Yes, this ended up being a lot later than we usually carve our pumpkins.  On the up side, they had no time to get moldy before Halloween!

The funny thing about this watercolor that Tad created in art class?  He really didn’t enjoy the randomness of it.  According to his teacher, he really didn’t like the initial “drawing of the shapes” first phase.  But when it came to actually coloring it in with watercolors? That, he did enjoy.  Abstract still isn’t his […]

When the cousins are nearby, birthday parties are much more fun!  We got to celebrate Little Hawk’s 7th birthday this last weekend (seriously, I cannot believe that he is seven now), and he picked a dinosaur theme. And when Auntie gets a theme, she goes all out on the cake. Auntie even staged a “dino […]

So, Halloween is next week!  Yes, we are doing another group costume.  You would never be able to talk Tad out of dressing up to go trick-or-treating, even if he is taller than I am.  Which means that Ane goes along as well – not that she objects to getting candy, but she doesn’t feel […]