Tuesday, November 4, 2008

It's Official!











Derek is a walker! Shane was 11 months old when he started walking--we thought that was great! Derek has been doing it since his 10 month" birthday!" It's fun, but we have a new view on babies again! And, he's OBSESSED with the stairs-and those of you who have been here, you know we have them!!




Also, here are a couple from babysitting Jill today!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!







We had a great Halloween-we started at our library (let me tell you, I LOVE our library-a couple of years ago they won "National Library of the Year" or something, and they are deserving)--it was a FIASCO! It was a Halloween party for preschoolers...well, this small room had about 150 people in it-with the heat ON! It was so hot! They started 15 minutes late, NOT good for 75 preschoolers! It was a husband wife (or so I think) singing team--kinda lost interest. Shane was not into it, so we left early, at his suggestion. We came home and were anxiously awaiting trick-or-treating. We went to a subdivision in town (the houses in our neighborhood are too spread out), made it to 3 houses, Shane was not into it--Nana and Papa, Auntie Jane and Becky (and Jill and Madelyn) were with us, and suggested Shane needed a group to go with. He wanted me to hold him, ask for the candy and hold his bag. I thought he needed to ask himself, since HE would be eating the candy. So, I called Brenda, and we met up with them. As soon as Shane saw his cousins, he was off running up to each and every house with them! So, it turned out to be a fun night! We tricked and treated about 1 1/2 hours! Came home, ate pizza and gave treats to the 4 treaters we got!

Prep for Halloween











Here are some photos of us prepping for Halloween. We carved our Mickey Mouse pumpkin, since we still LOVE Mickey here--Shane LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and after going to Disney (which he still talks about), we had to honor Mickey!



Also, some photos playing in the backyard, trying to get some fall leaf shots!