Shiny Red Bike

 Anna loves to ride her bike outside.  She's come so far with it.  When we first bought it, she couldn't even pedal.  Now, she's a champ and can ride all around the apartment complex.  It's fun to see her so happy.  I know our days of being outside in the sunshine are coming to an end very soon, so we're trying to take every advantage of it before the cold strikes. 

Just a few more pics

Just a few more pictures of Halloween activities.  This is from our Halloween party in the park.  Good times.

Trick-or-Treat

 Happy Halloween to everyone yesterday!  And Happy November today!  We had a great Halloween-filled weekend.  Holidays are just ten times better when you have kids that are old enough to know what's going on.  It was a great weekend together.  Anna wanted to paint the pumpkin before we carved it because she remembered loving it last year.  Once it dried, we carved it out and toasted up our seeds. Mmm!  They were really good.
This picture below if very indicative of the kid's mood for taking pictures.  Anna kept telling me, "Don't take even ONE picture Mom!!"  And she meant it.

 It was UNBELIEVABLY hard to get the kids to pose for a costume picture.  So, we're just making do with what we have.  Anna was Cinderella and Andrew was a dinosaur.  They looked darling!

 This is how excited Anna was to do trunk or treat.

 And this is how excited Andrew was....  Um, not at all.

 Andrew and his bud, Adam, are six months apart and just love each other.  This is how they strolled through trunk-or-treat, in style!

 I tried making ghost mashed potatoes.  Yea, they didn't really work.  Good effort, right?

 I also tried making Jack-o-lantern pancakes.  They didn't really work either.  Hmm, maybe next year.

 Can you tell that she was just dying to get her picture taken?  At least I'll remember what her shoes looked like.

 This was taken on Halloween night right before we went trick-or-treating.  Anna loved when kids knocked on our door for candy.  She thought it was just the best thing!  As soon as a trick-or-treater left, she would quickly get candy ready for the next one and then wait by the door.

 Andrew on the other hand wanted nothing to do with any of it.  I think he just wanted to go to bed.

 Nice.

 Trick-or-treating was more fun than I even thought it would be, (and I was pretty excited to go).  Anna LOVED it.  She got the hang of it pretty quickly too.  What's not to love right?  Happy Halloween everyone!

Riddle

How do you make a tool girly??  You turn it into a hair dryer.  

One Year Older and Wiser Too!

 We blinked our eyes and Andrew turned one!  Wow, what a quick year.  It's hard to imagine Andrew not being part of our lives.  He seems to add so much to our family even though he's so little.  My mom got to fly out for the week to celebrate Andrew's birthday so we've posted a few pics from the week.  It was so great to have her here.  We already miss her terribly.  She's the best!
Notice the blue crayon in Andrew's mouth.  Yea, luckily I saw this in the picture because I definitely didn't catch it in real life.  

 Anna LOVES Granny's ipad.  She can totally navigate her way around without anyone's help.  Um, that's amazing that a two year old can do that. 

I want to share some things about Andrew that you may not know.

#1. Andrew is a Mama's boy through and through.  I left him in the room with Josh and Anna for one minute today and he wandered the halls crying and looking for me.  As soon as I got back, he was happy again and crawled all over me.
(This is Andrew eating his b-day breakfast, scrambled eggs!)

 #2.  He loves to eat crayons, toothbrushes, toilet paper and dirt.  In other words, you can't take your eyes off of him for a second. 

 #3. His first word was "cheese".  I attribute this to the fact that I am constantly taking pictures of the kids and trying with all my might to get Anna to smile.  So, he'll grab the fake camera and walk around the house saying, "cheese, cheese, cheese".  Yea, it melts my heart every time. 

 #4. Andrew has been in the 90-95th percentile for weight and height his whole life.  I took him to the doctor this week and he weighs 26 pounds 9 ounces which puts him right up there in that category. 

 #5. He loves to play catch.  LOVES IT!!  Josh will hold his hands while Anna throws it to him and he just laughs and laughs every time. 

 #6. His favorite room in the house is....the bathroom.  Yuck!  He loves to pull the toilet paper roll until it's empty and then eat the toilet paper.  He just learned to take the closed toilet seat and open it all the way.  I have often found him with spoons, cups, etc. swishing around toilet water. 

 #7.  While Andrew is in his high chair eating dinner, all of the sudden out of no where, he starts cracking up.  He just laughs and laughs.  If you laugh back at him, then he totally loses it and can't control his giggles. 

 #8.  Andrew has cement blocks for feet.  Yes, it's true.  This boy is almost wearing Anna's size.  This is one of the first things I noticed about him when he was born.  It has been nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find shoes that fit him.  Right now he's in a size 7, which is crazy!  His feet are fat, square and long!

 #9.  Andrew's favorite pass time is shooting hoops in our basketball net.  It really intrigues him. 

 #10.  This is honestly one of the happiest little boys I've ever seen.  He is always grinning ear to ear and is super friendly with everyone.  He is a great joy to this family.  We love him very much.  Happy Birthday Andrew!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

 We bought Anna a kite at the dollar store.  Great buy!  She loves it!!  Josh showed her how to do it and she just took off, running back and forth over and over again. 

 Doesn't Andrew look old?

What a little cheeser!  Cutie.  ;-)

 Andrew's new favorite thing to do is color.  He loves sidewalk chalk.  He'll only actually color for a minute or two.  I think he just likes holding something in his hand.  He won't put it down to save his life. 

 What's a blog without a jumping picture, huh?

 Our friend let us borrow a tunnel and the kids are in heaven.  They think it's the best thing in the world!