turkey prints

Just figured I'd share our turkey prints we made. Blake only made one decent handprint. He did good tho. I really thought he was going to be a disaster!!!

Probably won't post again before Thanksgiving...so... Happy Thanksgiving!

all in a day...

Just sharing some pics from today....

Blake playing peek-a-boo.

Andrew striking a pose!

bath fun...
Blake thinks it's HILARIOUS when you pour water on his head. He's a mess!
I froze a car for Andrew to play with in the tub. He thought that was pretty cool!

Bashful Blake!

fort

I've been getting hate mail on my lack of blogging. So, I figured I'd post some pics of the new fort....well, it's not really new, Matt just added on to it.

Here's the old fort...

And the new fort...

side view...

inside view...

The inside isn't really finished. He still wants to make a chalkboard, hang up the phone and make a table...one that maybe folds up or something. If you look in the pic you can see those little benches..those store some of their toys.

Then he made a little sink/fridge/stove area that isn't completed either. Next to the white bowl we'll add nobs and draw circles for the burner. I'd also like to find a faucet.

and the windows...

When Matt started talking about adding on I couldn't see his vision. Finally I was like...just do it and hopefully it will turn out okay. :) Well, I think it turned out better than I expected! The boys LOVE it!! They play so well out there together. It's nice because I just open the door and out they go!! They actually play better out there when I'm not right there with them...not sure why. Anyway, there ya go!

halloween night

The boys were SO excited about trick-or-treating...okay, Andrew was. Can you tell by this picture? He actually stopped "flying" around the house and posed for me! He LOVED his costume!

Blake, on the other hand, HATED his! He didn't like the hat thingy on his head. Oh..and if you are wondering...he's supposed to be a lion. Matt said he looked like an Indian. Maybe that's why he was mad. Regardless, the boy didn't wear the head piece. Am I a bad mom because this picture seriously cracks me up!!!

Blake was much happier with it off! Not sure what Andrew is doing.

We had some friends come with us. Here's Gavin. He was a buzz too! Good thing Andrew didn't notice that Gavin had the high dollar buzz costume! :) They loved banging each other with their wings!

Baby Tiffany was a flower. She was a cutie!!

While we were out Andrew spotted a Zurg!! Zurg was kind enough to pose for the camera. Andrew was too busy trying to figure out how to shoot his laser at Zurg.

Blake was feeling much better yesterday so we hit up a few houses. He didn't really understand what was going on but he had a BLAST running with the big boys up to ring the doorbell.
The only one I didn't get a pic of was Luke. He was the cutest monkey!!

Anyway, the boys had a blast. We got home and I went through their candy, picked out what we like and gave the rest to the last kid that came to our house. I seriously don't need that junk in my house!

pumpkin carving

Today Matt carved our pumpkin. Andrew didn't have much to do with it. He didn't like all the "dirtiness" that it had inside it!Blake, sick Blake, was all about checking it out.

Daddy did all the work!

The final product...

Andrew is SO excited about trick-or-treating! I'm SO excited about having candy in my house..NOT! Andrew has a couple of friends coming over to go with him. We were going to do dinner and then go but Blake woke up with and ear infection and croup this morning. Hopefully he'll be feeling okay to at least hit one house!!

matching jammie boys

By know you should know that I'm a sucker for the boys in matching jammies! It's funny because when Blake has on jammies that Andrew doesn't have Andrew gets upset because he wants them. Sometimes I have Andrew pick out his jammies first and put Blake in different ones so they don't match EVERY night. Anyway, it's supposed to get cold tonight so I put the boys in these dog jammies and decided to try and get some pics. Here's how it went down...

I put the boys in the chair and got a somewhat decent pic...

Then, Blake decided he had better things to do and wanted to get up...

Andrew tried to get Blake to come back... And then all chaos broke out!...

I tried one more time...

and just gave up!

I put Blake's jammies on and he HATED them!! I think he wanted his feet out. He kept picking up his foot and saying"shoes"...it was funny. I kept trying to distract him and was showing him the dog on them. Hopefully he'll get over it because I don't know how else to keep him warm at night!!

pumpkin patch

We met some friends at the pumpkin patch by our house today. It was nice and cool but very wet. ugh! Enjoy the pics!

You can look here or here and see our past trips.

Our attempt at a family pic...

one sleepy boy

Thursday Andrew woke up with a barking cough...yep, croup. He's been hoarse lately too so I kept him home from school. We just vegged that morning. Before nap I was taking Andrew's temp to see if he had a fever. Blake went and laid down on the floor. When I asked him if he wanted to go to bed he said NO! Four minutes later the boy was OUT! Matt and I thought it was so funny we took a pic. Then Andrew had to get in on the picture. He's a mess!

little update on the boys...

I figure it's time for a little update on the boys. I haven't really given an update on what they are doing these days and it helps me when I scrap. So, I'm not just doing this for my readers but for me! And you can enjoy some pics I took at the park today. We met some friends at the toddler park again. The boys had fun and wore themselves out! Works for me!!

We'll start with Blake...these days Blake is ALL over the place! He doesn't have much time to sit...unless you are reading him a story or he's extremely tired! He LOVES balls and tells you each time he finds one! He's become quite the little talker! He says...all done, more please, shoes on, ball, outside, no (his favorite word), something that is supposed to be love you, uh-oh, oh no, hi, bye, baby, toes, cat, dog, happy, help, up...can't think of what else...aside from mommy and daddy...oh and can count to three. He can find some body parts and make some animal noises. Can't think what else.

He is definitely at such a fun age. Next month he'll be 18 months. Crazy!

Where does the time go?

How weird is that swing? Blake loves it. Anything to make him feel like a big boy!!

On to Andrew... he is LOVING preschool!! He barely tells me bye when I drop him off. Kinda makes me sad but I'm so glad that he likes it. He has learned so much and is really getting a lot out of it. Makes me very happy!

We were struggling with his behavior...not wanting to do what we asked and having meltdowns. I've started to do a behavior chart and it has made a WORLD of a difference in him!! YEA! I'm hoping he keeps it up.
I'm also hoping he gets over his sinus stuff soon! Poor guy can barely talk with all that drainage!

And here's a pic of our awesome daddy! I'm very thankful that he's able to go and do so much fun stuff with us!! It's definitely nice having the help!!

Well, that's all I can think of right now. I'm sure I left stuff out but I'm trying to watch Private Practice and talk on the phone all while I blog! Nice, huh?