Halloween, Preview Edition

We had a dry run at Halloween this afternoon.

The irony of all ironies is Lucy wanting to be Dora.

I am slightly more than devastated at not having a "family" costume this year, but you can only fight so many battles on so many fronts.

Maybe next year I'll have more in the tank.

Uno Dos Tres

As a follow up to the Toy Story Spanish Story, yesterday I heard Lucy waking up from her nap doing what she normally does; singing, telling stories and just talking quietly.

But yesterday she started talking more loudly and saying, "Ayúdeme! Ayúdeme! I dropped it!"

That's right.
For those of you who don't speak Spanish or as I see it, "DORA" that would be:

"Help Me! I dropped it!"

You see, in every single episode of Dora the Expolorer this little maven screeches, "Ayúdeme!" as loudly as she can and then says, "Can you say 'Ayúdeme' with me?
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LOUDER?!!!"

So of course my kids don't say, "Help me" now.

They just SCREAM "Ayúdeme!!!" at me whenever they drop something, or the sunshines brightly, or the wind blows or the breathe a little too deeply.

Can you tell that we have been around each other A LOT THIS WEEK?

Thanks a lot snow days!
I am looking forward to the groundhog telling me that March 1st is the first day of spring.