Batboy

In case you hadn't heard, San Francisco was recently transformed into Gotham city as part of a Make-a-Wish spectacular for a little boy with Leukemia.  It was a touching story appreciated by children and adults alike. 

Well, this morning we spotted the batmobile Lamborghini parked in front of our favorite restaurant, right in our own town-center!  Needless to say, Tiago was excited to touch the real deal. Surprisingly, though, many adults were also excited about the batman embellished sports car. 

Tiago-isms

Tiago: mommy, you need to use your listening ears. 

Me: (with stifled laughter) oh, sorry son. 

Tiago: It's ok mommy. Sometimes, at school, I forget to use my listening ears. 

(While trying to help him floss his teeth)

Tiago: did you get it? 

Me: I think maybe I didn't get all of the food out of your teeth.

Tiago: mommy, if you see something then you say 'no' or 'yes' but you don't say maybe if you know the answer. You just say it. 

Me: ok Jack Johnson. 

(While getting ready for school): 

Me--combing my fingers through his bed-head

Tiago: mom! (Stop) I'm handsome!

Happy Dress-up Day!

Who needs Halloween for dressing up?  Not this superhero.  Thanks to Grandma Naomi and PaulPaul, Tiago was able to perfect his poses the weekend before Halloween!

 

(Below: Preparing the cutest, "scary-jack-O-lantern" with daddy and PaulPaul. Tiago designs his scary jack-O-lanterns with eyebrows, "So they will look mad and scary."   We love it!)

 As some of you may recall, Tiago has had an interest in Pirates since conquering his fear of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney and waving hello to Captain Hook in the Disney Parade just one year ago.   Soon after receiving an intricate Captain Jack Sparrow costume as a birthday present from his cousins (who are well stocked in the costume/dress-up department) he decided that he wanted to dress as the infamous Cap'n for Halloween.  However, many months later, and just a week before Halloween, grandma Naomi and Paul-Paul came to visit, and brought him The Amazing Spiderman (foam muscles included) costume.  Needless to say, we had our selves a little Gemini moment of indecision...What to do?!

 Well, he dressed as...BOTH! Of course.

But, you see, mommy had already purchased herself a cheap-Velcro-corset, and daddy got a new felted-pirate-hat. (Amazingly, or not so surprisingly if you know Korah-at-all, we already had everything else that we needed to dress like pirates.)  Since we did the super-hero thing last year, we decided to stick with the pirate theme for the first round of trick-or-treats. 

 (Captain Morgan and Li'l Cap'n Jack strike a leg-up-pose)

 (Spooky pumpkins: Blue pumpkin courtesy of the attentive, observant and nephew-indulging Aunt Megan. Large pumpkin in the back courtesy of Tiago, PaulPaul and daddy--a joint effort. Medium pumpkin in front courtesy best pal Diego's bday party, and mommy's awesome carving skills!)

 (Above: trick-or-treating in our neighborhood requires some serious stair hiking, hill climbing and gate opening! Some of these houses actually resembled  a Disney ride.)

A pirate family portrait (Captain Morgan, Anne Bonny & Jack Sparrow) before costume change.