Batman, and Princess, and Football Player, Oh My!

If there is one thing I have learned, when you make plans, your children are likely to change them.  This Halloween is a perfect example.  When we found out we were having a boy, Cory thought it would be the best idea ever to have our kids dress up like Batman and Batgirl.  I thought it sounded cute so I agreed to it and even bought a Batgirl costume after Halloween last year.  What we didn't think about was the fact that Landry would be almost three years old and have a mind of her own.  So when I tried to put the Batgirl costume on her before before leaving for trunk or treat on Friday, I faced the reality that she was NOT going to wear that costume.  We fussed and fought and battled over wills until I remembered that this was supposed to be fun for HER.  I finally asked her what she wanted to dress-up in and, she said "princess" in a sweet little voice.  So we raided her dress-up clothes in order to find a suitable princess costume.  Her mood immediately changed.  She starting adding accessories to the outfit and prancing around.  What can I say, she was meant to be a PRINCESS!

As for Eli, we couldn't find a small enough Batman costume, but as I was looking through my cousin's pictures on flickr, I saw her little boy in a Batman suit.  She had gotten it from wal-mart, but ours did not have it.  So my cousin saved the day and mailed it to just in time!  Thanks Aunt Shonda!

(Eli had just waken up in this picture, but it makes him look tough. LOL)

These were all taken on Friday Night when we went to Trunk Or Treat at a local high school

Tonight, we had Trunk Or Treat at church.  We tried one more time with the Batgirl suit, but got the same reaction.  Back to the dress-up basket and Landry decided she'd be Cinderella.  Thanks Mom for providing Landry with so many princess dresses! Thanks to Louisiana weather, it was a little too hot for Eli to be Batman tonight, so he was an LSU football player. Thanks Olive! (Noticing a trend here?) The jersey was mighty handy and CUTE!

Here are pics taken tonight:

Daddy wanted a chance to be a football player.  He switched hats with Eli

Landry got to make her own cupcake.  She was proud!

 I thought Landry looked so cute sitting there with her barefeet and her balloon.  Wish the background wasn't so distracting, but it's still cute.

Here she is feeling some gooey "eyeballs"  Eeeeew!

Eli is being a lady's man, as usual

After Trunk or Treat, we decided to hand out candy rather than going to get more.  I think it was Landry's favorite part of the night.  She stood at the door and waited intently.  We had a good number of trick or treaters.  In Landry's words "Yay!  People!"

 Of course, Landry wanted a piece for herself every once in a while.  Why are lollipops always their favorite?

Eli tried to get into the candy too

Despite the change in plans, Halloween was a success!!!

Pumpkin Carving

Daddy is the designated pumpkin carver, but we let Landry give her input on what she wanted the pumpkin to look like.  She wanted triangle eyes and nose, and she wanted him to make a "scared face."  However, when Cory cut the circle for the mouth a little larger than she expected, she said, "Oh No!  He's crying!"  Kids say the darndest things!

Here are pictures from our pumpkin carving...

Landry's feeling the gooey inside

Like everything else, Eli wanted to eat it.

Daddy's working diligently

In the end, they were both pretty pleased with their pumpkin!

Self-Feeding

We recently starting giving Eli finger-foods to begin self-feeding.  Like every baby, at first, he tried to use his fist rather than his fingers.  He would try so hard to get the food from his fist to his mouth, but to no avail.  More recently, Eli has been working those little fingers carefully to pick up each morsel in between the thumb and first finger.  Sometimes he is able to transport it into his mouth successfully, but sometimes he loses it on the way there.  Either way, he is exercising those fine motor skills and learning so very quickly.  Here are some pictures of him participating in his newest adventure...Self-Feeding:

Look at that concentration....

 Still a little messy

Here is Landry offering a little encouragement

Seems Eli's been trying a lot of new things lately.  Check back for more Eli news in the near future.

Happy Birthday Poppy!

It's birthday time again!  Today it's Poppy's birthday and his sweet little grandbabies have a message for him.....

You are the best Poppy in the world and

WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Videos Anyone?

It's been quite a while since I've posted any videos, so I thought I might make up for it by posting multiple videos.  I know the grandparents will appreciate it :)


Here they are:

Landry's Dramatics

Landry sings "Not Guilty" by Mandissa

Transportation

School Stuff

Randomness

Down On the Lake Front

Cory bought kites for the kids a couple of days ago.  So we decided to try one of them out at the Lake Front.  The Lake Front is always nice and breezy.  The evening we went couldn't have been more perfect!!  Here are some pictures from the evening.  I love them because they really tell a story!  I won't even have to label the pictures.  They speak for themselves.

And while we were there, I wanted to try and get some pictures of the two munchkins together.  I had yet to get any decent pictures of them together.  So I brought a prop bench with me.  I had lots of good luck when I used the bench on my clients' children, so maybe I could have the same with mine.  Here is what I got.

Not exactly the look I was going for : /

However, I brought my wagon as well, and it did grant me a little success

What an wonderful evening! :)

Thighs of Glory!!

After several comments about that awesomeness of Eli's thighs, I decided to write a post about it.  I didn't want to forget these pudgy little legs.  They are huge, rolly, and soft! He is also very ticklish on his thigh, but sometimes you have to dig deep to find that tickle spot.   I LOVE IT!

So here are the glorious thighs from the back

Here they are from above

 And here is the cute little face that goes with those cute little thighs!!!

Don't you wish our chunky thighs were considered cute even as adults!?!?