October

A quiet moment - by which I mean Talmage and the cousins are building legos while Joseph sings the entire Lion King soundtrack into a microphone (a plastic one, acquired from a Wendy's Kids Meal eons ago). Clara is sleeping, Sydney is ballet-ing.

Now I will reflect on the most unquiet, stressful moment of the day: the dinner-prep hour.

Starring: Clara. And correct. She has no diaper on.

Clara clambered up here from the toilet seat. She's not one to let a an out-of-reach counter get in the way of her oral hygiene routine.

Clara is wearing four layers of clothing, plus a handbag-cum-backpack. She insisted on this combination with (extremely) loud vocalizations. I kept putting clothes on until she stopped talking/shouting. I remember when Talmage used to wear up to 7 pairs of underwear at the same time. I think the tight feeling reminds them of the womb. Another bonus is it constricts their airway.


Another time this month we navigated a corn maze.

Robin: This is my first time at a corn maze.
Briton: You never went on a date in college in October?


Syd found a ladybug who whispered directions in her ear. She walked very gingerly so as not to startle the ladybug, who kept her company and crept up and down her arms and across her shoulders for quite awhile. It was very magical for her.

Making corny faces.