Halloween Parade

Sunday we had our annual neighborhood Halloween parade and party. Best part, Grandma Fran was here for it!

Lily and the other bride, who happened to be named Lilia.

Go Obama!

Mmmm.

Lily had to be right up front, behind the "stinky" horses.

Neighbor Frannie.

Looking at the horses. That's a flu shot band-aid.

In the role.

Dead Animal Zoo

Lily seems to have lost interest in her "Dead Animal Zoo," which, from a parenting perspective, is kind of a relief. It also gives me some very cooperative photography subjects.

Petrified alligator claw purchased at a gas station on I-95 in Florida.

The Sick Apple

We went to visit Lee in NYC a couple of weekends ago. Unfortunately, Michael got sick as soon as we arrived and didn't leave Lee's apartment from Friday night to Monday morning. Our plans for Coney Island and surprising relatives out east got derailed, so we enjoyed a "girls' weekend" in the city. We went to Times Square and rode the ferris wheel at Toys R Us, went to FAO Schwartz (or FAO Shorts, as Lily called it), had lunch at a real counter luncheonette, and went perfume shopping. Lily's favorite part? The subway rides.

The patient.

Wiped out from a day on the town.

But not too wiped out to have fun with the PlayFoam we got at FAO Shorts.

Fill in the Blank

Deb is thinking: _______________________________

(Yes, that's Vice President Cheney)

Mad Cow

If you must read the whole story you can do so here, but, really, don't you think the mug shot stands on its own?

Mosaics

Claire, the family artist, has completed her second commission. Gorgeous.

Threw this one in to please Ilir.

Gummi

Actual conversation on the way to school today:

Lily: "Mommy, when I grow up can we work in a gummi factory?"
Mommy: "Uuuuh, sure."
Lily: "You would have to work there too."
Mommy: "Okay."
Lily: "And we would have to go to gummi school."
Mommy: "What would we learn there?"
Lily: "How to make gummis!"
Mommy: "Who would teach us?"
Lily: "People who already know how to make gummis, silly."
Mommy: "What do you think they make gummis with?"
Lily: "I don't know. But we would make healthy gummis with fruits and vegetables."
Mommy: "Good idea."
Lily: "But not with cement or bugs."
Mommy: "Certainly not."
Lily: "We should make crunchy gummis."
Mommy: "That would be different."
Lily: "Okay, enough about gummis. When is it my birthday?"