Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Great Pumpkin Paint

As mentioned in the earlier post, I did not capture the actual pumpkin painting on film. I was armed with baby wipes.

Why? Because we were FINGER painting and for some reason this darling boy does not really like to be dirty. So after he swiped the pumpkin with one particular color, he asked for that paintbrush (index finger) to "be clean" and then he would swipe at it with another color. Therefore, the messy rubbing paint ALL OVER a pumpkin simply did not happen. They're more abstract and minimal. Post-modernist masterpieces, if you will.

And I will.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Pumpkins and Halloween Costumes and Big Boy Beds, Oh My!

Last weekend Theo and I had a wild rumpus slumber party (read: it was a shameless bribery attempt to regain the kid's good graces--I don't think it worked.). We went to the pumpkin patch, looked at Halloween costumes (which he did not want to put on but later decided he did actually want), painted the pumpkins and slept in the Big Boy Bed at Aunt Erin's. It was all VERY exciting.

Please Note: I have no idea how my sister gets such smiling happy pictures. I'm lucky if he is still even in the frame while he runs all over the place and FORGET getting him to look at me!


Here he is being a bit ambitious about his pumpkin selection.


The he decided that the wheelbarrow was a better option for the amount of pumpkins he thought we needed. I'm the shadow. Yelling. "Theo! Smile at me Doodle!" All for naught.


The we found the wagon. Which we REALLY wanted to push in the street and were VERY mad at Aunt Erin for not facilitating that dream. I like this one because you can totally tell he's like "I'm SOOO not looking at her for the happy smiley picture she wants..HAHAHAH!"

Here's the other place Aunt Erin falls down on the job. During finger painting of pumpkins she was not wielding the camera, instead she was armed with baby wipes. Lots of them. The pumpkins are on display in my apartment. They are the extent of my fall decorating. Thanks Doodle.


After a hard day's play, the Big Boy Bed was a nice relief. For all of us. I was informed that it is THEO'S Big Boy Bed, so Abby I feel like you're going to have to deal with that. There also still might be trucks in it. Because there were totally like 12 in bed with him when I checked on him.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Twirling Shoes Revisited

Abby posted a pair of twirling shoes that I feel I must call shenanigans on. The shoe has the word PUMP in the title! You cannot twirl (in this sense: all over Southern Maryland and the Wild Blue Yonder) in a PUMP!

Here are some twirling shoes:

Clark's Zesty Wedges
(stupid blogger will not allow a picture)


If you would like to sponsor these shoes, orphans in a cold warehouse in some third world country OR New Jersey, donations are being accepted now. 10 cents a day could change someone's life. :)

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Song an Old Man Taught Me Today

I met a 92 year old OU alum today. He taught me his favorite song from his fraternity days...

"Don't send my boy to Texas
A dying mother said.
Don't send my boy to Texas!
I'd rather see hime dead...
(then everyone yelled "SEE HIM DEAD" really loud)

Send him to the Army, or better yet OU!
Don't send my boy to Texas,
for that will never do!

It was awesome! And my new friend invited me to his house to watch the game!