The kids are excited about Halloween. We have been watching all of the Halloween cartoons this week and carved pumpkins. Amelia insisted on a kitty pumpkin. I thought they would be too young to care about trick or treating, but they love their costumes, love showing them off, love their pumpkin buckets, and they somehow figured out that candy would be involved. Yesterday I said the word "trick or treating" and Amelia shouted "Candy!" So yes, we are going, but only to a few of the neighbors.
Click here to see the rest of our fall and Halloween pictures. I'm sure there will be more pics taken tonight!
The past week has been challenging. Evan and Amelia are in the process of perfecting their 'tudes and fighting skillz. Amelia likes to steal whatever toy Evan has, pull him by the arm, and push him down. But don't feel sorry for Evan, he will quietly sneak up on Amelia and sit on her so she cannot escape.
As we speak, they are both standing on top of their little play table. The word "down" makes them giggle.
They both know what time-out is and will tell me "time-out" after I've told them a few times to stop being bad and they don't.
But with the bad comes good. The best. They are so full of life, talking, saying the alphabet, counting, telling me what they want to watch on TV. This morning Amelia started counting like The Count. Two, ah, ah, ah. They are so much fun.
Yesterday they told me they wanted to see the elephants and tigers, so we stopped by the zoo in Tacoma quick after some errands (we have a membership), just for a half hour to see the elephants and tigers, which are right next to each other (very small zoo). Evan tried to eat a goat pellet. Amelia now says "meercats". Two peacocks followed us to the van and ate crumbs off of the van floor. On the way home I watched Evan in the mirror balance Pringles on his head. What a great day!
Here are a couple of videos that I absolutely love. I got them new slippers and baby dolls. Evan has a boy baby doll because when I showed it to him in the store, he kissed it. How could I not?
I got lots of pictures of them hugging characters, but I'm glad that during the chaos I remembered to take a video. Unfortunately, I have none of Evan. They both gave hugs and high fives to Elmo, Mickey, Tigger, and Pooh. (Elmo pic to come because we had to buy the picture. Disney rocks.)
Well, I haven't had time to upload all the videos, but here are a couple. Please ignore the annoying mom in the background. The audience was in tears over the beauty of the Shamu show. I was in tears 'cause I felt sorry for those poor orcas in captivity. I guess that subject is for another blog!
I've been busy- I had to take the kids to pre-school today, take the ferry to Seattle to take Evan to Children's for his pre-op exam, then drive back because the ferry times didn't work out. Then I fed the kids dinner and took them out on a "nighttime" walk (6pm) to see the 'hoods Halloween decorations and play with the plastic spiders on our porch. Time for bed!
I should note that the kids still talk about Shamu everyday, as well as the sharks they saw. We bought Amelia a stuffed Shamu and Evan a stuffed shark (not real ones) and they insist on bringing them with everywhere we go.
We're back from yet another adventure. I can't tell you how tired I am! If my eyes get any puffier, I'm going to have to get me some Hershey bars and graham crackers and eat them.
The kids absolutely loved meeting, hugging, and giving Hi-5's to Elmo, Mickey, Pooh, and Tigger. They loved all of the rides. Dumbo, the teacups, and of course, "It's a small world, after all, it's a small world after all,...etc, etc, repeat, repeat.)
The mornings here have been beautiful. Next week rain is forecast every day, so it's a good thing we are going on vacation to Southern California! I'm glad I figured out how to post pictures from my phone to the blog, so I can update you on all the fun they are having! Hopefully we will hit Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, and Disneyland. That is, if we aren't completely exhausted. The main goal is family time, anyway, since the kids couldn't do summertime fun with Daddy.
