11/26/09

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a very thankful day today. We spent the day at home together, and enjoyed our rest. At the beginning of the week we started a kitchen remodel, so cooking dinner was an interesting feat today. Caleb took advantage of having the many disgusting part of a turkey in the house to have a little anatomy lesson with Gavin. I was totally grossed out by a bag full of vital organs, but Gavin loved it. And both boys enjoyed watching Caleb carve the turkey. There were a lot of comments like, "What da heck?" and "Gross, it that the bone?"
ignore the partly finished state of the kitchen... hopefully more completed pics will be ready by Monday.
Henry woke up about 4 am with what turned out to be a 101 fever, and though he seemed better off and on during the day. He just nodded when we asked him if he was having a Grumpy Thanksgiving.
We did get this little smile out of him before it was all over, though the eyes closed.
Gavin was all Thanksgiving spirit this year, thanks to preschool and a few Thankful talks at home. He enjoyed listing things he was thankful for all week, and tried to encourage Henry to do the same. He also gathered a pretty nice bouquet of twigs from our friend Caryn's yard, and we created a center-piece for our Thanksgiving spread. He was so proud of it he had a hard time focusing on eating with it nearby.Earlier this afternoon, while Caleb and I were cooking in the kitchen we heard Gavin yell, "Henry! Get over by me, I am trying to tell you that I love you!" Nothing like forcing the spirit of family on your little brother.

11/16/09

Snowball Fight!

What we expect to be the first of many.

11/1/09

Happy Halloween 2009

We were all pretty excited for Halloween this year. There was lots and lots of talk about costumes, which finally led to these fabulous ensembles yesterday morning.
Once Gavin spotted this Captain America get-up, there was no going back. We just had to find the time to make a shield out of cardboard to go along with it. Henry on the other hand was a different story entirely. He insisted that he did not actually dress up for Halloween, and he rejected every costume we suggested. I finally resolved to just let him choose something from the dress-up box when Halloween came around and it could go with this black outfit underneath. In the morning he choose to be a night... though we never left the house.
By the time he and Caleb showed up at the church for out party... He was Batman! Complete with deep grouchy voice and scowl to scare villains.
Since Caleb came as himself, he didn't get to be in our little group photo. ;-)
Gav looked so cute on the way over to help me decorate the church that I just couldn't help, but take a picture. At 5:30am Halloween morning he woke up and when I took him back to his bed he started talking about how excited he was for the party and what he thought I should do with my costume so that people would know that I was really the devil.
Of course there was lots of superhero style posing from Captain America. Quite impressive.
Hauling the loot at the end of the night... Batman was too worried about someone finding out his true identity to do any posing. And he just wanted to stay near his Dad and eat a lot of candy.
It goes without saying that at least one person in our house is glad that Halloween is over, and one person is already planning their costume for next year.