Trick or Treat!

This year, I decided to make both boys' halloween costumes, since our usual seamstress (grandma) has been quite busy. I knew with Morg's bright blue eyes, he would be a darling scarecrow and I fell in love with this hat on Etsy months ago and wanted to give it a try myself since the price online was $65! I think this will probably be the last year that I'll have much sway on what Morgan wants to dress up as, since he definitely has a mind of his own!

He's been so excited for the last few weeks now and we've been watching Caillou's Halloween episodes over and over and over......! When it came time to put his costume on, he could hardly stand it. Between that and cousin Landen coming to our house for the first time, he was in heaven! Thankfully, the weather was pretty nice, too. We had fun with our friends at the trunk-or-treat and plan on taking him to a few houses tonight to trick-or-treat. I swear within the last month or so, I'm realizing that with children, everything is magical. I'm getting so excited for the holidays. They are bound to be sweet and memorable. What a fun, silly stage this is!  

 

 

Last week in pictures.

Snuggling

 

Happy

Couch Potatoes

TV Watching

Oatmeal Eating

Bathtime

Bedtime

Church Time (with cousin Landen)

Trip home.

Last week, we took a little drive home to visit for a few days. While we were there, it snowed a lot. Which made it kind of cozy, since Boise doesn't get much snow. We made banana bread and had papa make us nice warm fires. I laid on the couch most of the time. (Thank heavens for my dear mom. And for my dad, who rubbed and rubbed my pregnant feet.)

We also celebrated Landen's two year-old birthday. Morg tried to steal his toys and his birthday cupcake (a yearly ritual). They took lots of tubbies together and had fun playing cars. We took them to Jabbers (a fun little mini world for kids), and made a few rounds to the local thrift stores for Vintage Farm things.

While we were gone, Morgan learned how to say 'Mama Genna' (grandma glenna), 'Poppa Corrie', 'Baby Faith', 'Kickit' (Kricket), and he can count to ten on his own! I'm a proud momma! He also started to say 'where are you?'....which he now goes around saying 'mommy, are you?' 'mommy, are you?' and pretends to look for me, even when I'm right in front of him. Oh, and one more thing: when daddy comes home, or when he sees me around the house, he says 'Hi honey'.

Another funny thing we can't stop laughing about:
One night when Morg and Landen were in the bath, we started to let the water out. Landen started bending down in the tub, saying goodbye to every toy individually. 'Bye cup, bye baby, bye toy.' Then he turned to Morgan's tummy 'area' and said 'Bye-bye Morgan's wee wee.'

 (You know what a wee wee is, don't you?)

Seriously. If this age doesn't kill me, I swear I will die laughing one of these days.

Landen's birthday - notice Morgan on Landen's new bike.

Cake!

Riding in papa's play car.

Girl cousins - minus a few.

Playing at 'Jabbers' in Nampa.

Our little 'girls'. (Morgan was soooooo mad at me!)

Bathtime!

 

Haircut = sucker time. Every time.

Bribes work like a charm with a two year-old. 

Playing cars with papa.

More for the grandmas...

A few words from yesterday/"Toy Stoy"...




And from Christmas morning.....
(please ignore the obnoxious camera woman.)

We took a drive.

Monday, after Christmas, we piled in and went sledding. Sledding time with two toddlers = about one hour, or a little less. Landen is just like his momma; a thrill-seeker. And Morgan is just like his, and would rather keep his feet on solid, warmer ground. Landen giggled. Morgan cried. 

And thus the story goes....