Scarlett was absolutely stunned that every house we went to trick-or-treating at tonight actually had candy for her, for free. Getting sweet handouts for wearing an Ariel costume may have been her single greatest revelation in life. She walked away from each stranger's door, huge grin on her face, saying, "Isn't it so nice of them to give that to me?" And when she received a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup from one, she remarked, "This is one of my favorite foods."
Reed switched gears from the knight costume Gram bought to a beat up old Spider Man costume from cousin Josh in the final days before Halloween. The mask got too hot so he decided to just be "half Peter Parker and half Spidey" according to him for most of the evening. We trudged through the rain picking up Nerds and Laffy Taffy and a cadre of other cavity causers with all the other revelers on Park Avenue, and the kids couldn't have been more delighted by the whole thing.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Scarlett Rising
Two quick anecdotes about the littlest Spaulding:
1. She was driving Reed bonkers and getting a kick out of it. He finally stormed off in a fit of rage, yelling and screaming and hopping up and down. She looked innocently at Mom, smiled, and said, "He's crazy."
2. She touched the mole next to Kris' eye. "What is it?" she asked. Kris told her it's a mole. "Who lives in there?" she asked. Kris said no one lives in there. Scarlett said, "I think a chipmunk or a raccoon should live in there. Or maybe a squirrel."
1. She was driving Reed bonkers and getting a kick out of it. He finally stormed off in a fit of rage, yelling and screaming and hopping up and down. She looked innocently at Mom, smiled, and said, "He's crazy."
2. She touched the mole next to Kris' eye. "What is it?" she asked. Kris told her it's a mole. "Who lives in there?" she asked. Kris said no one lives in there. Scarlett said, "I think a chipmunk or a raccoon should live in there. Or maybe a squirrel."
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
End of summer
Reed's 5-day preschool has started, Scarlett's in Rebounders and JHU Toddler Co-op, and the house project is finally done -- must be Fall! Our addition has turned out great and we are loving the new space. Reed and Scarlett both just claimed their own (new) rooms the other night after sharing a third-world bazaar since May. We still have a lot of organizing to do, furniture to buy, and grass to grow, but it has begun to feel like a real home again.
As Reed winds down drum lessons, golf lessons have gotten underway. His prolific art continues on a daily basis as we work through reams of paper and find stubs of crayons everywhere. Meanwhile, Scarlett continues to be on a princess tear. The big debate (already) was whether she should be Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, or Snow White for Halloween. We've coined her belly button "Beebs," she's in a serious hide-and-seek phase, and she's Mommy's right-hand errand girl while Reed is at school.
I should flag the Summer of 2009 as the Year of the Fish. Between beach trips to Bethany and the Outer Banks, daily trips to the pool along with a solid boost of confidence from some swimming lessons, and a few visits to the River, fear of swimming was all but eradicated. Reed was a pool shark, trying "dives" into the big pool, doing strokes all over the place, enjoying going under. Scarlett's favorite trick was to prowl the baby pool and then pounce into the 1' water, leaving her with a couple dings and dents throughout the course of the season. Reed reeled in a fish, too: a nice white perch on the creek dock with Pop's help and the Spider-Man rod. We complemented the water sports with a day in Dutch Wonderland, Scarlett's first Orioles game, tons of arts and crafts, and the constant buzz of saws and paint spray guns at our house. Summer was capped off when Reed, Pop, Mike, and I had our first camping trip a week and a half ago (pictures to come). We ventured to Cunningham Falls State Park near Frederick, MD and stayed in a cabin. Reed loved it -- especially searching for big sticks and toasting marshmallows.
As Reed winds down drum lessons, golf lessons have gotten underway. His prolific art continues on a daily basis as we work through reams of paper and find stubs of crayons everywhere. Meanwhile, Scarlett continues to be on a princess tear. The big debate (already) was whether she should be Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, or Snow White for Halloween. We've coined her belly button "Beebs," she's in a serious hide-and-seek phase, and she's Mommy's right-hand errand girl while Reed is at school.
I should flag the Summer of 2009 as the Year of the Fish. Between beach trips to Bethany and the Outer Banks, daily trips to the pool along with a solid boost of confidence from some swimming lessons, and a few visits to the River, fear of swimming was all but eradicated. Reed was a pool shark, trying "dives" into the big pool, doing strokes all over the place, enjoying going under. Scarlett's favorite trick was to prowl the baby pool and then pounce into the 1' water, leaving her with a couple dings and dents throughout the course of the season. Reed reeled in a fish, too: a nice white perch on the creek dock with Pop's help and the Spider-Man rod. We complemented the water sports with a day in Dutch Wonderland, Scarlett's first Orioles game, tons of arts and crafts, and the constant buzz of saws and paint spray guns at our house. Summer was capped off when Reed, Pop, Mike, and I had our first camping trip a week and a half ago (pictures to come). We ventured to Cunningham Falls State Park near Frederick, MD and stayed in a cabin. Reed loved it -- especially searching for big sticks and toasting marshmallows.
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