The Halloween Saga Continues........

Tonight was Hayden's Halloween program. The songs were so cute. His teachers did such a good job. It was so much fun to have Emily with us tonight too. She was a big help and a great audience. Hayden actually sang tonight! We loved it. Jake decided to show off his sock monkey costume since we aren't' sure if he's going out with us tomorrow night. I wanted him to wear it at least once. Only one more Halloween celebration to go and then we're off to Thanksgiving! (or week three of Christmas if you work retail like me-our decorated Christmas trees have been up for a couple of weeks already)

Ghosts of Halloween Past

We really like Halloween. As you can see, in these first two shots, poor baby Hayden was on the receiving end of our Halloween love. I staged this whole photo shoot with him.

This second shot scares Brandon quite a bit. Looking back on it now it does seem really, really weird. It made perfect sense at the time. In all fairness though, he was only a few weeks old and I was a little nutty back then.

This picture is of Hayden's second Halloween. We took him to Brandon's work to trick or treat. That bat costume is one of my all time favorites.

I'm not sure what he was for his third Halloween-frog? Lizard? It was cute though, even if he did obviously hate it.

I think this was the only time Brandon and I dressed up for poor Hayden. We loved decorating our old house for Halloween. I've been missing it lately. This house isn't as easy to decorate. Brandon's Grim Reaper is supposed to be killing me in this shot, but I can't stop laughing.

The infamous mac and cheese costume! My one attempt at creating one on my own. I did forget that it's cold on Halloween so his coat is a little out of place, but I did my best to make his hat fit in by hot gluing a piece of macaroni to it.

Darth Hayder. Need I say more?

Halloween Carnival

Last night was the second annual Halloween carnival at Hayden's school. They aren't allowed to dress up at school on the day of Halloween but they can dress up for the carnival. Hayden is Jango Fett from Star Wars and the baby is wearing his "Hair-Wolf" costume. In this first shot, the baby has angered Jango and must pay.

Here is Hayden at the carnival wearing one of his prizes. It really was a lot of fun this year. A magician came and performed for the kids every hour in the library. Hayden sat on the floor in the front while baby, Brandon and I stood the back. Hayden had a blast. At one point he turned around to me laughing and screamed, "I just love this!"

Here is my little "Hair-wolf". Thanks to Jen for finding this outfit. It is ridiculously appropriate.

Hayden of the Corn

Hayden would have been the happiest boy alive if he could have figured out how to turn that tractor on at the pumpkin patch yesterday. I didn't let him sit on it long enough to figure it out or he might have..............

Thank You Grandaddy!

Thanks for our trip to Park City! We had so much fun on our vacation.

(we want one of these heated benches in our yard)

Park City Trip-Day Seven

We had originally planned to take nice snowy family pictures for Christmas cards but the weather turned nice and sunny. So we took fun pictures instead. I thought I'd put one in here of Brandon since he doesn't get a lot of face time here on the blog (can you tell that I kind of like him?)

Jake

Jake is doing what I wish I could do on vacation-sleep wherever I want.

Park City Trip -Day Two

We are lucky enough to be in Park City for the week. My father-in-law is so good about sharing and he's letting us use his week at the condo. We are even luckier because it snowed (kind of). Here are some shots of us at the pool. Where we are staying has an indoor/outdoor pool. Brandon was brave enough to go to the outdoor side while Hayden stayed inside with Jake and I. Once again poor Jake was sidelined in his stroller with me, but he seemed to enjoy himself.

Gotta Get in Some Park Time

The weather is due to turn ugly this weekend so the boys and I have been working hard at getting in all the time we can at the park.

As you can see, Jake has a much different experience at the park than Hayden does. Jake enjoys eating his stroller and trying to see while blinking furiously at the wind. Hayden keeps his bike helmet on at the park, making me look like I'm a weird overprotective mom. We love the park in our neighborhood and we will be sad to not be able to play on it. No one will me more upset than mom (we are still off track).

Six Month Appointment

Jake is getting old! He had his six month appointment today. Poor thing had three shots but he handled it very well. He weighs 15 pounds and 14 ounces, which is the 50Th percentile and is 28 inches long (95Th percentile). He still eats about every two hours during the day, but I guess that's just the way he is. He amazed the doctor with his tooth and (almost) crawling skills. He's getting better at sitting up now. He can sit there for a few minutes playing with toys, but if he falls over he can't get himself back up. I think he'll be much happier when he can. He thinks laying down is for suckers.

Life As We Know it is Almost Over

Jake has almost got crawling down now. First the tooth, then the scoot. Hayden and I need to work out the Lego situation pretty soon. I have managed to forget a lot about infants between Hayden and now, but one thing I do know is Lego's+Baby=Bad. I have been looking around my house lately and I am trying to figure out how he's going to make it to three years old. I've got one big fat baby danger house. Wish me luck baby proofing. I'm going to need it.

Off Track

We are on day three of being off track here at our house. Hayden has had to find many different ways to keep himself busy. One way has been to play with his brother. The first picture is Hayden having Jake pick out things to buy at his store. Jake liked the hot dogs and chicken. I think he may have eaten most of the food before he paid for it. While I was on the phone earlier today, Hayden decided to mix some of his favorite cereals. He was kind enough to label them though. It's hard to see but that last picture says "Trix" on that small label. He has also spent a lot of time in my basement. The basement is unfinished and full of stuff ( I use the word stuff when there is another four letter "s" word that would be more appropriate). The stuff has been banished to the basement for a reason but it's slowly making its way back upstairs. Now the main level of my house is full of stuff. I am waiting anxiously for the 20Th of October when he makes his way back to first grade.