Halloween at Music

Helen can't stop talking about how she's going trick-or-treating at Nana's this weekend. When I tell her we are leaving on Thursday, she says, "but I want to go to Nana's NOW." We'll be sure to post lots of photos of Halloween in Wisconsin. She is so excited!

When she woke up this morning, she asked for her tutu because she knew that it was time to preview her costume at music class.

Special thanks for all the help from my brother Jim (custom knit hat from baby llama wool), and my dad (wing structure), and Gogo/my mom (tutu and wings). We couldn't have pulled off this ladybug girl costume without them.

Helen wore the costume throughout the entire music class and didn't want to take it off when we got home.
A quick shot of the big kids, Kai and Helen (in music together since they were babies).

Here's the inspiration for the costume. It's one of Helen's favorite books:
Looking forward to more Halloween fun this weekend!

Play your Guitar

We've been away at my sister Jessica's while having some work done on our house. Now that we're back and everything is almost back in order, it's time to start uploading all these photos and videos. Jessica has a guitar, a piano, a cello and lots of kids' instruments. Helen had so much fun playing them all.
Here she is putting on a show for us. She really is becoming quite the performer. Tonight she found a juggling pin and used it as a microphone while she danced on the "stage" (bed) and sang.