The Fowlkes Family

Sunday, January 05, 2014

Boys at Children's Museum

One is Carter in 2008; one is John today…

Friday, January 03, 2014

Thursday, January 02, 2014

Kanuga and Thanksgiving 2013

Late November had us on consecutive trips to North Carolina for a church retreat and to Arkansas for Thanksgiving at the cabin in Arkansas. Here are some highlights of both.

Thursday, December 05, 2013

Two year olds are, well, terrible. And cute. That's to offset the terrible. Our genius toddler has a new cute trick up his sleeve. When he can sense that he's just about driven one of us totally to the brink, he says, "I need a hug." And proceeds to give one.

Heart melts.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Family Portrait

Costumed for a family-themed costume party. Who are we?

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Scary, Sweet, Dressed Up Fun

Our Karate Kid

I dressed up as Carter.
(Yes, I can totally wear his shirt, hoodie and hat. Jeans and shoes are mine. Bracelets and necklace also belong to him, but are one size fits all.)

After a lot of work, about half the kids were wrangled for a photo op

John's very first trick-or-treat!
He REALLY turned on the cute with his "Thank you!" and "See you tomorrow!"s. AT the very first house, there was a dog, and after he got his candy he said, "Thank you, dog. Woof! Woof!"

Carter insists that he is NOT TIRED

Thomas wants you to think that he feels like this. But John's first trick-or-treat totally melted his soul.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Homemade Halloween

This is actually Carter's secondary Halloween costume. On Halloween night, he'll be playing karate kid (the original). But since he also needs to dress up for afterschool on Wednesday, and because his school usually does book character dress-up day sometime in the fall, we created this additional costume.

Afterwards, I took a ballpoint pen and wrote Anaklusmos on it for him to carry in his pocket. He was excited until he realized that it did not, in fact, turn into a sword. (This probably only makes sense to you if you're familiar with the books).

We are currently reading book 3, having finished book 2 recently and having just seen the second movie this weekend.

Given that my natural interest in books aligns very closely with that of tween boys and teen girls, this is my second time through them, but it's fun to be enjoying them together!