Whoosh!

James

At the park with papa

Leland

A Smile From Scott Jeremiah

I think this picture of our one month old nephew says it all- Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving

We are thankful for so very much- including our good friends and loving family. We hope today is relaxing and easy wherever you are.

Office moving day

See how Leland's surrounded by objects in transition? Michael's moving his office into the back of our house, and today's the big move. James was pretty confused about how the office would fit through the door; it made more sense to him once I explained that actually we wouldn't be moving the building itself, just the things inside. This should be an interesting transition no?

Mr. Destructo

Leland-zilla

Leland the Big Helper

Leland really gets into his work.
 

Oh! Papa's going to help too!
 

Could it Be?

This could mean that the highchair would GO AWAY! Yay! The highchair is always in the way and Mr. Leland is quite precarious in it since he slips out of the ties and tries to crawl onto the tray. Yesterday he, for the first time, ate lunch sitting next to his brother on one of the regular stools. James was the concerned big brother telling him over and over not to fall and to sit and be careful. So far it seems like he'll do just that, so maybe we can stick the high chair in the attic. 

Lovin' on That New Baby

The three big kids kissed SJ until he'd had enough last night and had to be snuggled with Mama.


 



Leland especially was smitten and had to keep coming back for kisses, even after Scott was loaded into his car seat.
 
 
Even at two weeks he's trying to charm Oma.
 

Yeah. He was tired.

He still has his shoes and jacket on. Playing with his wild cousin just wore him out!

Dinner Makes Leland Happy

I Love this!!
 

I'm a big kid and can drink from a cup.
 

Hmmm. Also I can swish my dinner around in the cup...
 

Also I got free coffee.

Starbucks is giving out free coffee today for anyone who goes and votes. Yay, coffee.

I voted!

At 6am there were almost 30 people there to vote. I went this morning so Michael could be with the kids.

Halloween 2008

We had a good Halloween- the city had a huge celebration at the park and downtown.
Here are the guys- Michael holding the Bee, James in his train shirt. He once again went as "a Boy". I made him ladybug wings, but at the last minute he didn't want to wear them.


We met Scott & Joan and kids at the park.


I made Nomi's costume too. You can see Michael trying to convince James to put on his wings, but he'd have none of it- knows his own mind, that kid!


Baby goblin Scotty


Leland being surprisingly nonplussed by his very odd looking uncle- he did stare at him good and hard though.



You can sort of see how they decorated the play structures, but this doesn't convey the Vast amount of people swarming everywhere.




We spent most of our time on the littler and less crazy play structure. Usually they don't think this one is so cool, but costumes change everything.



On the way out Leland was obsessed with this guy. He totally ditched us to go over to the bear!



My crown says, "It's good to bee Queen" :)



At our house with friends after the park.

Instead of napping

I could not get this guy to take a nap today! Instead he's playing outside with his brother. Both are covered in dirt and likely getting wet as I write this. The question now is, can I keep him awake until bedtime?

Helping Out

We thought we'd just get up here to help out Mama. Hmmm, not much up here, except this light switch. Better turn that on and off a few times. And oooh- tomatoes.

We'll eat those tomatoes like they're apples!

Art on the Walls

Sometimes coloring is more interesting when done in a new way, like with paper taped to the walls.


Michael visited a house once where the bottom half of the kids room was papered with news print so they had bedroom had walls that could be drawn on. I thought that was a great idea, but there isn't space in the boys room. I think we'll do this temporary set-up again though, for what ever reason I hadn't thought before to just tape up the paper just for the art session.

Kisses!!!

Leland has recently perfected kisses.

Mostly it's very nice, though occasionally they're snotty. Ewww.


James likes to give a rapid succession of kisses and then ask, "How many kisses was that?"

Welcome Scott Jeremiah!

Waiting to hear more details. For now, Hooray!!!