquire via competitive bidding on eBay. His first choice was Kate's tutu. His second (Thank you Aunt Kathie!) was a pair of skeleton pj's passed down from his cousins... maybe he'll be a spider next year?

And Kate... another story. Kate was to be a ladybug, however the key elements of her costume (her wings and her antennae) spent the entire day of Halloween out on the FedEx truck for delivery, and, as luck would have it, arrived on our doorstep exactly 25 minutes after we had departed to meet friends for trick or treating & a hay ride in their neighborhood. I could have dressed her in Jack's octopus costume from last year, but she looked way too cute in her tutu. So, she wore her black leotards, leggings and her red tutu. Most people were too polite to ask what she was supposed to be dressed as. And gosh was she cute!

I'm cute enough with out my wings...

Anyone home?

Kate's vocabulary currently consists of hiya, mama, dada, and duck. She may also be spending alot of time calling for her brother by screaming ACK at the top of her lungs - I really can't say if that is at all intentional. Anyway, she spends a lot of time talking on the phone. If she can't find the phone (like she has in this photo) she'll find anything similar and cradle it on her shoulder while she wanders around saying Hiya, Hiya, Hiya. She is very serious about this and if you dare take the phone from her, you will certainly hear about it.

If you get a call from her, you'll now know what to expect. :)

If you have a headache

This is how you can fix it. Jack told me when I picked him up today that he was sad; he had a headache. Once we got home, he launched himself down the hall with an unusual sense of urgency.

This is how he solved his problem.

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