Halloween 2008

Adam the Indian (or maybe a mountain man -- whichever one wears flip-flops)

Ian the wizard

Heath the cowboy (the "twisty" moustache was all his idea!)

Luke the (reluctant) itsy-bitsy spider

Leaf Insect

Tonight Ian was attacked by a small green alien mind-sucker... and he liked it!

Actually, Ian spotted this huge leaf insect during dinner, hunted it down, and finally caught it. When he put it on his arm, it crawled up to his shoulder, up his neck, and finally rested on the top of his head. WHERE IT SUCKED OUT ALL HIS BRAINS!

A couple of videos

Back in August, Grandma found a frog in her pool. The boys promptly named it "Francis Froggie Welker" and made it a pet for about 12 hours. They even found that he/she? would croak on command, with a little physical encouragement...

A couple of weeks ago, I made cookies and let Luke lick the beater. He had just learned to say "Pookie," his nickname, and he says it with gusto: