The boys have really been into their superhero capes lately. The best photos I previously got of them running around in their capes they were wearing capes and undies/diaper, so I decided to be a nice mom and not post them online. Though I will be saving them for future use. You know, just in case. ;)
This morning, Thomas wanted his cape on after breakfast and decided that Henry would obviously want his cape as well. Matt made the boys an emblem for them to wear on their chest like the real Superman, but with "their" letters. Henry (of course), refused to leave his alone on his chest, so I moved it to his cape instead. Sh(hhhh) seems appropriate! ;)
Thomas was ready to run around and be a Super! Doesn't he just look like he is ready to save the day?!
Henry finally decided to leave his "H" alone enough that I decided to move it to the proper spot. Both boys were off and running circles around the living room!
But being a superhero is hard work! Thomas had to take a short break to recoup...
And back to it! I just loved this pose, he looks like he is ready to take off! Henry is definitely the ever loyal sidekick - though we might need to upgrade his cape. I doubt a half-size cape will look as impressive flapping in the wind. ;)
I didn't get left out this time - I even got my own superhero emblem! Super mom! Woooo!
It was at this point I looked over at the stockings and realized that Matt drawing us stuff is kinda a thing at this point. When Matt and I first got married, I didn't have a stocking. I think I bought this generic green one and was bummed it wasn't more personalized like Matt's awesome stocking. When I woke up the next morning, Matt had taped my name on it.
11 years later and the paper has held in there like a champ! Matt's mom even made me an awesome Moab stocking, but I just can't seem to give up my simple Matt-decorated stocking. :)
My superheroes!
As a side note - do you think real superheroes make funny faces when people try to take their pictures? :)
Thomas was very insistent that I build a tunnel this morning and I really thought that he was talking about the new hot wheels cars. I finally figured out that he was referring to the awesome couch tunnels I built last year and I hadn't redone in a while. We had been watching videos the night before of him playing in the tunnels and he had apparently wanted to relive all the fun!
Henry never got a chance to play in the tunnels before because he wasn't mobile yet. He was super excited about the couch cushion tunnels! The two of them went back and forth giggling multiple times. The fun only ended when Matt tried to crawl through the tunnels and ended knocking over *ever* *single* cushion.
It's good to know I have't lost my awesome tunnel building abilities. Supermom, indeed! :)
As a side note, the deer meat Matt dropped off for processing last month was finally ready for pick-up yesterday. So we might have eaten way too much deer meat this weekend... We had several different things made and there is no clear favorite among the polish sausage, breakfast sausage, hotdogs or ground meat. No favorite because they were all amazing!
As another side note, the "Wildthang" in the title is a nod to a Lightroom filter. They had pre-Christmas sale on Lightroom presets from Digital Photography School and since it was so incredibly cheap, I decided to buy them. I've never really played with presets in Lightroom before, but it is enlightening to see how different photos can look with different adjustments. And I apparently trend to the light side of editing and it was fun to play with heavier editing options. There was a slight yellow-greenish cast to the Wildthang, but I couldn't quite determine which tweaks were causing them. (I didn't use it on the final photo because I thought my captured color was quite awesome, thank you very much.) Anyhow, I am still undecided on how much I think I will use the preset filters, but for $10 it is fun to play with them!