Quick: Hide!

As if battling the swine flu this week hasn't been scary enough, we decided to let the girls watch the old classic "The Exorcist" a few nights ago.

Here is their reaction:

As you can tell it was actually a Wow Wow Wubbzy episode titled, "Escape From Dino Island". The dinosaur chases Wubbzy, Walden, and Widget all the way from Dino Island back to Wuzzleberg to ask for a cup of sugar to make cupcakes. Thus scary dinosaur becomes nice and silly dinosaur who bakes and eats cupcakes.

Why didn't I become a storyboard creator for kids shows? That's the kind of stuff I want to get paid for!

Arrr Matey!

Our Halloween day started getting spooky after nap time. We broke out the candy and decorated our pumpkins! Not with knives though...

From L to R: Daddy's pumpkin, Peyton's Princess Pumpkin, the "Little Baby's" pumpkin, Grace's Pirate Pumpkin, and Mommy's adorable pumpkin.

Dad spotted these super cute Mr. Potato Head pumpkin decorations that we thought would be perfect for the girls and they were a big hit as you can see. Next year we will get bigger pumpkins though... for all you Mr. Potato Head aficionados, I'm sure you've already spotted the missing red nose on Grace's Pirate Pumpkin. It was a toss up between the nose and the mustache and we jointly determined a mustache was a "must" for any pirate.

Mom also broke out her carving skills, a la Martha Stewart, this year on the small pumpkin as I carved everyone's favorite, Wow Wow Wubbzy!





What's your first thought when you think of the perfect Halloween costume for a couple of almost three-year-old girls?

Everyone in unison... a pirate!



Grace on the left, Peyton on the right
or is it
Peyton on the left, Grace on the right


The ceremonial "show-me-your-silly-face" picture.

After we practiced our "Arrr Matey's" and saying "Trick-or-Treat" and MOST importantly - "Thank You" we headed out on the open sea/sidewalk to look for booty.

I believe this picture was taken just after Peyton randomly told an older kid who walked by, "Cool costume". It was possibly the funniest part of the night for Mom and Dad.

I take that back. The funniest part of the night was when Peyton told the not-so-nice older gentlemen in the neighborhood that he needed to put on his shoes.

He had answered the door in his bare feet. That's our girl!

Pirate looting in action...

We had a great time trick-or-treating with the girls and are looking forward to enjoying their candy without their knowledge for days to come!

Hair, Hair, Everywhere

Last weekend Grandma and I took the girls for their first haircut at the salon. Yep, something about scissors near a small child's face has held me back for nearly 2 3/4 years... that and the girl's adorable, precious, and natural blonde curls. Okay so it was definitely the latter as to why it's taken this long.

We finally took the jump though and we are all pleased with the results.

Peyton: pre-cut.
Grace (in the background) had just commented on how sharp the scissors looked... thanks Grace!

She looks like she is a lot older than she is in this picture and I don't like it!
What she doesn't realize is this will be her future when bridesmaid "season" hits in about twenty years.

Peyton is clearly ecstatic with her new look.
I'm sure the hair stylist was glad Mom would be the one tipping...
(FYI: she did love it, I just got this face when I asked her to smile - I do ask an AWFUL lot of her [insert sarcasm here].)

Grace at her pre-cut consultation letting Maribeth know she wanted just a little off the bottom while keeping the layers to a minimum.

What a pro!

Final length.
Still not a drastic cut but I think it worked best for the girls and mom not to do anything crazy the first time around.

Tragic.
Look at all those curls...

Also, Mom was able to keep the crying at bay.
Mom=1, childhood first=0