The 10 Steps of Halloween

Step One: Decide what to be

Orin: viking, Ilea: knight

Nope, other way around, 

Orin: knight, Ilea: viking.

Nope, no helmets fit Ilea.

Ilea: bee, Orin: viking.

 

 Thanks cousin Ardian,

because let's face it,

I barely pulled off making Orin's viking costume in time.

 

Step two: acquire pumpkins

 Step three: add more decorations

(Thanks, Gabe)

 Step four: Carve pumpkins

 Step five: collect seeds for eating

Collect stem for eating.

 No, bad baby!

 Step six: Collect remaining seeds for chickens

 Step seven: Make the chickens day

 "Hey! while you are feeling like sharing...."

 Step eight: March in a parade:

 There's our viking!

 Step nine: Light the pumpkins

Step ten: take pictures of the trick or treaters,

(or forget to put the data card in the camera and 

think you are taking pictures all night, 

but end up with nothing)

Sorry about that.

And every boy needs a bonnet

Because every baby needs a tutu...

Chestertown Mayhem

I just realized that I left a batch of pictures

in a draft file on the blog from our trip to Chestertown.

I had meant to write a detailed blog about 

our adventures there, but I am starting to realize

that if I do not just post the pictures,

they will never get posted because it has been

several months now and all they are doing is 

collecting electronic dust.

I apologize, Ilea, for doing such a bad job

documenting your earliest days...

I assure you there are many pictures, just fewer

words than I had for your brother.

But luckily, pictures tell great stories

and I am going to let these tell the story for me

so I can go to bed early.

Prepare mentally for the chaos that is always

the centerpiece of our travels to Maryland.

Picture brightly colored stuffed animals

being chucked down staircases, joyful

shrieking, peanut butter and jelly stained everything...

Ok, you are there. Ready, set, scroll!

Good times.

That is the last of the make-up blogs

and now we are officially in real time

(or at least we are in the right month).

Baby you a song you make me want to... (cry laughing)

The other day I poked my head into Orin's room to

witness this.

I promptly went to get my camera and

started filming because when 

something is this funny,

it is just not fair not to share it.

Enjoy.

Ready or not

  Lately, Ilea has started to express an

interest in eating solids.

 Actually, let me be more specific 

because, Ilea has always

been interested in eating her hand.

But recently she has developed an interest

in eating other things… for example

brownie batter.

"Dude, let me try some of that...

why do you always get the good spoon."

Unfortunately for her,

she still has a couple weeks

before we will introduce her to solids

and her first meal will not have

any chocolate in it whatsoever

(actually, it will likely have almost no

taste whatsoever)

Ah, it is tough being a baby.