Two Little Vandys: October 2017

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Trick or Treatt

The big day is here! This year we drove over to New Pal's greatest kid 'hood - The Havens!

That's Jude in the astronaut costume, B as the headless kid, Jax is a sumo, Wes is a sock monkey, Tucker is a creepy clown and I was WRESTLERILLA!

In retrospect, if you are not trick or treating in Siberia, I don't recommend the gorilla suit. There were literally pools of sweat in my mask and it was 30 degrees outside!

But our costumes were on point this year! It pays to have a creepy Mom who loves Halloween :)

Friday, October 27, 2017

Halloween Party

Mom came in to chaperone (okay play) at our Halloween party. She was quickly assigned to the "Mummy Making Station."

There were some rules and structure in place, but those were quickly abandoned in favor of toilet paper chaos!

And... she is asking that it please be noted that someone skimped and bought one ply which is ALWAYS a sure sign of sabotage!

Oh well. There was a giant mess and plenty of candy, so it was still a success.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Family Vacation. The WHOLE family!

This week we decided to get away from the hustle and bustle of our big city life. We drove down to Bloomington and holed up in a neat cabin. Then we quickly went out to explore the trails in McCormick Park.

Oh, and for the first time in Vandygriff family vacation history, we brought the pups!

Of course, they weren't able to come EVERYWHERE with us. Sometimes, we had to snuggle up with poor substitutes.

But Mom found a cabin where they were welcome and boy did we love having them along. Uh... except when Rowan spent the ENTIRE night patrolling the cabin for unseen dangers.

And Miss May might have had daily accidents too. Oh well, they had an absolute blast sleeping in bed with us and cuddling up on furniture. A true vacation from their very difficult lives :)

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Lunch Date

Mom and Jovanna surprised us all with 2 big pizzas and what they called "2 hot dates" for lunch today!

I was a little embarassed and we all refused to take nice pictures, so Mom found her favorite 5th grade girl.

See? We do NOT take nice photos. C'mon ma!

But when it came down to it, we gave up one good shot because we do kinda love our Moms.
Thanks for the surprise, gals!

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

6 going on 18

As you know, Coley and I are complete opposites. Example #576 of this fact is our appetites. I am insatiable. I out eat my brother at every single meal. I am especially ravished at breakfast and it's nothing for me to put down a massive pancake, sausage, hot chocolate, fruit and juice. I'm also starving before bed.

Tonight Mom busted me trying to stock up on calories just to make it through the night. Who needs a glass, Ma? We all know none of you are getting anything out of this carton anyway!

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Parkview Drive Pumpkin Party

Tonight was our annual Fall Party on Parkview Drive. We went over to the Silers for carving and dinner and flashlight tag, then finished the night with an outdoor Cubs game and a big fire. We sure are lucky to have such great friends nearby.

Mom's Gluten Free Halloween treats were on point this year!

Friday, October 13, 2017

Off Season

Wrestling Season is just around the corner! This year, our favorite wrestler is coming in after working all summer long with the high school coach.

Carter and Gunner have been putting in a lot of time in the offseason too.

We're very excited to see what 2018 brings for these DWC all stars!

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Houston, We Have Contacts!

You'll remember that Coley tried contacts last Spring at Mom's insistence. Well it was a huge disaster because not only could he not see in them, but they felt awful in his eyes. Mom should know better than to take him to any dr. other than Dr. Plager! We had another exam and waited about 5 weeks for special order samples to come in, then I went and tried them out today and...

They're amazing!! Sign me up Ma!1

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Pirates Baseball

Monday, October 2, 2017

1st Nine Weeks

So we had a great first 9 weeks! I had only 2 days on blue and a record setting 9 whole weeks without rage in the classroom!

Unfortunately, Derby set me off on the very first day of week 10.

I stood up and unleashed my rage on him in the middle of a lesson on Monday, so Mom and Dad were a little apprehensive about Parent Teacher conferences on Tuesday night. Luckily Mrs. Nicholson said Derby was "quirky" and she understood why I might have lost it on him. She said we have a "personality conflict" and not to worry, because I would be sitting with my fellow brainiacs away from Derby after fall break . Whew!

Here I am with the other dude who I get into trouble with in class. My buddy Mit!

We both pulled in great grades this 9 weeks. Mom is especially proud of Cole because she has NOT been helping him this year so these As are all from his own hard work and responsibility.