Carving Pumpkins

"Cheese!"

Preschool Halloween Program

Noah's preschool had a Halloween program on Thursday. The kids dressed up and each class sang three songs and then did a few together as a group. This is our first performance and it was really cute. Our little firefighter doesn't seem to be a born performer so he may have to find a future career that is not on the stage.

After the program we hit our favorite casual restaurant for a family lunch. While we were there Micah scaled the shelves you can see in the background and launched a bottle of olive oil that shattered. I was very thankful that I did not have to clean up that mess, but did say thank you to the poor kid who did many times.

Little Artists

Mess

This afternoon we were homebound again as a wind and rain storm raged on outside. The boys had taken great naps and we headed down to the basement to play. I thought to myself "hey if the boys play as well as they did yesterday maybe I'll watch a little of Oprah or read the new Harvard magazine". Well the universe was laughing at that one and sent me a message saying "Hey lady, are you nuts? Where you have been the last 3 1/2 years!?"

I went upstairs for 5 minutes maximum to gather up a load of laundry and as I carried it down to the basement this is what I found:

Let me just say, that I take full responsibility for playing with fire by leaving the paper shredder full because I was too lazy to empty it for about two weeks. However, it was somewhat out of sight. Not for little Micah, our Curious George. Also, these photos don't do the real mess justice as there were literally thousands of shreds of paper all mixed in with game and puzzle pieces.

Noah was a little saint and helped picked up by separating all the game and puzzle pieces so I could just go to town vacuuming. He said, "Mom, I just want to help keep our house nice." Me too buddy, me too.

Shawn literally bought a shop vac last weekend. Thank God for that. Without it I have a feeling some serious bitterness would have set in as I swept away.

I'm still chuckling a bit about how I planned to spend part my afternoon firmly planted on the couch. Ha!

Rainy Day

It has rained nearly all day and night, so the boys and I spent a lot more time than we are used to indoors. We did venture out to get Micah a haircut and pick out a few new books at the library, but today was a reminder of what the winter will have in store for us. Lots of time inside. Kind of scary for me, not because today didn't go well, it did, but because it takes a lot more creativity and patience on my part. The boys didn't need any of my creative ideas today though. They were full of ways to keep each other laughing.

Here they are in their "boats".

They moved the boats into Noah's rug because it was more comfortable for crashing and smashing around. Every tip led to nonstop giggles.

This afternoon Noah set up Thomas with several coaches. First the boys hauled books to the new library and then puzzles to the children's museum.

They found that two engineers on Thomas was a little too cozy. :)

Ladder

Shawn cleaned the gutters last night and within about 2 seconds he had a couple of helpers.

Shawn cleaned the gutters last night and within about 2 seconds he had a couple of helpers.

Day Off

No school today so we are enjoying a relaxing morning. Not missing the rush of getting out the door with these two one bit. The boys are coloring while I do the dishes...right after I update the bog. :) Then we are meeting some friends at a nearby park. It is supposed to be 47 by 10am which feels too cold to my bones right now but we'll bundle up and enjoy these cool days before they are gone and that brutal winter weather hits.