A very Bowen Halloween party!

Ready for the party....and the 3rd time today Mommy had to get Drew dressed in her costume. 

Grammy gave her some lipstick so she really wanted a closeup.

The Super-Family!

Most people did not guess Mom and Dad's costume. Hint: she is an apple and he is wearing an iPod.

Best costume of the night: 1986 Mike Scott. Rob has had this costume for months! Complete with blond mullet, gold-rimmed glasses, orange belt and a nail file and vaseline in his back pocket. 

Rob's inspiration:

 Clark Kent meets SuperGirl...or, as Wendy put it: SuperStayAtHomeMom because she's wearing Uggs.

The reason we had to buy red tights for Drew....apparently even the 4-6 year-old costumes are "sassy." 

Peanut-Butter and Jelly Tombstone sandwiches for the kids, so cute!

Sidney and Charlotte were the babysitters and had tons of stuff for the little ones to do: Drew is volunteering to play Duck-Duck-Goose.

Meghan, who was a pig, was not happy with the prize she won.

Drew was VERY excited to win her prize and has asked us if it's ok if Sidney babysits her sometime. Woo hoo! A babysitter!

Drew-isms!

It's time for everyone's favorite segment where we try and figure out what this 4-year-old is talking about!

"I like bananas. Do you know why I like bananas? They have no bones."

"Daddy why is your tummy so big? I think it's big because of all the food you eat."

"When I hear a song I like, I smile....I'm not smiling."

When getting ready for a bath, she is sing/shouting while taking her clothes off. She turns the corner into the bathroom, naked as a jaybird and says, "Beautiful Singing? Check!"

"Mom, I don't know the words to this book. But the author is John Iperton." (totally made-up name)

"Let's play family. You be the daughter and I'll be the mommy. I'm a small mommy and you're a big kid. Your name is Sunny-Boy."

In October, the Grattons have...

...gone to the World's Largest Children's Book Fair at OCC with the Mattoxes and listened to Molly Shannon talk about her book, Tilly the Trickster,

...gone to Pumpkin City, 

...and not had much fun at soccer (I don't know how we're going to get through 5 more weeks).

Saturday, November 12 is the last day of soccer for Drew followed by the big Soccer Festival, and then a not-so-well-deserved 10 month break from soccer until next fall.