Working Hard...

Playing in my room- I hate mom taking my picture all the time, especially when I'm trying to get some work done....

Playing at home.....

We combine fish crackers at our house- then we can eat them right out of the combine.....
We made a bunch of stars out of all the leftover playdough colors from the Halloween party, then I smashed them and stacked the containers as high as I could..... I'm getting pretty good at counting things- at least mom's impressed by a two year old able to count 10 stars, big deal I've been doing that for months.....

Halloween Party

Today we had a Halloween Party for Ethan's babysitter friends and his cousins- here is Ethan and Miguel fighting over the car after their turn at the Pinata.
Micah and both Grandmas watching from a distance- probably a good idea.
Here is Cade (one of the babysitter kids) taking his swing at Spongebob- none of the kids could break it with the stick so they resorted to pulling the strings to get it to break....

Decorating their cupcakes and cookies- lots of sprinkles for all....

After painting the pumpkins, it's much more exciting playing with the tractors- we have some serious farming to do... this is Ethan with Gabriel and Grandma.

Putting all the halloween stickers on the paper getting ready for my party!!!

Trick or treat.... or Peak-a-Boo!!!

Finally in position... 9 or so weeks to go...

Just a small update on the baby... after I fell on Tuesday night (long story, having to do with a 3yr old nephew falling into the pond and then tripping over a stake and falling trying to get there) the baby became very active that night and by the next morning all the kicks were in my ribcage.... since I have an ultrasound machine in my office, I took advantage of that and got my belly scanned again- here is a picture of the baby sucking it's hand (head on the right, body on the left, little circle of a hand at the top). And we're not even going to tell you the latest guess of boy or girl because we have been told so many different things by everyone who looks that we're going to have to wait the 9 or so weeks until the baby is born. Ethan keeps asking when the baby is going to come out, and he always wants a sister (not sure if he really knows the difference)

Getting Apples.....

Last week we rode our bike to get apples- ok, mommy rode the bike, I just sat in the bike trailer taking it all in- I got to eat an apple the whole way home- with all the apples and the cider, there wasn't much room in the trailer for me!!
Sucking down the chocolate milk- we go through about a gallon a week in our house- I hope Kroger keeps having it on sale!!

Making cookies... and a mess

Sitting in the dump truck is the only way to truly watch tv- mom and dad just don't understand....
I was just trying to help mom clean the counters after we made the sugar cookies- I don't know why she got so upset but she made me stand there and not move and it took her two big bathroom towels to clean up the water from the counters, chairs and all the water on the floor running toward the stove- maybe it wasn't such a great idea to put the sink in the island....

I didn't eat all the cookie dough!!!

mmm, this making sugar cookie thing is a good idea- I wish mom would cook more often.....