I want to remember this

One morning as I was taking a shower, I left the kids to play nearby. There hadn't been any incidents during my shower, but as I got out and it was completely quiet I became worried.

I peeked in the next room and saw Mira sitting on the floor and reading a Berenstein Bear's book, completely content.

My next step was to find Calvin. It still was quiet. Then I found him in his room, holding Mira's stuffed raccoon, and rocking in the rocking chair. He told me that he was being the raccoon's daddy and helping it go to sleep. Then he wrapped it up in a blanket, told it a quick story and tucked it into bed.

Later he told us we had to be quiet because the raccoon was sleeping. My heart was filled with pride and love. It was a tender moment that I always want to remember.

Clay-mation

One morning, after some quiet self-play, Calvin showed me that he had made a clay Wall-E and Eva! I had been having a hard morning so it literally brightened my mood and made my day. Completely.

He totally captured the essence of both characters. All on his own. Can you see the resemblence?

Scary Tree

No Halloween would be complete without a local neighborhood Halloween extravganza. This one was particularly elaborate and filled our whole month of October with endless entertainment. We drove by it frequently because it is near our house on the main road, and I had multiple requests to see "scary tree" (especially from Mira, and to hear her say her version of 'scary tree' was especially adorable). I wish I had better pics, these were taken from across the street- but there was really no end to the gore. Several decaptiated body parts, wolf head, a carriage with a skeleton in it, gargoyles, scary clown on a swing- it was really quite greusome, but the kids LOVED x10 it. We're thinking about sending them a thank you card so they'll do it again next year. All that remains now is the decapitated hand on the mail box in the tree marked "Air Mail."

Halloween 2010

Mira revived the leopard costume for this year's Halloween and Calvin rescued this Buzz costume from Goodwill. We gave it a wash, taped some wings on and it was good to go.

Isnt' she the cutest, most ferocious leopard ever?

Then Calvin's schoolmate and buddy was an exact replica of Woody- these two made a great pair!