Cutie Pie

Blurry but cute picture I found on the little camera, so Orion took it!

Halloween 2009

And we totally sucked at pictures. Akasha got a late nap, and we kinda ran out of time, but here is a shot of Orion as the Red Power Ranger. Not sure what the pose was all about!
Akasha, on the other hand, we didn't get a single decent photo of. :( She had a cute little ladybug pullover, but you can't really see the antennae here.
This is what happened when I tried to put her down for a shot with brother.
Yeah, she is usually a little grouchy for awhile after getting up. AND it looks like the lens on the little camera is smudged up or something. Must remember to clean it!

You can't tell in the picture, but this would be her first ever taste of a candy bar! After I realized she had managed to gnaw through a Snickers wrapper (no joke!), I figured, what the heck? They don't have a very thick chocolate coating. She didn't have much of a reaction, so maybe she is already almost past her dairy issues. That would sure be nice!
Stolen from Zoe's blog of the whole gang.

Towers Galore!

Just a few days ago, Akasha started stacking some toys together into towers out of the blue. She does it every morning now, and sometimes more. I finally got some pics of the action! She makes some pretty cool stuff, sometimes with something bigger on something smaller, and will often sit an animal or something on top lol. It is like she went from 0 - 60 overnight in the building skills!

Rad Shirt!

This was my favorite score from Pass it On this year by far! Just so cool somebody created this shirt for a kid!

Let the Embarrassment Begin!

No, seriously, I officially have Sarah's permission, and even encouragement, to put up things she drew and wrote. She is one confident girl. :) I was telling her I found some great essays from high school that were cracking me up, and she said it was fine if I posted them. So I am starting a process of going through documents to see what I want to put up. At the same time, while I am posting all this art of Orion's, I thought, why not take pictures of some of Sarah's stuff as well? I came across these in an old notebook and thought they were pretty funny!

Another Art Exploooooooooosion

I got behind in hanging up art, so this is a giant catch up post. These aren't in the order he made them, or any order for that matter. Just some stuff I like! Hopefully these aren't any duplicates from older stuff I posted.

Kid on a slide!

Easter Egg
Snowman
I liked this one with the long armed dude because it was also his first sun with "rays".
A birthday cake!
This is how he draws me. :) I love the cheeks.
This was quite a production for him. He usually doesn't spend this much on a single drawing. This was a whole city he said. There is even a gray street under the cars.
This one has a bit of a story. Orion drew the fireman, then wanted me to draw fire. He kept making the shape in the air to show me, but I didn't realize he only wanted me to draw ONE flame right under the water. So he was quite upset at first. :( Then I suggested making the water go into streams. He liked that and said, "Why didn't I think of that?!" haha This was kindof a big deal because he usually gets really upset and frustrated when a drawing doesn't go his way, then crumples it up. Yay for thinking outside the box a little!
Daddy, who doesn't have blue eyes. :shrug:
Guy on a motorcycle. One of my favorites!
This one is pretty neat because he was wanting to paint a heart, but felt he didn't know how and was asking for help. Tessi suggested he painted the way he thinks of a heart, and this is how it came out!
Fire engine, with a hose and everything! And apparently a flat tire LOL.
This one was quite recent. He said it was several friends singing Mary Had a Little Lamb together. :) Notice the notes, and I guess people close their eyes when singing!
Just somebody under a rainbow. Mommy with a baby in the tummy? The square things on the arms are sleeves.
Orion drew these two then asked me to add the hearts. :)
Mixed media! Akasha loves this one. She cries, "Doggy, doggy!" every time she sees it. I asked Orion if that was a noodle he ate in his tummy, and he said, "No! It's a stripe!" Of course!
He knew just where to put this sticker.

When I asked about this one, it was simply described as "a guy with really long arms."
This is probably my all time favorite so far - a family of dragons! I think it rocks he pictures dragons as spirals!

What to do with that old Halloween fabric hanging around.

Survivor and the Changing Face of the Country

Yes, I am going to make another post about reality TV.... Ron and I haven't had much time to watch anything together, but he has Survivor downloaded, and we finally got around to starting this season. For those of you who don't watch the show, each season is structured a bit differently. Often, tribes are picked on the first day, but this season, they were "prepicked". They also did something else I don't remember seeing before (although I have not watched all of them). They had the tribes each vote for a leader, just based on appearance and without knowing anything about the people. They didn't even know their names! People had to write down descriptions instead. The players come from all over the country and from many different backgrounds, so I was pretty surprised (in a good way) with the results. First tribe, Russel gets voted as leader:
Not just a black man. A black man with dreadlocks.

Then in the next tribe, Jaison almost wins:

I have no idea when this was filmed in relation to the election, but I have to wonder if there is any connection. Things like this make me think we are headed in the right direction. There were even a few female "names" written down. Would be nice if they were just as likely to get elected, but I have been surprised once.... Where are we headed?

Oh, and for those of you who DO watch the show, no spoilers. We have only watched the first two episodes. :)