BOOOOO!!!!

Evan and I are well-known to be the grinches of Halloween. Neither one of us cares much for it. Maybe years of teaching young children, and this particular holiday ruining AT LEAST a week of my year have soured me on it, and Evan, well, c'mon. Anyhoo, we've managed to keep the whole concept under wraps in our household, and even this year, when Everett started to get suspicious, I was still keeping the whole thing on the down-low. He started with questions like, "What are the bags for?" "What goes in the bags?" I would just shrug my shoulders and say, "I have NO idea!" When he found out more (thanks DJ Lance Rock) he asked me, more pointedly, "When IS Halloween?" To which I responded again, "Gee, I don't know." But, I finally caved on the costume front when EC declared he wanted to be a butterfly. I mean, how cute is that? And what are the chances that by the time he has really sorted out the whole Halloween thing, he won't want to be something way less cute? And, of course, if Everett has something jazzy, well, Frankie has to have it too, or there is absolutely NO PEACE around here. We think Everett looks kinda like the Kurt Cobain of butterflies.

Another Year...

We had our yearly free photo shoot...three minutes to get your best shot. It's important that each year I have my mouth completely open for at least half of the photos.






This one's my favorite.

10/10/10

Today was EC's 4th B-day, which he celebrated by fighting with his brother. Which is actually how he celebrates every day. Yay! This June, after seeing the fanciness of my mother's b-day cake, Everett shared with his parents some very specific desires concerning his own cake decoration: A cement mixer, out of which would be exploding a rainbow and flowers. I think Evan's exact words were, "Awesome. I hope he doesn't change his mind." So we got a cake with flowers from whole foods and augmented it. At whole foods Everett noticed a cake covered in strawberries and added that to his list of requirements. I think we did a pretty good job!




Everet's peice had the WHOLE RAINBOW.

Happy Berfday Dear Dada

This post is strictly for the pathologically interested. Grandparents may be the only ones who hold this title, but others are welcome. Three full minutes of cute birthday singing during car ride home. Also, some bye-byes to the J Church, the most beloved train in SF.