Halloween!

Here are the much requested pictures from our halloween costumes.

To start with we have Sam the Volcano Blaster! This was a much discussed and negotiated costume. I think it turned out fairly well. He seemed to enjoy it. He liked that he could duck down inside it and explode out.

Hannah the Flower Princess. She loved the tutu and the hat, she calls it her crown. It's an awfully big tutu, note to self, not quite so many yards of tulle next time.

Michelle didn't get an original costume. This was worn by Hannah in past years but I only had so much time for costumes. She liked that she had a tutu. The first time she wore it she stood there and danced a little bit.

There you have it! Enjoy!

Sayings from the family

There are no pictures to accompany these statements but here are things that have been heard around the house:

"No dancing on the table." This is for Michelle and her skills of climbing. For a little bit I was able to stop her by moving all the chairs away from the table. Now she knows how to move them to where she wants, counters with keys and laptops and phones. And of course tables are the next step after the chair.

"Are you an omnivore?" I was actually asked this question the other day by Sam after I won the race of running down the stairs. Apparently we are learning quite the range of stuff from PBS kids. And just a refresher (because I had to go over to know for sure), an ominvore is someone who eats all kinds of things. Oh the things I relearn from my kids.

"Where does it hurt?" This is what I ask from any crying child. It usually is minor and even if they think it is traumatic a kiss is all it takes and they are back to whatever it was they were doing. Wrestling, raising and running into each other, climbing on top of each other. This is how they are hurt, what are they not understanding here?

And the most often heard: "What can I DO?" Although why they still ask is beyond me. They never like my answer but still keep asking.

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http://delicious.com/

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Tips on improving everything from your home life to your professional life - basically hacking your existance to be better

More modern tango music

AJ and I were watching Dancing with the Stars (yeah, with both of us having been on ballroom dance teams no surprise there) when some cool tango music accompanied one of the dances. I've found myself really liking groups like Project Gotan and such, and this new group (to me) is right up that alley. Check out Otros Aires.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPr_4CD1Us

Enjoy!

"First" Lost Tooth

Here's the highlight of Sam's life, at least today, was that he his first tooth came out. I know the picture shows two missing teeth but the top one was a casualty of his active life at around 3 and the fake tooth (his new tooth he called it) came out towards the beginning of the year. The two bottom ones have both been loose and after eating an apple this afternoon the one was really loose. It was bugging him and he kept playing with it. Eventually he had his tooth in his hand. He is pretty excited and can't wait to tell all his friends.

Three photos of the sunset on Sept 18, looking west over the Salt Lake Valley.

Can you imagine a dog that size barking at you?

More of the shadow of the dog across the sky.

Fun times in the Elliss household. We went on a trip up to Millcreek Canyon - Autumn is just barely starting to show in the color of the leaves and the slight coolness in the air. We stopped off at Church Fork Picnic Area, and took some fun photos of us and the Buhlers.