80s Day and Thing 1 and My Wannabe Teenagers

Can I confess that I get excited about theme days at Pierce's school?  I know, I know, I have no life.  But even as a kid I loved getting into costume.  As did my brothers.  I think it runs in my family or something.  We seem to have photo albums stuffed full of us in strange get-ups, arms linked around each other as we cheese for the camera.  I don't seem to have outgrown this, so when Pierce's school sends home little notes that next Friday will be such and such day, I immediately start brainstorming for costumes and run off to the thrift stores.

 

No sooner did I come up with this Flashdancesque ensemble than it was Dr. Seuss's birthday!  I flipped through our large collection of Seuss books and realized Mr. Brown would be the easiest, although kind of boring.  So instead there was Thing 1:

And here he thought he'd have to wait until he was 14 to dye his hair blue...

Meanwhile, while big brother is off at school, the twins take advantage of the situation to take over Pierce's room:

And here I thought Pierce seemed like a teenager with his blue hair.

Just check out the two of them laying in bed with their laptops.

Yes, they grow up too fast.

Don't forget that this week is Every Day a Get Out and Play Day at Polarn O. Pyret.  They are giving out fabulous prizes all week on Facebook and tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm, you can find me on a Facebook panel chat about getting your kids outdoors to play.  Like them on Facebook here!