Hoodies In the Jardin

Michael decided early in November that he prefers sweaters with hoods. How do I know, you ask? He came into the office one morning wearing his little blue smoking jacket sweater that Grandma Gayle knit him, which has no hood, and appaently he had decided that it should ... what a goofy look!





I decided after he had marched into the office with that arrangement that perhaps we should just change into something with a hood, and he then was much happier.





Michael is running around in these pictures with the yellow sweater, yelling "Peep, peep!" at the top of his lungs, pretending to be a chicken flying around the office. He's wearing a sweater that my mom knit for me when I was little (it still has a name tag inside that reads Heather Balog!).

And while we're on the topic of sweaters, I'll include a cute snapshot of Miss Miranda, wearing a little green sweater that my Grandma Kleckner knit for me when I was little.

I Am the Cat In the Hat

I swear I am the Cat In the Hat, because at the end of every day, our house looks like Thing 1 and Thing 2 have been through, trashing everything! Where do I get one of those cool clean-up-machines that the Cat had in the movie?

Anyway, it was obvious to me what Michael and Miranda were going to be for Halloween!!



Yep, you guessed it - Thing 1 and Thing 2 revealed in their true form!

This next picture was taken after Michael and I had the "Please do not touch your hair AT ALL" discussion. You can see how thrilled he was about that.



Yes, I sprayed their hair blue, and no, it was not a good idea! Have you ever tried to convince a two-year old not to touch his hair? It all got washed out about 30 minutes after I did it, because I started having visions of blue smears all over our lovely new house. They were quite cute though and it was a lot of fun.