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Strumming

Our little musician, enjoying her uncle's guitar (gently, of course, Uncle Dickie!)

 

A Night(s) Out!

On Friday night, Mike's (wonderful, generous, beautiful, completely awesome) parents came and collected our kiddos and took them to their house for the night. This was the first time Sully had ever been away from me overnight (that's over three years, people). I have to admit a not-so-small part of me wanted to simply curl up on the couch and just enjoy the silence for a while, but instead, we got all dolled up (I dried my hair!) (And Mike tucked in his shirt!), and we left the house to enjoy an evening out at a (very exclusive, invitation only) (we're quite important people) Volume One party!

Here's proof (there was much beer and wine involved, please ignore the sleepy eyes, clearly we're out of practice):

And do you know what?? Eva and Sully did so well on Friday night, Mike's parents asked if they could keep them for Saturday night too. We answered with a resounding YES! YES PLEASE! and found ourselves out on the town for a second night! (So fun, but next time I'll totally be planning in some quality couch-sitting/silence-enjoying time, during which time no one, NO ONE, will ask me a question/request a snack/dump out dumpable things/pee on the floor/demand I make the voices for Buzz Lightyear and all of his friends. *wistful sigh* )

We've entered a new era, folks.

Shhhh!

They're "sleeping."

Juggler!

On the way home from the show:
Sully: My favorite part was the unicorn bike!
Eva: [exasperated sigh] Sully. It's called a UNICYCLE.
Sully: My favorite part was the unicorn cycle!

Public Transportation

Three!

"Mama? Is I six yet?"
(Slow down, little man. Sloooooow down.)

Happy, Happy Third Birthday to our irrepressable Sullivan Jon!
You are the sweetest, funniest, craziest little ball of energy.
You light up our family, Sully-Bug.
We love you so very much,
Mama & Daddy (& Eva too!)

Beach Bum

As if Eva needed another reason to love the library...this summer they've been offering a selection of garish beach wear for playing dress-up. This was yesterday's get-up:

Yesterday's "Role": Vampire

(She even engineered a way to make her cape stand up around her neck...)

Living in Oz

Little Eva has been swept up in the world of Oz. Early in the summer, she and I read the book together (one of my favorites from childhood). Then, we were lucky enough to see the musical version, performed by our own local theater guild. And, just this past weekend, her Grammy and I finally, finally introduced her to the film version (love for this story runs in the family!)

Eva is now just as taken with Oz as I expected her to be...but the surprising part is, so is Sully! I never guessed he'd have the patience to sit through the entire film, but he did. He was really interested...and now he and his sister are spending large portions of their days pretending to be various characters from Oz, and attempting to sing the songs from the movie.

Last night, they added costumes.

Presenting The Wicked Witch of the West:

And Scarecrow (please note the "straw" sticking out of his pants and shirt--this was all Eva's doing):

As a former little girl who ran around with a wooden spoon wand, pretending to be Glinda the Good Witch, and who also insisted on being a green-faced wicked witch for Halloween three years in a row, I really couldn't be more proud of my children right now. (Except I do question their judgement on using the mask. That's sort of terrifying.)

Buddies

(Grammy's hair has been styled by Eva. She doesn't usually wear her hair like this. Honest.)