Sunday, November 29, 2009

A Pirate Thanksgiving

There once was a band of swash-bucklin' pirates...

St. Anthony, Laura the Lethal,


Jane de Belleville (we all know her), Barbarous Bel,


Jane (again), Cap'n Bart, Charles Vane,


and Anne Bonney--you'll see her later--

...who were up to no good.
As they plotted together, they came up with disguises,


(see? There she is!)


Can you guess who's in there?


and compiled ammunition.


After ruthlessly testing it on one another,


those pirates decided it was better decor than weaponry.


They feasted on fowl, grog, and multiple vegetables.


It was a bounteous feast!
(for which they were VERY Thankful)


After stuffing themselves, and much sleeping they took their trouble to the beach and looked for lost treasure.

They searched in sand,


and sea,
(this boy is getting a little more adventurous!)


over rock,



and plain, but it was clear there was none to be found.

Those dastardly pirates besieged the nearby fort instead.

Jane staked out the camp...


and helped us in through unseen passageways.


It turned out to be a dead-end...


and Laura the Lethal--who is an American girl at heart--turned those scalawags...


...from happy pirates...


...to incarcerated pirates.


Never fear! 
We got away...

...and with the cutest booty there ever be.


THE END

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Things I Love About A Southern Fall

Can anyone tell me why my pictures are uploading grainy? It is SO ANNOYING!

1. Playing Outside in NOVEMBER with no coats, and occasionally, in SHORTS.



2. Fashion 
(only some can pull this trend off)

3. Exploring One's Surroundings


4. Perfect days for the Park: Overcast (no sunburn) but still warm (NO COATS! Have I mentioned this before?)

5. Crunching through the leaves...although I do wish we had a rake and our own yard sometimes.


Thursday, November 5, 2009

Chalk it up to...Silliness

Conniving Kathryn sent some boots for Jane. 
No other shoe has a speck of worth now.
Jane thinks herself rather cute in them. (I have to agree)


We play with sidewalk chalk constantly at this house. Our regular CHALKING festivities got out of hand the other night. Somehow we all ended up with colorful noses...


...and colorful pants.
These pants WERE dark brown once.


Anyone who says Charlie doesn't look like Bart can't deny where he got this little smirk...and in case anyone is wondering, it says, "I did something silly and am waiting for you to get a clue." (he painted his nose blue)
Who else does this?
BART.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Halloween

For Halloween we ran out of candy early (don't know how that happened..) so we hit the road and went to the beach near Fort Macon.  It was a beautiful day and we stayed until sundown.  Charlie runs away from the water and Jane runs into the water.  Other than a few fishermen we had the beach to ourselves.