Dear Santa

It feels a little early, but C's school is having their annual Christmas charity celebration (it's a festival for the kids and their families, and the money is donated to a couple local charities) later this month, so we are starting to get in the holiday spirit. He even came home from school last week singing Christmas carols! C has also been drawing pictures (and they're recognizable!) and writing his letters a lot lately so I thought this year we would write a letter to Santa. It's awfully cute! (And for those of you who have no clue who Silaray (sp?) is, it's a character from Ben Ten, which is a show on Cartoon Network that C and all his friends love).

Spiderhalloween

C is so into the superheros right now that there was little discussion about who he wanted to dress up as for Halloween. At first he wanted to be an astronaut, and I was so excited that it wouldn't be Batman, Superman, or Spiderman. But, in the end it was back to the Superheros, and the lucky winner this year was Spiderman. Since we were away the week before Halloween I didn't have much time to get LC's costume, so I took the easy way out and he went as a Spiderman too.

A few friends in the complex and I organized to have trick or treating the night after Halloween. They all came over beforehand for dinner and it was a bit chaotic, but fun. Then the kids busted out of here (they could NOT wait!) and joined the other kids from the complex for trick or treating. This was also the first Halloween for some of the international kids who live here, and they and their parents were especially thrilled with the night. It was a smashing success and C and LC had a great time! LC even got the hang of it after a few houses, so much so that he just kept taking more and more candy from the bowls! Then, about 3/4 of the way, he just got too tired and sat down. And that was the end of Halloween for the night.

At a friend's house for a kids Halloween party

Right before leaving for trick or treating. C was not happy about having to wait even one second more!

The Big Day

In honor of Super Tuesday, we'd like to officially cast our ballot:

On a side note, we did already send in our absentee ballots, not that it will matter much in Maryland.