Anarchy…who are we kidding? Must be Halloween. Laurel is going to be a ghost for trick-or-treating tonight, but I thought I’d give her a day costume as well. How do you like this “Smells Like Teen Spirit” cheerleader?
I have now enjoyed this tshirt on both of the kids. Here’s Oscar’s first ever Halloween costume.
Posted in anna, family, laurel, oscar, stuff we like on Oct 22nd, 2008
Thanks many of you for your warm reception to my 100th post. I’ve been tackling some of the easy stuff on my 100 things list. Since things are pretty quiet around here these days I thought I may as well give The Full Catastrophe an update:
15. Learn to cut my kids’ and husband’s hair – [...]
You’ve heard it before, but one drawback about southern California weather is the lack of seasons. Of course we have seasons, but they change very subtly. Generally speaking, people look forward to October’s cool, crisp days. October in San Diego is still summertime. We turned on our seldom-used air conditioning last week.
There is also the [...]
Posted in laurel on Oct 9th, 2008
Laurel has been up to her old tricks. You know…growing up so fast and acting so sweet. Her vocabulary is developing (Dada, Mama, This & That, Uh-Oh, Thank You) and she’s picked up on a couple of baby signs very easily. She signs “bye-bye”, “all done” and “eat/food” (she also blows kisses & gives high-fives). [...]
Posted in anna on Oct 6th, 2008
Let me begin by saying that this is not a Bucket List. I suppose it might be a Bucket List. I haven’t seen that movie yet. I’m far too young to think about kicking the bucket. This is just a list of some big things and little things I’d like to do in my life. [...]
Posted in family on Oct 4th, 2008
Lately, Saturday mornings have been reserved for Oscar’s soccer games. Today, however, we played hooky from soccer and headed out to the Marine Corp Recruit Depot (MCRD) to watch Anna race in the Boot Camp Challenge.
The Boot Camp Challenge is a three mile run and obstacle course held annually at MCRD. The participants run [...]
Posted in oscar on Oct 3rd, 2008
I served as a chaperone on Oscar’s school field trip to the pumpkin patch. What can I tell you…it was fun but dusty & hot out there. The kids were like ping pong balls bouncing around all of play areas that were set-up. That’s nice because all I had to do was follow them. Here [...]
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