02
2011
Halloween
For the past few months Jacoby has been obsessed with an iPad game called Chop Chop Caveman. It’s a little adventure game where this caveman has to navigate through different levels – kicking dinosaurs and getting bonus fruits and veggies. He saw it from a kid that our nanny also watches and he kept talking about it… “mommy – chop chop caveman? play chop chop caveman? Until this point we really only had educational games on our iPad for him (except Angry Birds and Cut the Rope) but I thought “what the heck, how much damage can one video game be?”
I thought wrong.
He became obsessed with the game wanting to clear every level. And he’s played it so much he’s memorized the veggie bonuses. We were eating lunch the other day and he said “mommy- what’s that?” pointing at my plate. I said “it’s a pickle” and he said “oooh – like chop chop caveman volcano level 2???” and I was like “uhh yeah, sure”. I went to the iPad and he was right – the volcano “world” level. Again – he sees a head of garlic. “mommy mommy! garlic! Like chop chop caveman volcano level 1???”
You get the idea. It’s not that he’ll actually eat these vegetables. He just knows them because a caveman eats them in a video game.
So it only seemed right that he should be a caveman for Halloween. Luckily an easy costume to sew with very few seams and imperfect is… well, perfect. He loved it – especially when I made a matching outfit. One year we were pirates. One year kitties. This year, cave mama and cave boy.
Trick or treating – the Packer jacket is a nice touch. Our neighbors thought it was funny – “oooh – a caveman packer fan!”. He definitely understood trick or treating this year although didn’t want to go to too many houses. He had more fun at my work the week before when we opened the office up for kids to come in and walk around desks trick or treating. Either way – candy was a hit and he was pretty polite to say “trick or treat” at the door and “thank you”
The “real” Chop Chop Caveman:
Jacoby as Chop Chop Caveman:
31
2011
Pumpkins
Holy cow -I’m putting up a post! Sorry folks – I actually have a bunch of pictures and just as many excuses. Some legit and some not. Will try to do better this fall.
We had some fun with pumpkins this year. Jacoby and I went to a pumpkin patch two weeks ago in search of the perfect pumpkin. I think most of Seattle got there before us because most of them were green and picked over, but we did find a few. Ryan was at a bike race so Jacoby and I had to “take turn” taking pictures to get him to pose. Quite the cutie!
We carved pumpkins last weekend – Jacoby wasn’t very interested at first but he came around eventually. According to him my pumpkin said “aah” and his said “ooo” – just like the pumpkin in this cheesy old book that I found from when I was little called the The Halloween Pumpkin (apparently so old that I can’t even find it on amazon.com anymore to link to it!)
Dekker at his ready position – watching for squirrels at the back of the yard
And our pumpkins on Halloween night!
07
2011
Happy Birthday Ryan
I have to get these pictures up on the site before a year goes by and suddenly Ryan is a year older. Ryan turned 35 last Monday and we had quiet evening at home. Jacoby and I decorated the dining room with streamers and balloons and gave Ryan a basketball and some boxing gloves as presents. We bought a basketball hoop from someone who was moving out of the country and Jacoby LOVES to be outside and play for hours every day.
Also part of the birthday a very yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I found the recipe in my Cooks Illustrated cookbook (All New Best Recipes) and even shredded carrots for it. yum yum!
Self Portrait:
