Quail Day- Holiday Highlight’s Week wraps up!

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Cole | 1 Comment

There are decidedly fewer photographic instances of the Quail on Halloween. Not for lack of trying- but maybe a baby’s first Halloween is not unlike a baby’s first birthday. It’s really for the parents- not for her. Yes I dressed her up; yes her sister got to choose her costume and yes she was taken along to the festivities of the week. But at our Downtown festival she slept, during the school party she was at the doctor getting her flu shot and finally by the last and actual Halloween party she was up and dressed but more than a little distressed by all the commotion and cumbersome nature of the added layers of her costume. She was Captain Huggyface- the illustrious sidekick of the PBS hit cartoon WordGirl. We were able to locate a monkey costume for the base layer, then I made shirts for the kids with the advice of a helpful fabric store clerk and a particularly crafty co-worker with home-made iron on transfers. The Quail’s hip-helper therapy pants happened to be a shiny red that coincided with Capt Huggyface’s costume and lastly I had ordered a Hanna Anderson Pilot Hat for both of the girls when I was thinking about the costume and also thought the Quail might have a hearing loss and be in need of hearing aides. I’m happy to report she is able to hear us all too well and the hats are now just costume accessories and not a needed therapy aide. It was a lovely holiday and we’re glad to be able to move on to the more thoughtful upcoming ones.

Zuzu’s Day- Holiday Highlights continues

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Cole | 2 Comments

You’ll notice Zuzu is on the move in the majority of this blurred collection of photos. What a difference a year makes. Last year in trick or treating she was a bit timid, shy and scared. This year it was all I could do to dart after her and try to keep up. WordGirl was the perfect costume in that it seemed to capture the essence of her nature right now. Her vocabulary is blooming, her speed unprescendented and her delight unending!

Momma Monday- Holiday Highlights Week

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Cole | Leave a comment

One of the reasons I love Autumn so much is there is just so darn much celebrating to be done. From first days of school, to end of summer Labor Day celebrations, to football games and tailgates, to the cooling off of our lovely planet and draping of Mother Nature in her colorful shawl, apple and pumpkin picking, to the more traditional festivities of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and a few birthdays sprinkled in for good measure. I’ve always enjoyed the Holiday’s with a kid-like enthusiasm housed in my grown-up body even before having kids of my very own. And now, the joy felt around this little House of Two Gables is unparelleled. Zuzu is heard on a fairly daily basis proclaiming the likes of, “Guess what Momma, tomorrow is Trash Day! Yay!!!!!!”” or “The Quail just grabbed her toy! Good Job Quail!” or “It’s Saturday!!!! ” and my personal favorite, “Next is Brooke’s birthday, and then my birthday and then your birthday!” Now that the season of 1000 festivities is upon us I can only imagine the the upcoming smiles and good cheer to come!

Since I am quite focused on documenting these joy’s with far too many photographs, we will most likely dedicate the week following each festivity and celebration with a week of our best captured memories. You will notice a new category labeled Holiday Fun where you can catch a summary of our seasonal delight.

Halloween was a funfilled week here. In continuing with Zuzu’s favorite Superhero theme from her Birthday party earlier in the month she was quite insistent on a WordGirl costume and her baby sister joining her as her faithful sidekick- Captain HuggyFace. Thursday night was our town’s Downtown Trick or Treat party, friday was the girl’s school’s Halloween party and saturday rounded out the Halloween fun with trick-or-treating with our good friend’s Tinkerbelle, The Fireman and Captain America.