Halloween 2010

Darby is our little blondy, but to be Cleopatra, she needed dark locks. D was so patient as Virginia sprayed her hair to great effect.

Georgia went as a garden fairy, complete with wings, wand and sparkles in her hair. What a darling girl she is. Darby's not too shabby either.

A rare picture of granmama, especially in costume.

Matt Byrne in his usual white wizard getup, along with Viv, who was the Mad Hatter, and Gracie as an honorary Gleason, according to the girls. That's Gracie's brother with the green hair.

This is what happens when Matt Gleason gets his hands on the black spray used on Darby's hair. He went as "bad hair-in-a-can man."

D's School Parade

Darby's school had an annual Halloween parade. She went as Cleopatra.

She was sure happy to see her mama, daddy and MJ.

MJ is our little peapod. She sure is a cutey. We make em good.

Try to not smile at this one.

Nanue & Big Papa Oct. 2010 Visit

The girls had a great time with my in-laws. Here are some pics from that weekend. Too tired for captions.

Georgia's School Meets her Aids

As I have mentioned before, TPS has some great perks for those kids who are Deaf or HOH. They have a staff audiologists who travels to the kids to service the aids including taking impressions for new ear molds. They also have a liaison, Shannon, who helps with any other needs. Shannon recently went to G's class and talked to the kids about hearing aids, how they work and (most importantly) what to do if you find one laying around.
She let some of the kids listen through G's aides so they could see how much louder it is.

It is time for new molds so the audiologist came along and got impressions of G's ears.

G did great.

Messy Art Night Boston Avenue Style

This kid LOVES to paint!

So does this one.

Matt and his Mini-Me.

Still painting.

The folks at Boston Ave. were really brave and truly did let the kids get messy.

My sweet G.

Pumpkin Carving

We did carve a couple of jack-o-lanterns this year. They were not afraid to get in there and get messy.

We have some small, rechargeable, fluorescent flash lights so I let the girls put those inside and have control over their own pumpkin. Pretty good idea I think.

The flashlights actually made a pretty cool glow.

Georgia wanted a happy face while Darby wanted a scary one.

Favorite Places

One of our favorite places to stop and get dessert is Petty's in Utica Square.
The girls love the cupcakes with the decorative skewers.



Lovin' on baby sister.

Luchapalooza

We took the girls to the first Tulsa Luchapalooza and had a decent time. It scared the girls a little bit because there were men in masks and lots of noise. I think Matt probably enjoyed it the most. Here is a Luchador on the roof getting ready for battle.

Darby responding the the Roman candles that were set off.

Me wearing the mask G made.

Darby in the car in the mask she made.

We went over to Mary's house to scare them.

Scary indeed.

G's 1st Field Trip

We are so lucky Matt is such a good Daddy who takes time to be with the girls and spend time doing things they like. His schedule works such that he is able to take most Friday mornings and be with the girls so I can work. G's first field trip to the pumpkin patch fell on a Friday so he was able to chaperon and take Darby to join the fun. G still rode the bus with her friends and Daddy met her there. Before the bus got there D got to chase some chickens.

And pet a goat.

Here they are getting off the bus.

And Darby with her boyfriend from G's school.

I don't really know what is going on here but it looks like fun.

Opossum Release

Mary caught a baby opossum to show the girls and then she let them help release it. The dogs helped too.



Then she let them dispose of rotten potatoes by tossing them into the woods. The potatoes, not the kids.