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Monday, November 02, 2009

Fast and Loose






Oscar ran into our room this morning, announcing excitedly that he had his first loose tooth. Seems like he's too little (even though many of his friends have already lost teeth), but I've seen it wiggling, so it must be true.

In other news, in the grand tradition of jinxed Halloweens, Oscar came down with a cough the night before and was unable to trick or treat with us (which I guess worked out alright since he was never sure about what he wanted to be), though he did beg to do our street and we relented.

Lily about stayed home too due to a wardrobe disagreement (namely we told her she had to wear a coat and she refused because it covered up her gown). Finally after some tears (Lily's), she agreed to our conditions: pictures-no coat, trick or treating-coat.

I finally finished Henry's costume, and not a moment too soon. I have to say, it's the most difficult I've attempted and I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, though Henry wasn't too thrilled with it (until it got cold, then he didn't mind so much). People who heard me complain all week about how stressed I was and how hard it was to make asked why I didn't just buy a costume. It all comes down to one thing: pride.

Looking forward to next year...

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pumpkinland




Ah, the annual pilgrimage to Pumpkinland. This time it was with Lily's preschool, and I was feeling sort of bad that Oscar's trip (their only field trip during the year too) had been cancelled twice due to bad weather. But lo and behold, who did we see there, but...Oscar. The first grade teachers had decided at the last minute to take them, and fun was had by all. 'Till next year.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Problem

My friend Teri had Oscar playing over at her house, and the boys were cleaning up the toy mess they had made. Teri asked Oscar, "Do you have this problem at your house too?" Oscar replied, "No. The problem with my house is there's no Wii."

Santa, are you listening?

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Leaves Are Falling All Around






Lois Lenski wrote and illustrated a great book, Now It's Fall and my favorite lines come to mind when I'm out and enjoying Fall, like this morning when we went to see the leaves in Provo Canyon.

Summer's over,
Now it's fall;
Just the nicest
Time of all.

Alright, so it isn't Robert Frost, but I love it. And I really do think Fall is the nicest time of all.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Crazy Hair Day

Today over hot chocolate:

Lily: Did you take a shower today?
Me: No.
Lily: You should have.
Me: Why?
Lily: Because you have crazy hair.

Though not always tactful, you always know where you stand with Lily.

Friday, October 02, 2009

Down on the Farm






Maybe I've just got babies on the brain, but I couldn't get enough of all the baby animals at Thanksgiving Point on Lily's preschool field trip this morning. Another highlight was the most affectionate cow I've ever seen who would lick anyone close enough. Lily was happy just to run around with her friends, but Henry, who has recently learned how to "moo" liked seeing all those animals in real life.