Fun with Tupperware

Tessa figured out at Oma's house if she takes all the chips out of her cabinet she can fit in it. Which is not so bad, half a dozen bags of chips are easily cleaned. Especially because if you're standing there when she does it, she hands each bag to you. Then she figured out she could do the same at our house. In the tupperware cabinet.

Of course Luca didn't want to be left out of the fun.

The perfect little chair, with just a few adjustments.

Hair Cut!

I was letting Tessa's bangs grow, because they are easier to clip back when they're longer. But I finally admitted to myself that while she is super cute with a clip in, and while the longer bangs makes it easier, Tessa would not leave them in. She ended up with bangs in her eyes well more often than not. So, it was time for a hair cut.

She was about as amused as Luca was the first time, but at least she doesn't have hair in her eyes anymore!

Around the house

Just some pictures for things we've been doing recently.

Last year we accidentally decided that the fallen leaves would make a good cover for the grass during the winter. Because it snowed before we had a chance to rake them all up. This was not the best decision, and this year Josh made a real effort to keep the leaves raked. Which meant lots of jumping in leaf piles.

I'm pretty sure that this is what people were talking about when they say in Illinois you should "vote early, vote often." Just doing our civic duty!

Tessa likes to read all the books. Or at least take all of the books of the shelf. All. Of. The. Books.