Easy Halloween Costumes

Here are a couple of no brainer costumes for me and Seth. I think we look pretty darn cool as John and George.

Happy Halloween!

I almost forgot about our jack o' lanterns. Here they are. Saul's looks the best, like a pumpkin should. Seth and I got ambitious, trying to do compicated images using these fancy carving tools we got. Mine is supposed to be a grim reaper, and Seth's is a skull. They look pretty good, but they took a long time, and it is hard to tell what they are in these pictures. Oh well. It was fun anyway.

An A-Maze-ing Day

Dad took us to the Dell'Osso corn maze today, and the kids had a blast. We made it through the little ghost maze with no problem, but the farmer maze took us a while . The kids rode horses, too. The haunted house was pretty scary, but Saul didn't cry. Seth went ahead of us and claimed it was not scary at all. We'll see how they sleep tonight, though...

Fall Back

We had our annual Fall Back Karaoke party tonight with Ruth, Rob, and Vince. The highlight was Vince singing Sister Ray by the Velvet Underground, but before that he sang Brandy by Looking Glass. Rob had a little mp3 video recorder, so here it is on You Tube.

Saul's in Kindergarten, and HE CAN READ!

For the last couple of weeks, Saul has been reading, and at our school, when kindergarteners start reading, they get to go to the principal's office and read aloud to the principal. When they do that, they get a t-shirt that says, "I'm in kindergarten, and I can read!" Well, Seth was the first one in his class to get the shirt, so Saul wanted to be the first in his class to get the shirt, and he's been asking his teacher when he'll be allowed to read to the principal. It turns out that the reason he hadn't been able to do it yet is that the school ran out of shirts last year and didn't reorder them yet. When Saul found out about that, he was mad, so Seth gave him his old shirt from two years ago to wear, but Saul was worried that his teacher would get mad at him for wearing the shirt without reading to the principal first. He wore it to school today, and kept his jacket zipped up fearing that he'd be caught by his teacher or the principal. He approached Mr. Amato at recess to explain about the shirt, and I saw him walking up to Mr. Amato, so I snuck over to eavesdrop. Saul explained to him that he was wearing the shirt Seth gave him because he is in kindergarten and he can read, and that he'd like to read to him to alleviate his guilty conscience and unzip his jacket. Mr. Amato called him to read to him this afternoon, and Saul was so proud of himself! He said, "I read the whole book without missing a word!" He got an eraser for his effort, and a little parachuting man toy. He was the first one in his class to get the shirt!!