12/23/10

oh, baby

finally! we meet myelle!
so. cute.

12/16/10

today's accomplishments

cookie tally, and

cookie letters.

12/6/10

hungry?

you tell me.


 

11/30/10

our little turkey

wondering how Shu celebrated 
this Thanksgiving??

11/28/10

meet ranger

this is my little therapy dog.
kim brought ranger up for thanksgiving to stay with me.
i needed him loads--
shu & i  (along with several other family members)
were taken out at the knees by a bug of epic strength.
ranger, bless his sturdy little heart,
hung with me through it all.

11/12/10

haircut!

this amazing pic brought to you courtesy of uncle keith.

he & joshua enjoyed a day spent 
adventuring with dinosaurs, 
lunching at playgrounds, 
& throwing rocks into water.

11/9/10

the day's collection

joshua was a busy man today whilst The Nana and i took on 
the ever amazing (read: bewildering) world of 
the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. 
oy to the vey.

along the way, he found
(and saw fit to have me keep safe)
the following:
  1. a sweet orange matchbox car
  2. a hand wipe and...
  3. a sugar packet from chick fil a
  4. a rock from the endless amount of dirt played in today
  5. a quarter from the aforementioned dirt
  6. a york peppermint patty from uncle spud
  7. a leaf
 
  
busy, busy, busy.

11/3/10

little t rex

shu & aunt amy
came to a very important decision.
a halloween decision.
he would be, wait for it,
a t rex.
(shock! gasp!)
special Shout Out to uncle keith for converting the costume to a T Rex!
we went to kristen & jeff's again this year,
& we're pretty convinced the shu
will never see their neighborhood the same again.

while kris & i manned their driveway
(wrapped in blankets & heating pads next to a fire pit, thank you!)
mark & jeff took the kids out.

the pirate, the eskimo & the rex
all kinds of ready
the costume was so awesome.
we particularly loved the way it jiggled when he ran.


here's what mark saw all night:


he had a blast.
after nearly every house, mark said,
he would run down the driveway yelling,
"i got another one!"
cracks me up.


handing out candy/red zone hilarity

**for those of you who can't get enough
(grandparents? aunts? calendar-makers?)
there is an overflowing bucket of october pictures on shutterfly right now.
if you'd like a link, leave a comment or email me,
& i'll hook you up.

10/31/10

the prep


laying out the paper...in a straight line :)

ready to empty

ice cream scoop & some elbow grease

my favorite part

and now his :)

sketching out the face design...

:)

adding some detail

now we're talking!

its a collaboration of sorts

so proud of our work


seeing it lit at night for the first time

happy halloween! now let's see if digs his costume as much as he digs his pumpkin :)