Monopoly!

The boys were excited to learn the game of Monopoly and we've played it quite a bit lately. Toby likes to be the banker. Jonah likes to buy up the cheap properties and build hotels, and they love playing with money. I am not sure how I feel about unleashing their inner capitalists, but it's been lots of fun! And there's much more math involved than I ever realized before becoming a parent!

Halloween 2009

The boys recovered from their flu bugs (Toby literally willed himself well) in time to fully enjoy the holiday. Our tradition for the past several years is to gather with friends for dinner and fun at their house and the kids trick-or-treat in their neighborhood. Toby was a vampire and was super-excited to have his face painted. He decided he didn't like the way the fangs felt in his mouth, so he was a fangless vampire. Jonah was a pirate and had lots of fun putting his costume together. I kept thinking all evening of an editorial in yesterday's Star-Tribune: the writer commented that Halloween is a time of celebrating the beauty of darkness and where children can trust in the treats behind closed doors and the kindness given by strangers.