Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone is having a great Halloween! Here's Spiderman posing with his trusty sidekick, Luther.


We call this shot "the haul." Truman made out pretty well for going to only a few houses.



The counting begins.



Had to document this treat. A gentleman up the street opened the door and offered the kids full-sized candy bars! Who does that any more?! The kids were in shock. (Truman claims Milky Ways are his favorite even though he's never had one before.)

Unfortunately, we didn't time things well, so we missed most of the kids while we were out trick or treating. We had exactly two children stop by after 7 pm. Now we're sitting here with a full bowl of candy and two unopened bags. I guess that's what they call a "good" problem. Next year, we'll know better.

Halloween Sneak Peek

Truman modeling his new Spiderman costume!


The half mask's a little problematic (although more safe than the full face-covering one they show with the older boy costume). Get a load of the "muscles"...


Spinning his web!

OMG

Finally! We have such a backlog (we're talking MONTHS) of photos, but let's start small. Truman recently acquired a knight costume (not to be confused with his Halloween costume, which has yet to arrive). We've had a lot of "fun" playing Knight, Knight-girl, and Bad Guy. We'll let you figure out who gets to play which character.

Spring Break!

We had a busy spring break, spending the first weekend in NJ with family and the second back in Austin enjoying SXSW. Enjoy the pics!



Truman serenading the Groupps with someone's (Phoebe? Eli?) harmonica.



Dad and Truman down the shore. (Thank you, Reillys!)



Mom and T at the beach.


Cousins!


Aunt Alison and Uncle Paul enjoying quality time with their godson, Eli.


The country cousin on his way back to the Lone Star state (taking the airtrain from the rental car stop to Terminal C at Newark). Goodbye, NJ! We'll miss you.



Back in Austin, we enjoyed a visit from Grandmommy and Granddad.


Truman and Dad hanging out at the Peelander-Z kids' show during SXSW. (The snacks were Truman's. The beer belonged to Dad.)



Rocking out!



A surprise tour of the neighborhood fire station on the way back to the car, courtesy of Mr. Hunt. That's Truman with friend Tiernan Hunt. (Thanks, John!)

Snow Day

Daycare was closed today because of the "snow." Very little accumulation, but we went out for a short while this morning.


We *thought* Truman owned mittens. Instead, we had to improvise with saran wrap covered by socks. Kind of sad, really.



The world's tiniest snowman.


Truman surveying our handiwork.

'Twas the night before Christmas

Here's the scene at our house tonight:


Truman dictated his note to Santa, which reads, "Dear Santa: Happy Santa! Merry Christmas, Santa! Get some milk and some cookies. Goodbye."

And to all a good night!

A Backwoods Christmas

It's a Christmas miracle! (No, not the first photo with Santa, but the fact that we actually posted an entry on this blog.) A big thank you to our neighbor Ben, who took pity on us, the parents who always forget the camera, and documented Truman's first sit-down with the big guy.

I know what you're thinking: This child doesn't need another fire truck. The poor thing needs a pair of shoes! I would have preferred a more formal portrait, but we had to take what we could get. The photo op with Santa was courtesy of our neighborhood block party this afternoon. We all chipped in a bunch of money to get Santa for an hour, but it was worth it (plus, all of the money goes to the Ronald McDonald House). After much coaxing, Truman climbed up on Santa's lap and told him he wanted (drum roll, please) another fire truck.

As for the bare feet, they were thanks to the bouncy house that several more seasoned parents insisted we needed at the block party. (Truman ditched his shoes *and* socks.) What can I say? They do things big down here in Texas.

Stay tuned for a backlog of photos and news. Really!