Happy Halloween!

WordGirl and her sidekick Captain Huggy Face (a monkey). See PBS Kids (.org) if you don't know what we're talking about. Also streaming on Netflix. Hilarious! (not pictured: we rode our bikes to the Lawn for Trick or Treat-ing. I rode my bike, and Wes rode his with Z on the tag-a-long and A up front in a baby seat. Now that's a caravan!)

The Sound of Awesome

I can't think of anything that comes even close to this brilliant comment made by our buddy Chris, so I will borrow from him - It's like she's saying "I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am."

Duplos

Zara received Lego Quatros for her first birthday, and then when she moved up to Duplos sometime after she turned 2, we just kept using that same HUGE Quatro box. Well, Amity doesn't do much with the Duplos other than eat them, drop them, and otherwise make a noise and/or mess with them, but she sure does love them! The box is especially good for cruising, she'll walk across the whole living room pushing it in front of her...

Teeth Revisited

Same cute baby, looking a little worse for the wear due to her proclivity towards pulling up on EVERYTHING and also scratching herself with her sharp, long, claw-like nails. Which we do trim. But she grows 'em faster than we can cut 'em. Such is life. Here's another view of the same teeth you saw last week.

En garde

This pirate costume (size 2T!) was mixed in with some fabulous hand-me-downs we recently received from some friends here in town. Neither the diminutive size of said costume, nor the fact she has never once to my knowledge played pirates, diminished the tremendous amount of fun Zara had running around the house with her "grrs" and her "argghs."

We can only hope Amity will have as much fun when she fits into it sometime in 2012.

Grated Carrot

We grated some carrot. Amity ate it. Also did some abstract art. A good time was had by all!

Wild Animal PJs

This is so cute it speaks for itself. Though Wes wants me to remind you all that Amity does normally have a neck. Also, thanks to Marmee for the PJs. We love them!

Teeth!

Amity's got 2 bottom teeth, as you can see here. She's had them since August. Still waiting for some top ones to appear... perhaps in this case she takes after her mother?

Apple School

Zara's K class visited Carter's Mountain for "Apple School." This was her 3rd year on the mountain... we expect they'll ask her to teach next year!

Puppy Pile

Late afternoons (the prequel to the true witching hour of dinnertime) can be a little bit mad at our house. Here we see Wes, Zara and Amity practicing in case they are ever called to form a human version of that stacker toy Amity is finally getting interested in (toy not pictured - instead you get Craig family cuteness. Deal.)

Drummer

Amity's rocking out on the drum.... or maybe just then she's teething on the stick. Either way.

New Coat and Boots

Turns out that in addition to starting Kindergarten Zara's also just getting bigger! Pictured here she is modeling (I told her to pretend she was in the Hanna Andersson catalog) her new boots (size 11) and fall peacoat (size XS, but girls XS, no longer in toddler sizing!) from 'the old navy store' as she calls it.

Surly Teen

Zara gives us a preview of what life will be like with her in another 7 or 8 years...