MY TWO LEFTIES

I have no idea what the chances of this are, but both Nova & Gus appear to be left handed. I argue that Nova's still figuring it out, but she primarily uses her left hand.

AHHHHH!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy thanksgiving from two little monsters!

SILLY GUS

SAY CHEESE

This is the face Gus makes when you tell him to say cheese:


This is Nova's:


She's not smiling here, but she's still pretty cute:

NOVA IS RIDICULOUS

IT'S TIME FOR...

Another pantsless indoor tea-party!

RECORDS

You may think that because we own a record store, that we play records for the kids all the time. We do, but not the records you'd think. More often than not we're playing music in the house, and the kids enjoy dancing and singing. Gus particularly likes anything that has a harmonica on it. Once again the other day after Nova copied exactly what Gus was doing, we played "Monkey See, Monkey Do" for them, which is on the soundtrack to "Every Which Way But Loose."


Since then, Nova has walked around saying "Monkey do, Monkey do" and dancing even when it's not playing.

Yesterday day was the first time we thought to pull out all the Sesame Street records. We've been collecting these for a long time, since before we bought the store, thinking they'd be fun for when the kids were older. Turns out they're tons of fun now, too.

Here's Gus listening (but with his head down)


While they were listening, Nova pointed to Burt on this record cover and said "silly!" Seems like she enjoyed herself too.

We'll have to play the rest of the kids' records again soon!

SICK DAY

Maybe you can't tell from these photos, but this little guy is under the weather. We're fortunate that these monsters rarely get sick, but for some reason Gus has a terrible cold. He's mostly happy during the day, but night time is hard and there's lots of tears and coughing and difficulty sleeping. Here's hoping he feels better soon!

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO

CREATE

I do not consider myself a terribly creative person. I can't draw anything, attempts to make things out of cardboard and fabric are more often then not a complete failure. This, however, was a total success.


Buzz Lightyear wings!


20 minutes of cardboard cutting, Sharpie coloring, and duct taping, and boom! Gus is Buzz Lightyear!


One of my favorite things about 2 year old Gus is that he honestly doesn't care that this doesn't look real. So long as you say "I'm going to make you Buzz Lightyear wings (or a Batman costume" that's all the belief he needs. From there on, it's pure imagination.


These could be way better, I'm sure. Or here, I could go and buy him THIS. The truth is, though, this works just as well.

He hasn't taken them off yet, and he got angry when he had to take them off to nap. To infinity, and beyond!

GUS & TOY STORY

Gus loves Toy Story, and he loves talking about Toy Story. (He gets the pacing from me, just ask Dave!)

PEEK-A

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, folks. Momma & Poppa have both been working extra - no time to update the photos!

THE DYNAMIC DUO

JACK-O-LANTERNS

We carved pumpkins on Halloween night, and walked around the whole block trick-or-treating with Batman & Robin. More photos soon!