Drama (The Fun Kind)

Yesterday after school I had Austin and Karsen (duh!), Austin's friend Drew who I babysit after school some days, and Austin's friend Dakota whose grandparents live down the street. The kids all play very well together, and when Drew leaves Austin and Karsen usually go down the street to wrestle on Dakota's trampoline for about an hour, which is where they get all their awesome dominating wrestling moves.

Well, yesterday, they decided to put on a play for me and Bryce. It went something like this:

Baseball Player (played by Dakota): Ma'am would you like to buy some cookies for our fundraiser?

Old Lady (inexplicably played by Drew): I can't hear you little boy.

Baseball Player: I SAID YES OR NO OLD LADY!!

Cub Scout (played by Austin) and Baseball Player descend upon the Old Lady, wrestling her to the ground.

Old Lady then pulls out a knife (actually just his fist) and starts "knifing" them.

Cub Scout/Baseball Player call 911.

911 Operator (Karsen): What is your emergency?

Cub Scout/Baseball Player (as Old Lady continues to "knife" them with his fists) : Come help us, this old lady is trying to kill us.

911 Operator leaves her post and runs to the aid of everyone, which results in an even bigger fray with all four of them at some point laying on the ground screaming/laughing/spewing fake blood.


Let me tell you, Bryce does not know what to think of these activities, but he sure does love watching them.

Trick or Treat 2010

Another Halloween has come and gone, but the candy is of course here for awhile. Trick or treating here was on the Saturday of fall break. The first couple of days of the kids' fall break were spent with Grandma and Papaw Hall, riding the tractor, going to flea markets in Huntingburg (near their house), seeing mommy's friend Missy and her son Reid, playing in the hot tub, and having a bonfire.

For Halloween, Austin dressed as Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars, Karsen was a doctor, and Bryce was an elephant. Bryce fell asleep before trick or treating began so he stayed behind at Grandma Purvis's house and helped hand out treats to the trick or treaters. The other two made up for him, though, and the huge haul of candy is in a basket on our kitchen table. It takes some will power to walk past that basket without sampling something! Austin and Karsen had fun walking around with Taylor, Andrew, Kenley and Bryant, aka Hannah Montana, a scary demon, Minnie Mouse, and Scooby Doo. Kalli was also Minnie Mouse but had more fun at Grandma Purvis's house than out trick or treating.

Here is a picture of the little Colts fans all ready for Monday night football: