I Forgot Halloween? Now that's scary.

I can't believe I forgot to post these Halloween pictures. It's my favorite! It's what I live for!

Even my baby gets the spirit of Halloween.

Nash is like the amazing shrinking Spiderman in his 3 sizes too big costume.

It just made the muscles that much bigger.

We cut holes out of this old karate outfit and sewed in blood splattered pieces of flesh colored fabric. Try saying that five times fast.

All in black with a creepy faceless mask, Liv was able to haunt the daylights out of Hallow's Eve.

My true colors start to come out as Two-Face.

And what kind of villain would I be without a hero?

Dylan's Batman was a big hit around the neighborhood.

And lookie who we found.

Up, Up, and Away

Gage became fascinated with hot air balloons while we were looking for science fair projects. We came across this little dandy, and we made hot air balloons for weeks. We watched videos of them, checked out books from the library, and tried making some of our own.

The dry cleaner bag/poster board/toaster model worked the best. It went up over 30 feet in the cold, still, outside air. Awesome!

Sometimes I get discouraged when homeschooling, but a lot of times my prayers are answered and some amazing events happen to enrich our homeschool experience. For example, on the way to the science fair, we saw a hot air balloon hovering just a few blocks away. Naturally, we went after it! The thing landed right in front of us. We jumped out of the car and watched them pull down the envelope (balloon) and empty it. The pilot hollered "Come help!" so we ran over and helped fold it up and put it in the gigantic bag. The pilot took about 20 minutes showing Gage the inside, telling him how it works, how much fuel he had to lift the 500 lb. balloon, and about the competitions he had been in. He learned more in that hands-on 20 minutes than in the 2 weeks of studying. And it was awesome.

She Blinded Me With SCIENCE!

We love science fairs! Olivia decided, all on her own, to see which kind of pets had the most germs. We went all over the neighborhood swabbing hamsters, chickens, cats, dogs, turtles, snakes, cockatiels, and salamanders.

I would post a picture of the petri dishes after 2 weeks, but I'm not sure how recently you ate, so I'll leave them off just to be safe.

The pets with the most in volume and the most different kinds of bacteria: CATS! Pink and slimy, brown and fuzzy, green, white, black, and everything in between. Ewwwww!

The least bacteria ridden: DOGS! Hardly any bacteria at all.

Spaz Update

January is a time for renewed resolutions, calming down after the holidays, watching snowflakes gently fall, and bread monsters.

And band-aid moustaches.
Oh, and Incredible Hulk sword fights.
And, naturally, getting stuck in things.

"I love it! What is it?"

"I love spoiling your kids!" Granny G laughs after Gage rips open a gift with unbridled excitement and yells, "YES! I love it! What is it!?!" It was a simple little mp3 player. He immediately filled it with songs from his favorite artists: Michael Jackson and The FlowBots (Dylan's old college band).

Nash had a less fortunate experience with his gift.

Lucy got her annual bath, which she clearly looks forward to all year.

The second tree lot tree of our marriage. Grmph.

And the best present ever: Sir Bentley Bigglesworth Higginbotham. Isn't he the cutest?

Suite Suit

Gage and Nash are livin' the high life in their sweet suits.

After they got all slicked up, they charged downstairs to Dad's office, pounded on the door, and barged in declaring, "Official business!"

Missoula to the Maxxx

The bad news is that our dear Aunt Carrie and Uncle Tanner live so far away from us. The upside is, when we visit, it's epic.

Julian "Marilyn Monroe" Higginbotham rocks epic.

Going through the cat door. Totally epic.

Gourds in Space!?!

Karate!

Epic Cuteness!!!

Fish hook in tree!

(Please make this picture big to fully appreciate Tanner's epic face.)

Faux fur hats. Now that's epic.

A Grand Day Out

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Fall is the best season! And I have proof.

Liv was digging in the dirt and then inadvertently touched her nose. Adorable!

(But don't tell her I said that. She says she's too old to be called adorable.)

Nash Crash

In accordance with being 4, Nash has had two major crashes this summer. The first being a dive off an electric scooter. Luckily his chin caught him.

His jaw swelled up and he couldn't eat anything but mush for almost 2 weeks.

Secondly, his foot came in contact with a window.

Naturally, this happened immediately after Gage ran into a car while riding his bike and we had to pay to replace a tail light. Boys.

Lucy Loves to be One

Some things to consider doing on your first birthday:

Eat a little cake made of slices of watermelon and smashed bananas.

Make root beer with big Uncle Curtis.

Have fat knees.

Start being more responsible by helping around the house.

Get stung by a bee.