pumpkin carving

guts!

the kids drew the faces for me to cut out. eli did an awesome job and drew the eyes and mouth on his. lyla drew one eye...i added the nose and mouth. note how she holds her pen. she saw me trying to teach eli how to correctly hold a pen and this is her attempt. i've tried to teach her the correct way...apparently, this IS the correct way. who knew?

the finished product...

samurai soldiers...

i asked lyla for a mean face:) i think eli needs to give her a "mean face" lesson...

Jesus on the cross - by eli

crazy

not having a house is getting to me. i've been having an urge to go to home improvement stores to buy home improvement stuff. this is a problem if you don't have a house. i was telling adam this today while driving to staples, which just happens to share a parking lot with home depot. i turned left into home depot instead of right into staples. totally on accident. we laughed.

eli asked, "where are we going?"
i said, "crazy. do you want to come?"
eli said, "yeah." pause. "no, i want to go with dad."
more laughing. tears from laughing. happy car.

anything vicious, please

we went to an event today that had a balloon twister. she made all sorts of things...swards, animals, hats ect.. not being satisfied with the laundry list of items, eli asked,
"can you make any carnivorous birds?" (i know, seriously!?!)
"nope, but i do make a very cool spider," she said.
"can you make it with it's fangs out?"
"nope."
not coming close to being detoured, eli asked, "can you make a dinosaur?"
"yes!" she answered.
"okay, can you make a meat eating dinosaur?"
"no, it's a plant eater."
"oh. i'll just take the spider."
huge sigh of relief from the balloon lady and slightly embarrassed mama.

good intentions

lyla asked me a few times today to not say "butt." the problem here is that not saying "butt," but "but." how do you explain that!?!

on another note - our computer crashed, so posting is going to be sparse until we get a new one.

sayings

lyla is drinking her "sour-gator," aka - gatorade.