Jos the Builder

Josie has been getting really interested in building things lately. She loves stacking blocks to make towers, and one morning we found Josie building a whole town on the playroom slide. the video shows Josie and Jimmy playing with marble runs. The video is hilarious--watch Josie and Jimmy do a dance that shows their excitement as they watch the marbles go down the chutes. It's really cute.

A Few Halloween Pics . . . More to Come

Here are a few of our pics from yesterday . . . just to get them out there! I'll add more, and tell more, later. We had a very busy day, and by the end of the night we were all exhausted. We had a ton of fun, though . . .

Some explanation may be needed for Jim's costume, for those of you who don't have a toddler. Jim's DJ Lance Rock costume was by far the hottest. A driver pulled over at some point to ask excitedly if that's who Jim was, and many of the dads stopped Jim (one to say that Jim had stolen his costume idea). And little tykes along our route continually did a double take, then asked, "Yo Gabba?"

Pumpkin Update

Here is a link to several photos from Jimmy's school, including pix of him with the other kids who won prizes for their pumpkin designs. That's right: Jimmy got first place for his grade for his cupcake pumpkin! He was really excited . . .

Is It Wishlist Time Already?

Our gang's wishlists (links on the right) have been updated for the holiday season. You'll see mostly little things on the kids' lists . . . cheap little things! Josie just likes playing with her kitchen, but she'll be asking for a dollhouse from Santa that has inexpensive accessory items. Jimmy always wants a wooden Metra engine (the new version), but nobody makes it. Oh, well. Times are tough, of course--they'd be happy with a box of markers :-)

Carving Frenzy

We got our pumpkins done tonight. Jimmy had fun carving his own with really no help from us--he was done in a flash! Jim, of course, drew out a plan before carving as he always does, and his cool sunglass-wearing pumpkin has an "LK" carved into the back for Larry. I think my pumpkin was the best I've ever done, and I thank a book I saw at the store over the weekend, which had a picture for a "cannibal pumpkin" that Jimmy and I thought was really cool. So I gave it a try, and it turned out wonderful. Josie wasn't too thrilled to see the pumpkins, but she liked Jimmy's happy one . . .

Jimmy's Pumpkin for School

Jimmy came up with a list of ideas for his pumpkin contest at school, and decided he wanted to make the world's biggest cupcake. So here's his pumpkin. He rolled most of the clay, glued on the sprinkles, and helped crease the cupcake liner. I had to use the glue gun to attach the liner for him.