Q4's Halloween party

At Q4's party at school all the kids got up on stage when called. All the witches. All the bugs. All the princesses and fairies. Oh, that's our category!

Q4 on stage


One of Q4's teachers was introducing the characters, and Q4 was trying to tell folks that the little girl at the end was Aurora, and somebody else kept saying Sleeping Beauty. Aurora! Aurora! Get the name right! One clap only for you idiots. OK, I'm outta here.


Me & Q4 in the audience

C6 chooses a pumpkin

I wasn't here either, but C6 also had a pumpkin patch down in Magruder Park. Fun!

Is this the right pumpkin?



No, this is!

C5's class parade

I posted the photos but forgot to post them here. I went to her classroom early and helped the kids get their outfits on. Most of the 6 year olds didn't care if I was in the changing room with them (girls only) and most would go in together, but a few were very private, going in alone, no help from me, taking their time. Just wondering when the switch happens ... when do you change from being ok changing in front of your friends and a strange mother to not being ok having anybody else there? I can't remember.

My 6 year old sweetie (notice the book? She had it as part of her costume. And the waist apron ... well, we forgot that at home). Also, does her costume look familiar? It should. Last year she was a princess. Same skirt. Similar shirt. Different headgear.



C6 and her prairie girl friends (notice how nice their costumes are.)


C6's whole class


The parade:

Q4's pumpkin patch

I wasn't there, but here are C41's photos:

Twirl-y skirt!

I LOVE this skirt. SO twirly!!!

1, 2, 3 ... 100 (again)

This time Q4 (last time it was C4). She just got past the 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 tangle that she was stuck at for about 2 years about 2 months ago. And this past week she's been counting to 100. Just for fun. In the car. At the table. Whenever she feels. Must be a 4 and a half year old thing.

Dancing to ABBA

Q4 discovered ABBA the other day. She's been going through the old CDs in the basement and dancing/bouncing (today was The Meters Live) to musis she finds. Here are her ABBA dances. I DO NOT know where she learned those moves. Really.

I like the one because of the beautiful dance steps. I like the other video because of the little index finger twirl. That is so Q4.






PS. Remember that hat I made for Q4 the other day? It fits me because it is stretchy ... it is a great bed hat. MMM warm. We'll see if I have to make my own.


PPS! Remember that twirly skirt I made C6 about a year ago? (almost exactly a year!). I had a charge to make Q one, too. Well, I finally did it this afternoon. Made from freecycle fabric. One which is already fraying, so I don't know how long this skirt will last. But then, C6's skirt is so dirty and disgusting and it has frayed and gotten holes and had to resewn, and is so faded ... but she still loves it. Pictures tomorrow when she puts it on.