A very scary dinosaur!
Our crawling baby lobster.
We loaded our T-Rex and baby lobster into the double stroller and found a well-lit street in our neighborhood where the houses are all decked out for Halloween. Within five minutes, our baby lobster was asleep. At the very first house we went to, we said, "trick or treat!" (And by "we," I mean me and Chuck. Nate stood silent.) Behind the door, we heard some scary breathing, then the door opened up with a lady in a mask that even scared me, let alone a 2-year-old. Already a little apprehensive about the dark and his scary costume, Nate looked like he was about to cry. When she realized how little he was, she took the mask right off and offered him some candy. We went to about 10 houses, then headed back home. Baby lobster slept through it all, but looked adorable nonetheless!
Earlier in October, we went to Hodges Farm to pick pumpkins and see all the animals. We went last year when Nate was 1 1/2 and I was prego with Theo. You can read about it here: Pumpkin' pickin' and Halloween. It's crazy how much Nate has changed. This farm has about a million pumpkins in at least 10 different fields. And Nate would walk from pumpkin to pumpkin, exclaiming, "Punkin!" "Another punkin!" as though it was the most exciting thing ever. He picked out a few to bring home, but he wanted nothing to do with the carving process or pulling out its guts. (Surprising, for a child who loves to play in the dirt.) Nate also got to meet a few goats, horses, cows, chickens, and he still tells me all about them and the different noises they make.
A punkin, Mommy! A PUNKIN!!!!!
Theo just wanted to cruise.
Theo is almost 9 months old already. With two bottom teeth, he is just starting to eat Cheerios and mashed up apples and bananas. He started crawling about a month ago and is an expert cruiser. He can even stand on his own for about 15 seconds, and he can balance really well while he's kneeling. He especially likes to crawl to the glass door, get on his knees and pound on the door at the cats. He is fascinated with Wylie and Yeats -- Truman steers clear of babies these days -- and tends to abuse them if he can get his hands (and teeth) on them.
Theo loves swinging in the backyard!
The boys snuggling in bed with Dada.
Watching their favorite show together -- "Super Why." Can you tell they're brothers?
