Best Outtake

This year's best Christmas Card photo shoot outtake:

Gia

No kidding. The girls' cousin Gia really is this cute.

Happy Thankgiving

This year I'm thankful for hugs at the dinner table.

Autumn Mars Gazing

It's always a good, good thing when Thia Mars comes to visit, especially when we it results in bonus visits from Clare.


Meanwhile, Eleni got 10 stitches under her lower lip, bringing our 2010 ER visit count up to 5 for those of you playing along. I think the scar is cute.

Zoe is a dancing bee

That's pretty much what you need to know.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Alexandra

The girls wish a very happy birthday to their delicious cousin.

A is for Alice

A is for Alice who met an Alligator
swishing down the Alleyway on Apple Avenue
"Shoo!" said Alice, "I'm Allergic to Alligators."
"Achoo! Achoo!"
And off she flew.

Preschool Circus Trip

Note to self: If you can skip just one school trip next year, let it be the circus.

First of all, any venue that hosts an event starting at 10am and doesn't serve coffee is INSANE.

Second, it's a bit presumptuous to want to be both the greatest and the longest-seeming show on earth. Leave that to shows that better prepare their audiences...like maybe "Waiting for Godot." Zoe helped out by asking "Is this the end?" at least 25 times during the second half.

Third, I don't know how anyone who doesn't watch multiple security camera monitors for a living can be expected to deal with a three-ring circus without feeling like they're falling woefully behind in Cake Mania.



The girls' favorite part were the "pink ballerinas" who were in fact acrobats who I believe were impersonating mermaids. But in the air.


I had two favorite parts:

1. 7 motorcycles riding around a mesh metal ball. Cool.


2. The yellow foam cowboy hat that came free with the $10 cotton candy-in-a-bag (didn't there used to be a stick involved?). Eleni looked particularly cute in that hat.


3. Cute kids



Not my favorite part: The 1.5 hour bus ride home on a hot, hungry, cranky school bus.

Trick-or-Treat 2010

Hot off the presses, some shots from the Marousis girls' 2010 Trick-or-treating.









As we prepared for the excursion, The bumble bee, Princess Jasmine, the jaguar and Alice in Wonderland demonstrated energy to spare.
















They were undaunted by the cold weather, and fought back with parkas.




















We tromped through the leaves and waning sunshine from house to house, urging the dads to keep up.
















As the sun began to go down, however, the candy-inspired exercise took its toll and laziness prevailed.






At the end of the day, we unanimously announced a successful candy mission accomplished.