Scary things that go bump in the night.

Tonight we took the kids on the spooky train ride at the museum. We weren't sure if we where going to take Walter at first because he has been afraid of scary things lately but it involved the train so he said he wanted to go. They did pretty good, of course a few things where scary but it was worth the train ride for the two of them. This picture is of Rose E watching the smoke from the steam engine. Oh and speaking of being afraid, Rose E now is beginning to be afraid of certain things. The other night I put her down to sleep and she started to scream in her room, I went to see what was wrong (thinking she'd say "up," pick me up) and she pointed to the shadows on her ceiling. I showed her how she could make her fingers move to make more shadows and at first she was amused but after awhile it was bye bye to the nightlight casting them. What is it with those shadows? Walter won't let me put a certain light on in his room either at night because according to him "it makes shadows and I (he) tried to talk them (the shadows) saying to go away but they wouldn't listen so I (he) gave-up talking to them." I keep explaining that they are not alive but there's just something about them that creates uncertainty.
Back to the train ride....the kids where able to dress-up in their Halloween costumes so here is a sneak peak. Walter chose to be a miner (because the miners get the copper for the trains). If you look closely he is carrying a Thomas lunch box too. Rose E is going to be Princess Rose Ella (I guess their is a movie starring the barbie doll princess Rose Ella but we haven't seen it yet). We decided to hold off on the dress in fear that it would get dirty on the train though. Oh and speaking of trains, yesterday as the kids where heading down the steps Walter decided to pretend that they where a train, so he started to say "choo choo" and Rose E said "choo choo no no whoo whoo." She certainly is starting to get a little mind of her own these days!


Today Walter also found this dinosaur puppet in the basement while we where trading out toys and then we just had to have the puppet theatre too. It has been so much fun listening to that imagination roll! Here Bob the Builder and his crew built a new school, football field and train tracks leading to the school. Then the dinosaur rode to the school in the train.

Rose E is all about those hats and jewelry lately. She likes to dress us up too. Isn't that hat becoming of Jeff?

Last but not least the other day I set-up mini water tubs for the kids to play in. They had a blast. In fact Rose E was upset when it was time to call it quits and eat some lunch. She was definitely into the dumping and pouring and kept saying "spoon." By the time she was done she had about ten spoons to play with.

Walter on the other hand stirred up his bubbles to make "apple soup" and also did a little fishing.