Prepare to Be Terrified!

"Boo!"
Alternatively titled, "How to make a ghost costume when your child refuses to let any material cover his face."

I spelled out "Boo" on the front, to provide a nice hint as to what this costume is supposed to be.

Ian insists he loves it.

The hat didn't photograph well, but it has a little ghost-like swirl on the top. Hats are surprisingly hard to make. This is attempt #552. When Ian insists "he loves it" he might actually mean "for the love of god, please stop making me try on hats".

Ian's First Day of School

A trip to the playground before school starts (in other words, Mommy arrived insanely early so we had to waste a bit of time).

Ian in front of Nichols Park where his Art and ABCs class is held.

Ian is done taking pictures and ready for school!
He's trying to reach the doorbell so he can go inside.

Ian, ready to start.
Oddly, no other children arrived 10 minutes early.
Ian is unimpressed with their lack of scholarly devotion.

School starts! Time to make name tags so the teacher can learn everyone's name.

This project totally confused Ian, because the teach called it a name tag, so Ian kept trying to stick it onto his shirt.
Luckily, Mrs. G did not hear Ian correcting her and calling it a place card.

End of school relaxation with play-doh
(after art, then dancing, then soccer...they pack a lot into an hour and a half!)

Armed!

I armed Ian with squirt guns and am now drenched and regretting the impulse buy.

Year of the Tiger!

Happy Chinese New Year!
All bundled up (it was a bit chilly).

Kat and Shannon.

Ian loved the parade and was smiling the whole time...although its a bit hard to tell with the scarf covering 90% of his face.

Notice how close Ian is to the parade -- he was dancing to the music and kept trying to join the parade.

FIRETRUCKS! The Chinatown Fire Station was open after the parade. Needless to say, Ian was ecstatic!

Jesse had a pretty good time, too.

Future fire fighters.

Happy little boy.

Two happy boys.