Fun in the Leaves

Grandma came up to help me with the boys while Adam is on his East Asia tour for 10 days. Ben and Grandma enjoyed the nice weather by playing in the leaves. I'm just glad Ben wasn't still talking about people hiding and jumping out of the leaf piles anymore.

Baby Pull-ups

Nick's impressive ability to hold on tight!

Some Train Table Fun

Trick or Treating

Grandma Lee came up to help me take the boys Trick or Treating. We walked over to Cameryn's house and toured the neighborhood with the little cowgirl and her pony. Ben was not so keen on trick or treating at first. And he got pretty scared at one house where a guy jumped out of a pile of leaves. Ben wouldn't go near any leaf piles the rest of the night. Can't wait for that nightmare tonight. He eventually got into it once he paired up with Cameryn and got past all the scary houses. He lasted about and hour and still came home with way more candy than he needs!

Pumpkin Painting

With Adam on his way to Japan and China, I decided to not do pumpkin carving this year, but rather pumpkin painting. Although it was still messy, I think the mess was significantly less than carving would have been. I even found glow in the dark paint which is pretty cool on the white pumpkins.

Ben had his own pumpkins to paint, and he did paint his little white one, but then I started to paint my pumpkin and he wanted to help. Can you figure out which side was Ben's and which was mine? It was not easy for me to give up control and let him do his thing, but I did. And then after he went to sleep I painted my own pumpkin. All by myself.

8 Months!

Ha Ha, Mommy!

Oh, Nicholas. He's soooo funny. After rearranging all the books and neatly stacking the 'Nick books' on the bottom and the 'Ben books' on the top shelf, along comes Mr. Tornado and pulls all the books off the shelf. On the up side, at least he only touched the 'Nick books' (board books he can chew on).

The Move

Yesterday was the big day - Ben moved upstairs. We moved his crib and converted it to the toddler bed and left one of the twin beds in the room assuming I might need it if he has a bad dream because he likes me to stay in the room until he falls back asleep. Well, Ben decided to upgrade himself to the big-boy bed and ditch the 'little bed'. So we had to do some more rearranging after his nap so the big-boy bed is not near the window, but he has stuck to the big-boy bed. And so far he has not gotten out of it after he wakes up. He had a hard time falling asleep last night, and it took some tears, but he finally fell asleep and stayed that way until 7:30 (woohoo!)

And He's O-U-T

I put Nick in the jumpy while we were moving Ben's bed and he was happy and having a good time. I checked on him a few times and he was still having a good time. Then it got very, very quiet. And this is what I found. Poor baby!

Monkeys on Top of the Car

Adam was carrying Ben on his shoulder the other night, and when we got to car, Ben decided he was going to be a, and I quote, 'Monkey on top of the car.' And he has a really, really good grip. Adam had to pry him off the luggage rack.

Monkey Speed bump

The stuffed Curious George was no match for Nick. He just powered right over him.

Up and Up

Nick is moving up in the world - literally. He has now started to pull himself up on the train table, boxes, laundry baskets...pretty much anything. And with vertical movement comes vertical falls! Nick's head has a few boo boos these days.

Playing In the Leaves

Playing in the leaf pile with daddy.

It Was Worth A Try

I was feeling adventurous today. I thought I'd try walking with the boys in the jogging stroller. Ben was very good. Nick however, wanted none of it. He DID NOT want Ben touching him. I finally gave in, took Ben out and let him walk and Nick immediately stopped crying. By the time we got home, Nick was practically laying across the entire thing. Stroller hog.

Silly Baby Faces