cousins & their furious birds

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.

the field museum

the stroessler men.

and he's off... rumor is there are dino bones inside.

'dino bones, hansy? please? i love them. just ask Our Betsy!'

shua meets Sue.

if you are lucky enough to know hansy, ask him the story behind these deer. fantastic.

a pteranadon and a t rex mural. home away from home.

if you ask shu what he saw in chicago, he'll most likely answer "trains." if you ask him what else he might have seen, he'll most likely say "t rex and 2 big huge elephants."

mac & cheese, oj, and chicago. sigh.

the ginormous, moving, responds-to-what-moves-around-her Sue. we weren't too sure about her at first.

so we moved to a safer locale.

slowly, we moved forward and eventually made it up front. sadly, no pictures of the bravery. my hand was being held hostage :)

stroesslers: out.

a boy and his hansy.

now, i'm sure you can imagine how tired a dude can get

when faced with a dino spectacular such as this.

because, truly,

a dude can get tired.

real, real tired.