First down, pick your pumpkin! The boys had a lot of fun roaming around the pumpkin patch.
Chase seems to always be carrying some cylindrical object in his hand. We just try to make sure it's not sharp or attached to an electrical oulet...like the 90$ computer charger that he used as a pacifier one day and shorted it out.
They had a lot of ghouls and goblins set up to see. Chase's bottom lip started quivering a few times but he was brave and did not cry.
Check out the Buddah belly. Mission accomplished! We got our pumpkins!
Next we took them home to carve them. I was impressed that Kaleb could use to pumpkin carving knife to cut out an eye...but an eye was enough for him...he handed over the knife b/c he could not concentrate (ie sit still) any longer.
We only ended up carving one pumpkin b/c the other one was too thick and dense to cut thru so we painted it. I'm sure a picture of that will follow sometime shortly.
We went to the zoo for the 3rd year in a row. As usually we had a good time and went w/ a Superhero theme. My fantastic outfit is catwoman (if you couldn't tell) and Jason is Wolverine.
Cousin Nylah and Amanda and Jeremy were Dorothy, Glenda the good witch and the Tin man. They had such great costumes that they had tons of kids coming up wanting to take their pictures with them. Grandma and Granddad dressed up as the bad witch and the lion to but for some reason I failed to get a picture of them.
We ran into this uncanny bunch at the zoo who complimented our outfits rather nicely! haha
Jason and I had our own neighborhood party to attend...We were the "crazed wife who cut off her husband's head" couple. We didn't even win the costume contest! What does one have to do to win a contest around here? One of the finalist was Mary Poppins who dressed in black and carried an umbrella...hmmm, i guess i'm still a little perturbed.
Those crazy eyes took a lot of concentration!
Finally on halloween night we went to a friends house in the neighborhood for chili before walking back home, trick-or-treating along the way. Kaleb either said trick-or-treat or thank-you but not both. He still seemed a little overwhelmed about the whole thing, although it is by far his favorite holiday. Chase just chilled in his stroller on the cold night. He refused to take a nap that day for the second day in a row, so we figured it would be a challenging night, but he didn't cry once. I think he was just checking out all the action around him. Kaleb had to stand in lines 15 people long at some houses. It was crazy!
We've also been doing a lot of marshmellow roasts in the back yard. After eating his hotdog and getting catsup all over his face he did not want to touch his marshmellow b/c it was sticky.
Chase even joined us for some fun until his bedtime. Then we just used the monitors to relax and enjoy the crisp evening fall air.
One friday night Jason and Kaleb decided to camp all night in the tent. I was not sure if they were going to make it b/c it was a pretty cold night, but they succeeded!
I'm sure there will be many more campouts in the backyard.
He also loves to wrestle. I'm in trouble with a house full of boys. I'm already getting beaten up on a regular basis.
Chase pretty much has a wet shirt all the time. He only has 6 teeth and I keep thinking some might come in any day. His mother's day out teacher got him this crown for his birthday.
What a cutie. Again w/ his cylindrical object in his hand. His first words are Uh Oh!, Bubbles and ba-oon (balloon). No Mama or Dada, just the fun stuff!
Here he is on his first birthday. He started walking pretty consistently a couple weeks after his first birthday. He loves to give high fives.
An all around view of the Birthday boy.
He looks so grown up here. We hardly ever put shoes on him because he curls up his toes and the shoes just don't stay on.
He has a blast crawling through tunnels and tents.
Kaleb was pretty obsessed with trains at this age but Chase seems to like cars more. Hopefully the train table will still get some action.
Why is it so hard to get a picture of 2 kids looking at the camera with their eyes open and smiling. This was the best of 10 pics of our front porch fall scenery.
