Flashback Friday

In today's edition of "who wore it best" we have an old favorite, the pumpkin costume. On the left is the original wearer, Peter, at age 2. And on the right we have the adopted wearer (she's worn it off and on since middle school), Mary, at age 32. Yes ladies and gentlemen, it's the SAME costume. In Mary's defense, she's fit not only herself but also her unborn child into this costume that was, literally, built for a child. I recently realized I still have the pattern for this classic, so I've promised to make Mary an adult version of the pumpkin costume for next year. A mother's work is never done. (Peter and John, I'll make you and/or your children one too if you'll wear it.)

October Wrap-Up

The cutest little avocado made his Halloween debut in Denver. Freddie is learning young that it's fun to be festive.

Even though I don't have a Halloween photo of Lloyd (he was Batman), he was excited after getting to watch some real-life construction equipment working in his neighborhood.

Meanwhile in Budapest, Rosie and her parents saw some sights and took a selfie.

Rosie's On the Road, and other news

This week I'm starting with Freddie, who's growing big quickly. He's getting out and about and starting to realize the world is bigger than he was led to believe.

Last weekend Lloyd visited the airplane museum and found his own way to expand his world. If only he could reach the pedals.

Meanwhile today at home, the brothers are being awfully sweet and Freddie's being awfully festive.

Speaking of festive, Rosie celebrated an early Halloween last weekend. This is because Peter's on fall break over Halloween and they'll be out of town. They went to a trick-or-treat event with some other teachers.

Then last night they took an overnight train to Budapest for their fall break in Hungary. Here's Rosie showing you how much better she has it than her dad. Back when he was a kid in Poland he had to share a bathroom with everybody else on the train. She and her parents got this nice clean bathroom all to themselves.

After a nine-hour sleep on the train, Rosie was ready to explore Budapest.

 

Flashback Friday

As I write this, Peter, Jessa, and Rosie are on an overnight train en route to their fall break in Hungary. After boarding, they sent some pictures of their sleeping berth. I must say, it's a gigantic upgrade from the trains we used to take overnight when we lived in Poland. (And which we thought were pretty great.) At the same time, over in Denver we have Lloyd, who's become fascinated with trains. So, I'm combining these two situations to bring you this week's train-themed Flashback. Above is John in November of 2001, boarding a train on a snowy night in Zakopane, Poland, bound for Warsaw.

Flashback Friday

I'm still scanning in pictures from that same album of Peter's, so bear with me. I'll hopefully be done by this time next week and for my next album to scan from I'll choose an album that's not just Peter! (Not that we don't love seeing your baby pictures, Peter.) This picture is from Easter Sunday in 1989. We had the extended Harrison family to our house in Oceanside. This is six-month-old Peter wearing his Easter finest, in his bedroom with his cousins Dan and Eric And they're reading a cloth book. Reminds me of someone else I knew, ahem, Rosie. I also thought this picture might be interesting for our kids, to see that the various implements of a baby's life haven't changed much in 35 years. 

 

This Week in Harrison Grandkids

Freddie turned three months last weekend. This kid is coming on strong! He's tipping the scales. He's getting out and about. And he's looking stylish in his fall outfits. I'm excited to see him next month!

Lloyd and Freddie have started having some bonding time in Freddieville, otherwise known as the space you see here.

All of the grandkids are excellent video chatters, and for that we're grateful. As you can see, Rosie doesn't limit her chatting to humans. She and Tikka had some girl-talk this week.

Flashback Friday

On October 13, 2007  - already 17 years ago  -  it was John's senior year of high school and this was a big game against Pewaukee. It was also Senior Day, so we got our picture taken with our favorite football player on Shorewood's team.