hump day nuggets: dinosaurs

hump day nuggets: little bits of the season in photos and words about the last week

Our car dvd player broke a few months ago. At first I wasn't sure how I was going to survive without it, but it's turned out to be a really great thing (at least for around town driving). We talk, the girls look out the window and point stuff out, they make up silly games and laugh at each other. All in all, it's been a good thing.

We discuss our regular landmarks every time we drive by - the pet store where we get Charlie's dog food, the park, Daddy's work, Sam's, the grocery store, etc. I am continually surprised at how much they notice and how aware they are of where things are around town!

In the car yesterday, we had the following conversation as we drove by a preschool (with a playground) near our house.

C: There's a school park!
J: Mommy, some day I will go to school.
M: Yes, you will.
J: Beetles, someday I will go to school. Mommy, will Beetles go to school?
M: Yes, she will. Someday.
J: Yeah! Someday you will go to school Beetles! We will go to school together. And I will hold you for a little bit so you won't be sad.
C: ok :)

Oh, the love between those two. It's strong, sweet, and just continues to grow. Love it.

Here's our 2 dinosaur girls on Halloween.

We had a little joint birthday celebration for Aunt Deb and and Aunt Dan whose birthdays are right around Halloween.

We participated in the neighborhood parade and did a little trick or treating before heading home. The girls really enjoyed seeing other people dressed up in costumes. Corinne woke up the next day talking about a little girl who was dressed as a banana. Kind of funny cause that's what she was last year :)

Here's a video of Corinne shaking her tail. She had us all cracking up!

The pictures I got on Halloween weren't great (lots of blurry ones cause I was trying not to use my flash) so I took the girls over to a field near our house the next day to try to get a few good pictures. They weren't the most willing participants so I have a lot of pics that look like this.

Oh well. I tried! My favorites were the ones I snapped on the way back to the car. They were motivated by the candy that waited for them once they got buckled into their car seats :)

I made their costumes. Once I found the tutorials for the hoodie and tail online, I just had to make them! Linking to the two very talented women who took the time to share tutorials.

I didn't plan this, but this picture does a good job of showing the front and back views of the costumes.

I am most excited about the fact that even now that Halloween is over, the girls can still wear their sweatpants and jackets for the rest of the winter just for fun!

More pics at Flickr.

Not much to say tonight. My pillow is calling my name ...


Note: Nugget format inspired by the very inspiring Nici over at Dig this Chick.