Belated Halloween Pictures

Late as usual, but here are a few good pictures from Halloween.

Helping Daddy clean Patrick's pumpkin - fake shot - he didn't want to touch the gooey insides.

Christopher loved popping out the pieces of pumpkin after we cut them free.

Patrick was not interested in sitting still next to his pumpkin. Christopher was hamming it up, but had no pants on. Oops.

Astronaut Christopher and Robin Hood ready for trick-or-treating. Not sure why these pictures are so blurry.

And they're off to get loot!

Enjoying their goodies after they went the whole way around the block!

Enjoy!

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Christopher was regaling me this morning at breakfast with his Itsy Bitsy Spider rendition, so after we finished I got him to do it again. Unfortunately he insisted on sitting right there in front of the window, so the picture is a little dark. I think it's cute anyway, though! Patrick was sitting next to me doing the motions, but I couldn't get him to sit by Christopher and do it on camera.


We're off to playtime and a picnic at the park today, so hopefully we'll get some good pics then for a post later.

Enjoy!

Raise 'Em and Race 'Em (When Daddy Gets the Camera)

Courtesy of Daddy, because only he would come up with a game as silly as toddler racing. Note the no pants for extra redneck effect.

And another one, just in case one isn't enough!

Enjoy!

We Have Liftoff

I know it's been forever since I posted. We were in PA for two weeks and then we came back and things got really crazy. In the span of four days last week we put our house up for sale, sold our house, found a new (to us) house, and had our offer accepted. Now the craziness of moving is hanging over my head.

But enough excuses.

Christopher decided on Thursday that his hammer is not a hammer, but is actually the space shuttle. Here is a little video clip of his launch sequence, which he perfected watching countless space shuttle launches on YouTube. Note that he has the enviable job of countdown boy - the job my mom always wanted me to have!

And just so he doesn't feel left out, here's Patrick admiring his handiwork. Apparently he needed a snack. I swear, that kid should win the Nobel Prize for Special Achievement in Naughtiness.

Enjoy!

Videos!

Mike showed me how to make videos again, so maybe I'll remember this time. Here are two of my recent favorites. The first is Patrick one of our last nights on vacation grooving in his high chair at dinner. The second is Christopher the Energizer Bunny at open gym the other week.

Enjoy!

Miscellaneous Pictures

We did some fun stuff this past weekend, but my favorite picture is pure Christopher silliness. He decided to get up at 6AM Friday morning and wasn't interested in snuggling with us, so he went in to the living room. When we climbed out of bed, we found this - he had lined up all the cars out of the bucket and was addressing them like they were in a parade.

On Friday, we went to open gym at the place where Christopher takes gymnastics. Here he is flexing his crazy motor skills crawling across a ladder.

Later we caught them reading in the middle of the kitchen floor.

Saturday night we went to the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum for their Summer Saturday Nights program. Basically reduced price entry after the sun goes down and it's not so hot. We got to see some neat animals and dig for dinosaurs!

Here is my giant boy - who told him he was allowed to be so big?

And because Aunt Jenny asked, here is my newly finished tote bag. My machine quilting is a little wonkier than the Chinese Vera Bradley chicks, but I think it's cute.

Enjoy!

Durango Trip - Part 3

Apparently I'm trying to make these pictures last until I can find something interesting enough to photograph around here. There have been some hilarious potty training moments, but they're all pretty indecent. My favorite is Christopher asking himself, "Peepee, where are you? Are you coming?"

I'm going to try to pare down the last few days to finish in this post. We'll see. I just have such cute boys I can't seem to choose just a few pictures!

Riding up the ski lift with Daddy at Purgatory - he thought this was really cool!

Riding down the "alpine slide" sled track thingy - Daddy thought this was really cool!

Then we drove over the mountain (at 11,000 feet!) to Silverton, CO. It had just finished raining there, and get this, it was only 60 degrees! I almost cried I was so excited. I put pants on the boys! Here's my big helper pushing Patrick on a slow boat to China. Don't worry, we rescued Patrick before the stroller tipped over.

On the way out of Silverton, we stopped at this beautiful alpine lake. Patrick decided a little trailblazing was in order.

The next morning, our last day in Durango, we went to the railroad museum. A fabulous time was had by all, especially Christopher, who had to be dragged kicking and screaming (literally) away from the model train setup after at least 30 minutes.

Patrick at the engineer's desk in a caboose. So much work, so little time...

On our way back to Show Low, AZ, we decided to go through Four Corners. Not something I need to see again. This was pretty much it, although I can now say that I've been to Utah.

Many ridiculously long hours later, we got to the Petrified Forest National Park where we saw many "dinosaur trees" and even a real dinosaur. I didn't quite capture the joy on Christopher's face - this is the first dinosaur fossil he's ever seen in real life. He thought it was super cool!

So there you have it. After this, it will be back to our regularly scheduled boring lives until we go to see Grammy and Grandad in a few weeks!

Enjoy!