A New Season

The boys had to celebrate the first big snowfall of the season at the beginning of last week. They said they were going out to build a snowman. They built a "Snow Manny."

His dad took the whole front yard of snow to make him the mammoth he requested, but he cried in the picture because of a cold derrière.

Halloween

How many more years do I have left to force my kids to wear the costumes I pick out and make for them? This year I had to work around my desire to draw a little Charlie Brown curl on Charlie's bald head. I was afraid that Emerson would realize his little homemade Snoopy costume wasn't as cool as he originally thought when he saw another child dressed as Buzz Lightyear. He loved seeing several Buzz costumes, but luckily never said anything about wanting to be Buzz. What a good little sport he is.

We went to a neighborhood party for little tikes Friday morning. Emerson was Snoopy and I went as Charlie's little sister, Sally Brown. I wasn't too convincing apparently, as I was asked if I was an 80's rocker and Madonna. When I told Emerson that I was Sally Brown he even said, "No, mommy's pink."

Charlie and his chums:

I LOVE looking at babies helplessly dressed in silly costumes!
Kids on candy:

Emerson was ecstatic when I told him that we were actually planning on walking around the neighborhood to knock on doors and collect candy from the neighbors. He couldn't get enough of it, even in the rain. We all ate more candy than we should have and watched It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. I had to show Emerson the 1960's cartoon characters we dressed as.