Halloween

Connor is in Preschool, and about 2 months ago, they started talking about Halloween at school. Connor decided that he wanted to be Mater and the Ghostlight.

Not just Mater, not a Ghostlight, but Mater and the Ghostlight. For those of you who have never watched Pixar's Cars, Mater and the Ghostlight is a short film where Mater (a Tow Truck) is chased by a blue glowing lantern.

How could I possibly make him Mater and the Ghostlight? Well, we went and bought foamboard and poster paints, along with a bit of duct tape, and created a costume with one headlight (working), and a realy bright flashlight for a lantern. Here's the results.

One note - for those of you who want to create something similar... I wish I had taken stairs into account better - getting up and down the stairs was a bit difficult.

What we won't do for our kids.

Pictures from London

Pictures from London.

Well, I've managed to put up our 600 or so pictures that Connor and I took in London over 5 days.

They're organized into several sets in a flickr collection. This should make it easier to sort through all of them.

Over the next couple of days I hope to get around to putting up some videos too, but those will have to wait a while for now.

King Richard's Faire

Connor, Mommy and Daddy went to King Richard's Faire.

Connor continued his horseback riding obsession; this time he wanted to ride the "biggest horse in the forest":



And gave Mommy a rose:

Connor at Davis Farmland on Horseback

The Crandall's and Connor and Dad went to Davis Farmland - a really huge petting zoo in Sterling, MA.

Connor really wanted to ride a pony - and seemed to do pretty well, as you can see in this video: