Happy Halloween!

This is by far Choobies FAVORTIE holiday of the year.  

Always has been.

Decorations out Oct 1st, nonstop Halloween CDs in the car, driving around neighborhoods looking at the "spooky guys" night after night, carving multiple pumpkins, and going to every kind of Halloween event imaginable.

He's pretty much Jack Skellington in human form.

I'm so excited I get to spend Halloween with him this year.  Last year I came home from the hospital with Tano on Halloween.  Talk about scary!!

This year "our whole family" is going out and about.  Yipee!

Hope this  video gets you in the Halloween Spirit!

Here he is at 3 years old in front of the Disneyland haunted mansion reciting in his spookiest voice,"what the guy says when you first walk in"

When hinges creak in doorless chambers,

When strange, frightening sounds, echo through the halls.

Whenever candlelights flickr,

When the air is deadly still,

That is the time when ghosts are present,

Practicing their terrors with ghoulish delight!

Told you we listen to Halloween CDs a lot.

[Aug 6] Swimming and Strolling

We did lots of it this summer

[Aug 5] Shark Boy and Shark Girl

[Aug 4] Three Ameegs

After "Grunion 3"graduation we met up with some friends and swam some more!  

Choobie was in the pool nearly the entire evening (thanks Ashley!)

It was so fun for us to put these three little girls together and hope they will be great friends someday.  Aren't they beauts?!!

 

Julie put Tano's hair in her first ponytail!  Side pone Find it!

I was amazed because she HATES people to touch her hair and/or face.  That's what months of physical therapy will do to a kid.  But Julie just whipped that pony up like it was nothing.  Looks like I have a lot to learn in the "dressing of the girl" department.

Trying to undo the side pone was a hair ripping battle.  I ended up cutting the rubber band out of her hair, along with a few hair pieces.  I guess she'll learn sooner or later that beauty equals pain.

It was a blast to catch up with some of my oldest and dearest friends and just swim and eat like we used to back in high school.   Hope to see you girls again soon :)

[Aug 4] The BIG Jump II

[Aug 4] The BIG Jump I

[Aug 4] Wild Raft Ride

[Aug 4] Chicken... Airplane... Rocket...aka Elementary Backstroke

This is by far his favorite stroke.  He does pretty good at the end.

[Aug 4] Grunion 3 Graduation

Graduation Day.  

That means all the kids get to jump off the diving board.  It is the highlight of swimming lessons for Choobie.  

And don't you worry, he invites EVERYONE to his swimming graduation.  For "Grunion 2" graduation he had over 15 people to watch him jump off the diving board since Dan's Dad and crew were visiting from Utah.  

Both Dan and my Dad stop work to come see the big jump.  Uncle Goosey drives in for the big jump.  Grandma wouldn't miss the big jump.  It's quite the event. 

Except that it's not.  

They just jump off the diving board and get a certificate printed on construcion paper.  

While people think it's strange that The Choob is the only one with a cheering squad, we wouldn't have it any other way.  Go CHOOBIE!

 Tiggy is thrilled on graduation day because there is always plenty of people to rescue her from her stroller.

 Standing in line for the big jump.  He's excited.

 She's excited.

And there's the construction paper.  

Which immediately gets placed front and center on the fridge.  

If one tries to move said certificate from it's front and center position, The Choob will notice.  

He Always notices.  

He's like Kathy Bates from Misery.  Don't move the penguins dude, she's gonna hobble you.

[Aug 2] First Backstroke

[Aug 2] Starman Float

[Aug 2] The Raft Ride

He really liked this part of the lesson because she would always "whip him around like Indy Jones"

[Aug2] Practicing Breathing

[Aug 2] Summer Catch Up- Swim Lessons Grunion 3

Luke started out the summer in a two week swimming class called "Grunion 2".  He LOVED it!

When it was over, he was so proud to tell everyone that he graduated and was now a "Grunion 3".  

He loved swimming so much we signed him up for another two week session in "Grunion 3".  Which meant I had to wrestle The Tano everyday for another two weeks.  

She really hated her stroller by the end of it.  But look how cute she is with her two big toothers!

At first he was bummed because he didn't have the same awesome teacher "Coach Anthony" but as soon as he got in the pool he was having fun.

Tanji came up with a new fun game.  She played with a toy for about 2.2 seconds and then threw them on the dirty wet foot fungus ground, forcing me to give her a new toy.  There was a rather large pile of toys around our chairs when the class was over.

 His favorite part of class was at the end when the teacher would throw out the diving rings.  He would come up with almost all of them everytime.  That kid can hold his breath like no other!

Way to go big swimmer guy!