Halloween pictures a month late.

I've been blogging from elsewhere lately and haven't had access to my photos. I was just browsing the blog and realized I didn't do a halloween post. So here are some of the more memorable photos:

	William and Mary Grace posing in their costumes just before we left for a trick or treating adventure! William is Curious George and Mary Grace is Princess Arial
	The Princesses; Catherine is Cinderella
	First trick or treat stop at Damien and Annette's house.
	And a photo of all the little trick or treaters.
	Curious George enjoying the fruits of his labor!

The Princess and the Silly Prince

Mary Grace took her stuffed fabric letters out as she does periodically and we spelled "princess" together. I told her how to spell it and she picked each letter and laid it down on the floor. Yes, we were short one "s". Once she was all done and sitting there as cute as could be, I had to snap a picture! I love the way she put some letters down backwards!

Conversely, William decided to take off his pajamas and run around the house in his diaper and snow boots. The funnier thing about this photo was that he was saying "I want to go outside", as if he expected he could go play in the snow so long as he had his snow boots on. :)

And finally a loving picture of mommy, Mary Grace and William.

Pakasil:

The word that William says for Popsicle.

Our wonderful kids

Mary Grace got in trouble tonight for turning the TV back on after it was turned off because it was bedtime. William got in trouble like 50 times, so I'm not even going to start going through them. But at bedtime, I offered to sing William two christmas songs in place of the normal Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkle Twinkle. HE LOVED IT. He laid there with a big smile on his face, staring off into the distance. I swear he had visions of sugar plums dancing through his head.

So I sang the songs to Mary Grace too. She started to get really excited for Christmas and promised that she was going to make up a new song and sing it for us on Christmas day. The title: "Christmas Snow Is Cold". As I walked past her room to go downstairs to watch TV, I heard her experimenting with the lyrics. Our little performer.

Mary Grace and William's first movie!

This past Saturday, Mommy was working so I had the idea to take the kids to the theater to see Madagascar 2. The kids loved the first one for a long time until someone played with the DVD and scratched it up.

I looked up the information online and there was a 10:20am matinee showing, score. Also called Eric (neighbor from down the street) and we decided to meet there with his two girls, Clementine and Adelade.

So, we get there and buy the tickets and gave them to the kids and said DON'T LOSE THESE! So we get to the ticket-taker and the kids gave them to her and it turns out that I lost my ticket! Found it on the floor and moved to the next hurdle.

As you might expect, the theater was nearly empty. We found a good spot and settled in. The kids were instantly hyponitized by the big screen as they watched the previews. When the lights dimmed for the feature presentation, the both got a litle anxious, but when they saw the clouds clip for Dreamworks Studios, the anxiety switched to excitement.

An hour and a half later, the movie was done. The kids did surprisingly well. William got a little fidgety towards the end. They chowed down two candy necklaces, sippy cups with apple juice, a snack-trap full of goldfish crackers and William had a LOT of popcorn.

It was a good experience, but nervous dad didn't really get to enjoy the movie. I was focused on the kids and making sure they were ok, needs were met, etc. We'll catch it on video soon so Mommy can enjoy it too.

Fun With Leaves

A little something I like to call "Creative Leaf Un-Raking".



They loved it. Played over and over until it started raining.

The age of figuring things out?

Last night we were all watching the new "Dora Saves The Ice Princess" movie premier (you HAVE to see it, it's so awesome!) and in one scene, Dora and her friends all need to use magic to jump into a book to help the Ice Princess.

A little while later, Swiper the Fox appears and tries to steal a magic pendant. Anne, William and I were ok with this, but a very observant Mary Grace says "Haaay! How did Swiper get into the book?" (he wasn't one of the friends that jumped into the book)

It's strange how when the kids were infants, every single thing they did was a major developmental milestone (rolling over, sucking thumb, even sleeping for X hours at a time), but now that the kids are getting bigger, they exhibit strong reasoning skills like what Mary Grace did, and we hardly notice.