Happy Halloween!

Is this the coolest homemade costume or what??? Gammy Gam Linda provided the shirt - with screenprinted fireman logos - and the helmet. I worked on the cardboard truck a little bit at a time for the past few weeks with Nick and Adam pitching in ideas along the way.

Here's some video from the costume parade at Nathan's school. That's right...he's going to Kids 'N' Fitness North again. We decided it was time to mix up our routine a bit so we enrolled him in the MWF program. We are especially excited because his first teacher, Miss Julie, moved up to the 2-3 year-old room and he gets to be with her again! It's such a great situation because he gets to play with new friends, new toys, do projects, etc. He and Hannah get a little break from each other and of course, Mommy gets a little break too. I can get all my "chores" done during Hannah's naptime MWF and actually focus on the two of them Tues, Thurs and the weekends. Plus Hannah and I can run errands (so much easier with only one baby!) which takes some pressure off Nick. An added bonus: Nathan actually takes a nap during naptime at school. Amazing...peer pressure even affects two-year-olds. Who would have thought? And here's Princess Hannah. What a perfect little kitty :o)

Except sometimes she got fed up with her ears. And she wasn't quite sure about that tail the first go around... My master plan was to have Nathan be a fireman and Hannah would be a dalmation puppy. Well, if you asked him, he was a "fire truck" and ever since we watched Aunt Katie's cat (Jack) Hannah has been walking around the house meow-ing. At the last minute I thought I should switch her costume so she looked similar to how she sounded. If I asked her "are you a kitty cat?" she would scream "yea!". And then Nathan would yell "no Hannie you are NOT a kitty cat. Jack is a kitty cat." I'll try and catch that on video if I can sometime. So long for now....