::they're both so big::

These two are so funny. When I looked at these ridiculosu pictures I thought how big they're both getting. Maybe I should've thought about how scary it looked for him to be holding her upside down over the tiles, or how he was going to get kicked in the face by a boot. But no, I thought, "Wow, max is so tall that he can hold Lucy like that and her head doesn't graze the floor!" and I thought, "Wow look how high Lucy's legs stretch! She's like half Max's height!" So there you go. Really, Max loves holding his younger siblings upside down, so I'm totally used to it. Not that I still don't say, "CAREFUL!!!" the whole time it's going on. Always.

::pumpkin hunters::

Yesterday we took our traditional trip to the "pumpkin church" to pick out our Halloween pumpkins. We had a car full of excited kids that were ready to go. The assortment of pumpkins is awesome, I love the monochromatic richness of the line up. Here's "superhero face" Sandy. I kept trying to get him to make a normal face and it was impossible. I also tried to get Lucy & Sandy to hug each other in the pumpkins. They did it and I missed it. Of course. Lucy was super excited beause she looooooooves pumpkins. And I mean LOVES pumpkins. She even tries to say the word pumpkin. I think it sounds something like "Boo-Bah." But actually I worked on figuring out how she says and and it's more like "Bup-kee." Super cute? Yes. She didn't even know where to start. So many options. She decided to first head towards the Lucy sized mini ones. Yes, she loved and adored them. We picked one to take home and we moved on to the bigger dudes. "Bu-gkee!!!"

It was fun to do with these cute kids, and I'm always glad when we can get a tradition like this done and don't accidentally miss out because I got too busy.

I love the cute pumpkins but the cute kids are even better!

::once upon a sunday::

Dad gives Max a much needed tie tying lesson.  This will not be the last time that this information is given to Max, that's for sure.



Looking at this made me realize how tall Max is and made me think about how soon he turns twelve, yikes.  Double yikes.



Mom and I had just gotten back from the photography conference that I took her to for her bday, and we brought back these little cute camera keychains for the kids.  Sandy liked his and wanted to show off how the little camera flashed.



After church the kids tried on their halloween costumes to show Mom.  They're all very proud of themselves in their outfits, and rightly so.



I mean, Max looks pretty much like the spitting image of Captain America in his costume.  It's perfect for him really, (except for the fact that the legs were about 3 or 4 inches too short).

Lucy is supposed to be Cinderella, but given her current obsession with Frozen, she thinks she's Elsa, and keeps dancing around singing, "Let it Go!!" and telling people that she's wearing a "let it go dress."



This, evidently was a sneeze.  Lucy was wisely trying to save herself.  Captian America's sneezes can be powerful.

At one point here if I'm remembering correctly, Max said. "This is my girlfriend, Cinderella."  Then Lucy sang, "Let it Gooooooo!"



And Sandy is Darth Vader.  He was very thrilled when he was given the costume.  He's perfected the intense superhero/darkside look and can hold it for quite a long time.  I think the bare feet only add to the intensity of the entire look.



I like the background there with Cap helping Cindy with her shoe problem.  Doesn't get much cuter than that.

::fall::

It's fall, and we did some fall stuff this week.  I took some pictures.  Can you believe it?  Here are a few.  We'll see if I can get to posting more.  I'll try SUPER hard.