Saturday, October 31, 2009

It's Halloween!

We carved the Great (little) Pumpkins with our friends on the front "lawn", while also chatting, playing baseball, eating pizza, playing catch, eating (lots of) pumpkin bread, and sipping hot cider. Then we finally convinced G to put on his costume (the dragon, not the bird) and went "visiting" in our court -- which turned quickly into "trick-or-treating". ;-)

Is it a bird? He was a bird on Thursday at Jil's House (day care), but today, he wouldn't put on his costume. As you will see, he decided to be something more exciting.

The other players...

Amanda

Solomon

and Renata.

And the parents, of course. We had the kids outnumbered, but there were still times I would find myself alone with them all, calling out "3 to 1!" to get some help. ;-)

The face paint was shared (Solomon was a Transformer, for those of you without a 5 year old)...

and used for painting pumpkin faces, too.

Finally, it was time to turn into a dragon...

Dragon's roar!

And they smile!

They are also known to give this look. :-)

Amanda transformed into the Cookie Monster, and they were ready to go!

They got the hang of it pretty darn quickly...




And they weren't even scared off by the skeleton!

But even after "visiting", there was more work to be done.

And here are the results: design on the left by Gabriel, on the right by Noelani

Sunday, October 18, 2009

It's Fall in the Great Pumpkin Patch

Photo's courtesy of my new fancy camera!

Which way should I go?

This way!

Sandboxes are out, CORNboxes are in!

My sweet Noelani

My curious (or is it skeptical?) G

His first pony ride...

He's a natural! ;-)

Saturday, October 17, 2009

What has G been up to?

I realized it has been a long time since I've posted any new pixs, so thought I'd try to catch up and show you what G has been up to...

Reading

Coloring (Navy cap courtesty of Uncle Tim!)


Bathing (and eating)

Boating

Hot tubbing (with Mama)

Playing football with his friends

Sliding

Running


Mugging

Visiting (with Liam)

Rolling downhill (with Mama)

Running in the lake


and kayaking (with Olivia)