Thanksgiving, 2010

Daddy made dinner. Noah helped. Rhys, once again, was oblivious, until it was time to eat. Owen got his first bite of mash potato along with sweet potato and he ate it up and then some.  It was a good time.  

The Start of a Tradition

Three Saturdays ago, Matt and Noah went to a college football game: University of Colorado vs. Iowa State. This is the second year in a row that they were able to go together. Once again, Noah loved it. And of course, Daddy did too. And hopefully next year, another opportunity will come up for them to share in another experience like this together...just father and son and football.

One Halloween Afternoon

It was a great day to be an Oregon Duck Fan and Lightning McQueen's Pit Crew Guy.  Oh and A Pumpkin too. 

It was a little Munchkin Madness down on The  Pearl Street Mall where the boys along with a gazillion other kiddos got to walk along the cobblestones, going to the different stores along the mall and say "trick or treat" and get candy.  Not to mention a fresh baked cookie from BJ's Grill and stickers from the Patagonia store.  

Carving Pumpkins

After dinner tonight, we took the pumpkins we got from the pumpkin patch and we carved them.

Noah: I drew a face on my pumpkin with triangle eyes and a missing tooth. Then Daddy cut out the eyes and mouth for me. He then gave it back to me and I drew another face on the other side. Daddy cut that face out for me too so I have a pumpkin with 2 faces.

Rhys: I drew a face on my pumpkin with two eyes, a nose and a chin. And cheeks. And Daddy cut out square eyes and square teeth for my pumpkin. When he gave it back to me, I added more to the face and that was it.

The Mommy: It was a good time to be had by all. Below is our littlest pumpkin. With God's help, The Parents made him and we're quite fond of him.

A Pumpkin Patch Sunday

It was a Pumpkin Patch Sunday. Rhys' primary school class had a social at Cottonwood Farms down the road from us. Lots of pumpkins, a hay bale maze, a large steam engine and a bunch of school friends and their parents. The boys (and their parents) had a good time.  And they took home two pumpkins.  

What They're Learning...

This past Thursday evening, we went to the boys' school and discovered what they were learning in class. They both go to a Montessori school here in Boulder. We visited each of their classrooms and they showed us the "works" that they do. Rhys is working with cylinder blocks and putting together puzzles (see photo above) while Noah is tracing shapes, building his dexterity with a pencil and practicing writing his numbers then adding them up (see photo above).   We, The Parents, were totally impressed.  

Grabbing At Straws (and other things...)

I grab at straws
and the remote
and the spoon The Mommy feeds me formula with

and The Daddy's glasses.
I like The Daddy's glasses.
And I like the way he fusses when I grab them.
He says sounds like "Nononono..."
I like the "Nonono" sound.

I grab at hair.
My favorite thing ever.
I like the sound that The Big Brother Rhys makes when I do: "Ahhhhhhh!"
That's a fun sound.
When I pull hair, no matter whose hair I pull that sound comes out.

I grab at Everything now. Fingers. Toes. Noses. Dirty Diapers.

Oooh, I found a new thing to grab...
It's silver, has a square window that shows pictures and has square buttons that The Mommy is pressing right now.

Nice!

I'm tired now.
I think I'll reach for The Mommy's Milk now...
I love The Mommy's Milk.
It's my favorite thing of all.
Really it is...(yawn!)...