Happy Halloween, Mateys!!

Arrrrgh!!  Here are our 2 pirates before they began their plunder.

Cool hooks, huh?  Yeah, they lasted about a block and a half before both boys got tired of them.

For those of you who don't trick-or-treat in Central Iowa (which is not called "trick or treat night" but rather Beggar's Night), you must tell a joke to get candy.  Micah's joke:

Q:  What is a pirate's favorite thing to play with?

A:  Maaaarrrrrrrbles!

(pay no attention to the layer of jammies covering his knees underneath. . . bad photo taking, Mommy. . .)

Eli's Joke:

Q:  What do you call a pirate who skips class?

A:  Captain Hooky!

(he can't say his R's / arrrrrrr's yet, so that eliminated 90% of pirate jokes)

What do the Bardwell boys do with their loot?  Why, sort and organize it by candy type, of course!!

Check out the loot these mateys plundered!!  Arrrr!

Simpson Pirates??

We went to Simpson's kids' tailgate activities this morning.  As always, my boys have pirates on the brain!  Eli chose to have his face painted like a pirate.  I'd think he was scary if he wasn't so darn cute. ..

Micah, of course, didn't want his face painted, but asked the balloon artist to make him a "Captain Hook."  I was worried that the guy wouldn't be able to do it, but he surprised all of us with this super cool hook arm!!  We'll see how long this lasts before it pops.

Halloween Sneek Peek

Guess what the boys are going to be this year?

A most fortunate "accident"

I walk in the living room to find Micah crouched in tight space between a chair and an end table, not saying a word.  When I walk over to him, I see that he's playing Angry Birds.  He tells me, "I'm accidentally playing iPad."

Farewell, Elmo Socks

After a year and a half, I think Eli needs to break up with his favorite socks.