Oh no you didn't.

Costumes for brothers

Most holidays (okay, most days) are more fun with little kids, especially Halloween.  We scored an invite to the event that the whole town will be talking about: GOOGLEWEEN.  All those clever, creative people love the costumes and I've been thinking hard about how to decorate our little guys, especially since this will probably be the last year that I get to choose for Scott.

1.  A few months ago Scott's favorite word was "Mine" and Bridget suggested dressing him as a seagull and Mark in a complimentary fashion as a seashell, or sailor, or merman.  I like that idea a lot, but now Scott says so many words. 

2.  I have an adorable chili pepper costume Karen gave us that doubles as a winter baby warmer, and I thought about making Scott a mariachi. 

3.  We also have this incredible pair of authentic lederhoesen that Luke's grandmother brought baby Luke from Germany and that look ADORABLE on Wagner boys.

4.  But our 4 and 5 year old neighbors had the winning suggestion: the Mario Brothers.  It seems perfect for a tech-y, nerdy Halloween party and -- BONUS -- I get to draw little fake mustaches on the boys.  I. Love. Fake. Mustaches.  (reference: my past several Halloween costumes)

Now I just need to figure out how to make those hats.  Any ideas??

Elephant Gun

Check out this song, especially the choreography beginning at 1:20. 



I want to move like that.

What we've been doing with the new baby

Hanging 10 on 10/10/'10

Posts from Team Wagner have slowed down recently, but that's about all that has. Mark is growing at an extremely rapid rate (can you say that 3 x fast?), hitting 12-and-a-quarter pounds at 3 weeks. The Koop side of the family has been racking up frequent flier miles at a rapid rate, too, with Mom & K coming out to visit and throw Scott a 2nd birthday party last week. And last weekend we checked 2 adventures off our CA To Do list: we hiked the San Andreas fault line and went surfing. (Well, L surfed, we watched.)

He says the wet suit made him warm in the 50-something degree water.  I say it made him HAWT.  Grrr, baby!

A little baby for you before I go:

Paternity Leave Praise

Paternity leave has been the nicest thing. THANK YOU MOZILLA! We've had such a great 2 weeks of resting and bonding that I'm going to give you a little play-by-play.

The first week we stayed very close to home, but this week we started taking mini-adventures. On Scott's birthday, we took the train up a few stops and had lunch in Redwood City (which has the nation's "climate best by government test" and a sign celebrating it!).

On Tuesday, we went for an easy hike at the Blackberry Farm, where we found community gardens, 4H barns, a playground, a creek, a (closed) swimming pool, plenty of shaded picnic tables ... but no blackberries.  Luke caught a lizard for Scott to examine and we gave the double stroller a good workout.

Wednesday we got burgers and fries at The Counter, which is an incredibly delicious spot in PA that you should insist we visit next time you're in town. (We are very brave taking 2 children to cool restaurants. It all went surprisingly well and we should probably quit while we're ahead.) Then Mark got new casts and the doctor was pleased with how his bones are correcting, hip hip hooray!

Thursday we checked out the library and Mark got his belly button! Today we went out for brunch, and tomorrow it's Free Museum Day and family movie and picnic night at the Giants stadium.

We also had a couple friends over to visit and have taken nice long walks to parks; Scott's getting used to this 2-park-a-day thing. It's been a great time and I feel rested and ready to stay home "alone" with 2 on Monday.

Wolverine diggers!  (Birthday gift from Flash and G-pa)

Jennifer Wagner: modern woman

Watch as she multi-tasks, synergizes, and reticulates, all while nurturing our little squishikins.

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