Trunk-or-Treat

OK, so she was this last year... but it was still in great condition and this time she has a mask. I also braided her hair this year. She was so excited when I told her it was the ward Halloween party, the party itself was nothing big. But both my kids won something in the cake walk. Yes, that's right, Aidan won stuff he couldn't eat.

We tried to get Aidan to come with Erica to the cat to get a picture. He had no desire to leave grandma's side. The cat did scare him a little. There is no picture of him in a costume cause he doesn't have one. He's not gonna go trick-or-treating since there are too many things he can't eat, that would be just cruel.

And for those of you who don't have the greatest eyesight... Erica WON! She got the prize for cutest costume and I didn't even tell others to vote for her. I'll admit I put two votes in for her. Grandma was gonna do the same but she can't change her handwriting like I can. So that means she really was the cutest out there.

So this little guy isn't my kid, but who could pass up taking a picture of little Yoda!? This little guy's whole family showed up as different Star Wars characters, from the new and old films.

Pooped After Party

We had a visit with Grandma and Grandpa Webb on Monday. Of course Aidan didn't get his normal nap in, he was too excited and wanted to show Grandma everything. Well, I took Erica to a doctors appointment and this is what I found when we came home. Jeff admitted he had no idea cause he was upstairs on the computer... the sudden quiet would have worried me a bit.

Random Days

Just the boy eating one of his favorite snacks, apple rice cakes. He'll eat the whole bag if you let him.



Don't know who he was looking out for, but he still loves to watch for people on the back of the couch. If only i could get him to keep his pants on!


We went to the Fall Festival in town and saw all the "pretty cars" (classic/muscle cars) and took a look at the things for sale. Erica is so like her grandma in this picture... has to look at all the pretty wood things. FYI, the festival is the place to get the best home-made doughnuts (in grandma's white bag).



I was so tired after the festival that I took a nap on the couch and let the kids play. This is what they did... their first fort. Not as big as we can get it, but they didn't have enough blankets.



Erica hiding in her fort. She was so upset when I told her it was time to clean up.

Helping Hands

Jeff was doing some exercises after lunch, one leg squats. At first Erica was doing them right with him (her way of course) and then all she did was laugh at him. Jeff can't quite do them and the results were making Erica laugh. She did try to help him when he asked, but she was too weak from laughter.

Daddy-Daughter Time

Jeff does what he can to spend as much time with the kids before he leaves for work. Despite Erica in he pj's this was in the early afternoon. She asked daddy to come and sit and he decided to color with her while his lunch heated up.

I never saw a more serious color session before.... I think he only colored the kitten and let Erica finish up.

Little Doggie

Aidan decided to take his plate and put it on the floor... walk around it and then...
Eat like 'doooggie' or Duke (my brother's dog). It was actually very funny, until I saw the mess he was making on my floor. I let him do it so I couldn't get mad. Can we say bath time?

Brag Time

I only taught Erica how to draw the letter A. At school they have only gone over M,R and S. Erica basically taught herself how to draw most of the other letters, thanks to a 'learn to write' dry-erase book that Grandma Adams got her. She is missing a few claiming she didn't know how to write them. That gets her frustrated and I'm the one who has to calm her down (used to be the other way around).

Kids Can Play Nice

Ok, so I figured out the 'glowing' issue on my pictures... a nice smudge on the lense (thanks grandpa). Anyways, this is to prove that my kids do play nice together sometimes.
And yes, it was another day of pulling out all the toys. And just so you know, Aidan's new thing is to go around the house without his pants on. I put them on in the morning but by nap time he has taken them off and refuses to put them back on.

Mass of Toys

We have a lot of toys under the t.v. Aidan usually only pulls out a few, mostly his train and a selective few noise makers. But this day he wanted all the toys out. And when he discovered the cars from Aunt Amy and from Grandpa Adams he went nuts. "So that's where they have been!" seemed to be what he was thinking.
His biggest surprise was finding "mween". He likes Lightning McQueen a bit more than his trains and other cars.

It's PINK!!!

My good neighbor Cindy gave Erica some new p.j's. Her daughter never wore them and figured Erica would like to have them. How right she was! As soon as Erica saw the 'pink nightmare' (for you dad) she wanted to put them on right away. The down side is it's about two sizes too big! She had to pick up the legs in order to walk anywhere, but she wanted to wear them and loved every minute of it. What makes this more funny is that Aidan's p.js are just about too small... starting to squeeze him into them.

All Better

As you can see the boy is fine! The wonderful doctor gave some wonderful medicine and we have our beautiful boy back. Well this is actually about two weeks after the medicine. but he is a happy child.
Don't know what is with the glowing pictures, but that's ok. Aidan was willing to pose for a picture.
This is what he does when "dee-dee" isn't home. He sits in his chair and watches his movies or plays with everything that he throws on the floor.

What now!?

My poor poor little man, if it's not one thing it's another that plagues him. He came down with Impetigo! This is the before picture, that was actually a few days after the worst of it. Because of this nasty-ness his breakouts from eczema was way worse than ever.

Rockingham County Fair

She was looking at the baby ducks, this was as close as she wanted to get.




I just had to take this guys picture. He even posed for me.





Grandpa helping Erica see the long-horn a bit better.


















We were getting ready to see a side show with birds. Aidan was not very impressed but he clapped with everyone else. Sadly, the rain came and we only saw about five minutes of the show.

At the end...

This is the only time Erica 'petted' an animal, though she could have gone up to A LOT.















Uncle Scott playing hero to a sad and scared little boy. Aidan had a death grip around his neck. But his cousin Aylor was just lovin every minute with the animals.

























And when the death grip wasn't on Uncle Scott... it was on Grandpa. My sad little boy. We though he would love the fair, he hated almost every minute of it.

Silly, Silly, Silly!

Two of the most silly kids ever! Aidan for wearing "dee-dee"s things and Erica for insisting that she be in the picture.
















By now he was done with the camera, he wanted to play with the toys.

A Spring Day Gone

Ok, so these are old pictures. But he was very cute that day and it was one of the first really nice days in the spring. Just so you know his pants have elastic at the ankles, so they are NOT high waters... just easier to leave them where they rise.

















These are not crocs either, but they look like them. His aunty Debbie gave them to him before he was born and they just started to fit then.