Happy Halloween

The VanderMeers put on their annual "Delmartion
Party" for all of the Delmar neighbors in Grant Park.
Once again, all of the neighbor kids enjoyed Charlie
Brown and ET on the big screen.

Unfortunately our photos don't do justice to the Delmartion
Party. This year's party boasted a popcorn machine, a
smoke machine, candy and food galore AND a gorilla
(which we later discovered was Jon's Mom visiting
from Buffalo!). Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the
cop chopper that kept circling over us. Nothing like living in
the inner-city...

The adults enjoyed spiked cider and Sweet Water 420.

Do you like the creepy effect from the Halloween lights?

Instead of wearing the full lady bug suit, Olivia
opted for the "cat burglar with antennae" look.

Ah, the camera has been adjusted to compensate
for the lights. Olivia conveniently grabbed Chris
"the Verizon man's" beer.

And then she grabbed her Mom's beer. We decided
it was time for her to enjoy a bottle of her own...
a bottle of formula.

The host and his lovely neighbor.

The few stragglers (or should I say adults?) that hung
on after all the kids went home.

Happy Halloween!

Trip to Helen

We took a quick trip up to Helen in the north Georgia mountains. It's Octoberfest in Helen but we went strictly for the nature and city folk hiking trails. Those are the ones that are actually paved. Embarrassing I know but we just watched Grizzly Man which made us a little nervous about bears and disturbed hippies. The pictures are from the Unicoi State Park waterfalls. I believe the Appalachian trail begins very close to here. Anyway, enjoy:

Kate tried her best Saint Paulie Girl impression to get Olivia to smile for the camera:

We topped off the day by stealing water from a nearby lake. Apparently these hicks have been holding out on us folks down in the big city. The latest report is 90 days of water left for the ATL. I found out recently that my garden hose has been running non stop for 4 months. My bad everyone. Just kidding.

Ladybug

Friday Olivia's school had an "Ooey Gooey
Halloween Party."

We dressed our little "ladybug" as a Ladybug. :)

Our fashionista selected a toy that coordinated with
her costume!

Olivia wasa really great about letting us dress her up.
She didn't fuss a single bit and even wore her
antennae the entire time!

We were so obsessed with how cute Olivia looked
that we forgot to take photos of her with her
classmates. There were some really fantastic
costumes, but Olivia's was by far our favorite.

Daddy and his ladybug.

Tummy time. We had to get a shot of the wings!

Happy Halloween!

Self Feeding

"Who needs a spoon when I can lick my bib?"
I decided to let Olivia feed herself her organic
carrots today.

She took the "carrots are good for your eyes"
theory to heart. As you can see, she smeared the
carrots directly on her eyes, eyelashes, and lids.
Based on the fact that she looks thrilled to be bathed
in carrot, I felt it safe to assume that carrots
are "non-irritating" to the eyes...

"Maybe the camera is hungry for some carrot too?!"
I had to back off after this shot as Olivia wanted
to share her carrots with the camera.

All I can say is Thank God for Tide and Clorox wipes!

Priceless

I forgot to include this photo from our
tailgate at the IA/IL game.

This young Iowa lass joined in our game
of "Cups." On a side note, the announcement of this
game once caused such a stir at an Iowa
party that several people left the party running.
They thought we were about to get busted by the
"cops." I digress...

Anyhoo- this picture doesn't do justice to this
girl's unique talent for opening beer cans with
her teeth.

Classy? Maybe not. Priceless? Definitely.
I'm sure her folks are proud.

Who's the Baby in the Mirror?