This is for the Newsies!

It all started innocently enough... we were driving to meet my family in Oregon for a camping trip and we decided to listen to the Newsies soundtrack...just once.  Then, on our way home, P made a special request to listen to "Seize the Day".  From there, a monster was born.  Our entire summer has been filled with the songs of Newsies singing in the streets, and we have "papes" in every nook of our home.  P makes his own newspapers and sells them around the neighborhood.  He breaks out in song everywhere we go.  And he even started to dress like a Newsie.  He found this hat at our friend Dave's house and fell in love...

 So D decided to surprise him by purchasing a similar hat for him...which he rarely takes off.  He thinks this picture makes him look like Spot Collins on the docks of Brooklyn...

 For weeks, he begged us for suspenders.  Every time we went to a store, he asked me if they had suspenders.  Once aunt Jen found that out, a package arrived with the coveted suspenders...can you see the pure joy in his face?

And here we have the completed ensemble... 

And if you are interested in hearing a little taste of P's singing voice, you are in for a treat...