GADZOOKS!

After they had breakfast with Santa, Andy and Lucy went to the Bird Sanctuary next to the church to hunt for Gadzooks. Gadzooks is the abominable snowman in the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer cartoon. In the cartoon, Yukon Cornelius (who is looking for the abominable snowman) frequently says, "Gadzooks!" And so it is now the snowman's name.

They didn't find him, or the trolls that live under any of these bridges. Better luck next time.

SANTA!

The list has evolved slightly, but currently includes the following: princess dolls ("all of them"), a fish tank, and a helmet. Just a helmet. Nothing fun to go with it, no scooter, no bike. Just a helmet.

Bethlehem

Our church does a re-creation of what life was like when Jesus was born in Bethlehem - including animals, shops, food and Baby Jesus himself. Baby Jesus was crying when Lucy and Andy were there, and Lucy is still very concerned about him.

"Wait, you mean I can eat these cookies?" And then she went back again, and again, and again...

Making tents.

More snacks.

Know your audience

If you ever happen to be hired to dress as Spiderman for a 4 year-old's birthday party, consider this piece of friendly advice: do not lurk silently in the background, crawling around on all fours like a burglar, while friendly Batman waves and smiles at the guests. It freaks kids out.

Halloween Revisited

These were two of our favorite Halloween pictures:

Waiting.....

I'm not so sure that any of these kids were willing participants in this picture.

Princesses on Ice

Daddy and I went to see the princess ice skating show. I loved it all, but was REALLY excited to see the dwarfs.

The finished product

Jack-O-Lanterns!

I helped Daddy pick out two of the pumpkins we could find. Here I am serving as creative director on the design of our jack-o-lanterns.

I did NOT like Daddy's faces. They were too scary - so I offered him some constructive criticism on how he might make them more happy.

I wouldn't help Mommy scoop out the insides. I told her that I was scared of the orange part.

This song NEVER gets old.

Daddy might disagree with me, though.

I LOVE Halloween

I have been talking about it for at least a month, planning my costume and changing my mind about my costume several times. Here are the finalists - luckily I had several opportunities to wear them, so I got to mix it up a bit.

Option Number 1: The Little Mermaid

I wore this to a trick or treat party at my school and

then to a party and parade at school on Monday.

Option Number 2: Supergirl

This was a late addition - I actually borrowed this from my cousin Macy to wear to a superhero party in November, and loved it so much it immediately went to the top of my list. I wore it to school on Friday, to my friend Luke's Halloween party Saturday night, and around the house A LOT. I fly around the house, rescuing people in trouble with hugs - Mommy, Daddy and Reba have all been in some pretty precarious predicaments lately.

And finally, the witch. It started out as the front runner, and I wore it around the house a lot. I was way into spooking people early on. Much to Mommy and Daddy's dismay, the witch didn't make it out of the house.