Halloween as 2 year olds - 2010

The girls enjoyed Halloween.  They wouldn't wear the costumes mommy got them, though!  They were supposed to go as a Bumble Bee and a Honey Pot.

So imagine these are the girls in their costumes.

This was mommy's concept.












The reality was tearful sobs and wails when we tried to put the costume on the first time, to go to a party at the farmer's market in Aunt Karen's neighborhood.  So we used Chief's Cheerleader outfits as costumes.  A good solution -- happy girls, and the outfits were new -- and they were quite well received at the event!

So when the girls were going to see Granny and Grandpa, they were tired.  We didn't even try the costumes!  Again, the cheerleader outfits came out and all was well. 

So Halloween night, we tried again -- but nope, no one was interested.  So we brought out the fancy dresses that were too big for them when they were 1, and discovered they were too small at 2.   They did wear the little hats for a while. Then we opted for tutu's that Granny and Grandpa gave them for their birthday.  That worked out well.

The girls had a blast going back and forth to the front door when trick-or-treaters arrived.  They also kept stealing candy whenever mommy would have the bowl low enough to put candy into trick-or-treaters bags.   They did get some sweet tarts, because mommy figured they wouldn't like them and then wouldn't ask for any more.  Boy, was I wrong!  So then we had animal crackers and Graduates Fruit Strips.

They watched a Halloween episode of Dora, and part of a Halloween episode of Diego, and then off to bed.
Below are some random pictures of their big day!

 Kayla, ready for daycare the last day before Halloween.

Megan, ready for daycare the last day before Halloween.

  Megan, ready to go see Granny and Grandpa

 Kayla, screaming, "no, NO, NOOOOOOO" after being asked to come back into the kitchen to pose for a picture before going to Granny and Grandpa's

 Princess Megan and Princess Kayla

 Princess Megan, and Princess Kayla--trying to eat the decorative beads on her dress.

Princess Megan -- going for the treats, while Princess Kayla still tries for the beads on her dress

Megan, telling us about trick or treaters outside

Kayla, sporting her pink tutu and lavender fancy hat

Kayla in her tutu, because that's the way she rolls!

Wordless Wednesday - 10/26/10 - PJ's and Tu-Tu's

Wordless Wednesday - 10/13/10 - Happy Birthday!

 

 

Birthday Girls

Next year, when you're 3, you'll spend most of the day reminding me of that fact, and wondering why I'm not more impressed.

In three years, when you're 5, you'll pick out what you want to wear for the day, and will be quite happy to pose for pictures.

In eight years, when you're 10, whatever books we give you, you'll read yourself.

In eleven years, when you're 13, there might be boys at your party.

In fourteen years, when you're 16, you'll be mad that we didn't get you a car. Or perhaps worse, you'll be happy we did.

In sixteen years, when you're 18, you probably won't spend your birthday with us at all.

But this year, balloons were still the highlight of your day, the welfare of dolls was still (occasionally) a concern, empty pots and pans contained gourmet cuisine, and it's OK that somehow the best picture Daddy managed to get of the two of you alone, together, was at 8:30 in the morning, watching Olivia in your pajamas.

Happy Birthday, Kayla and Megan

Wordless Wednesday - 10/6/10 - Megan, Then and Now

Time with Granny - Revisited

A while back, Mike posted a bit about Granny's visit with the girls.  I came across some pictures she'd taken of them with their strollers and I don't believe we ever shared them.

This was the time they learned to use their stroller with their dollies.  And they had runny noses themselves -- and so therefore, the dollies did, too.  Granny gave them tissues to use to wipe their dollbabies' noses.

This was also the time that Granny and Daddy got out the table that Grandma Bingham had given the girls.  When we first got out that table, they weren't big enough for the chairs, so we put it away for a while.

They're big enough now!

Backwards Looking Sequence of Pictures.

When we were growing up, dad had a video camera.  Not like today's cameras of course, but we did have movies on little reels and a screen to set up to watch them.   No sounds, just pictures.
And we could play them backwards.
Yes, we would beg dad to play them backwards and watch ourselves run backwards up the stairs, or wrap up the gifts, etc.  To the point that when we'd unwrap them, we'd do it with grand gestures, knowing it would look funnier when we played it backwards.

These memories came back to me when I was digitally flipping through a set of pictures.  It just looks backwards.  But it isn't.  Kayla in the bright pink top and striped shorts, and Megan is in the peach top an denim shorts.   Notice Megan's feet/legs beneath the car as she's getting squished out -- which isn't really big enough for both of them simultaneously.
I started taking pictures when the girls were both in the car -- and then Kayla climbed out.
The backwards "feel" to it probably won't translate well to this format, but regardless, here's a string of pictures of the girls.

Maybe it's just me that sees it so backwards looking, but if nothing else, it's cute to see Megan reaching for that peg in the last shot -- with her toes.