Mail delivery

I wonder who Will's sending all these letter to? He found a pad of sticky notes and thought they would make good letters. So they went into the mail box and then were sent around the house for deliveries!

Is that a cigar

...or just a lincoln log!!

Silly "Herkies"

I often call Will a turkey when he's being really silly and somewhere in that busy little mind of his, he converts it to Herky. So this morning, when Will and Nate were playing together at breakfast, Will started laughing and said "two Herkies!" I had to run for the camera! It's so much fun to see how they entertain each other!!

Ho Ho Ho!!

We made a visit to the Arboretum for brunch with Santa. Nate wasn't too crazy about Santa (but he doesn't know about all of Santa's magic just yet!!) Will was shy but told Santa that he would like a car and that he would leave cookies and reindeer food on Christmas Eve. Afterward we checked out the huge train display that went through a gingerbread town. It was a great morning full of holiday fun!

Bundled Up Buddies

Little Penguin

Enjoying the weather...

Can you believe it was so warm we didn't even need our coats in December!!? We took advantage of the weather for a "photo shoot" with Aunt Aud. We learned it is nearly impossible to get these little guys to look at the camera and smile. And to think we were trying to get both of them to do it at the same time, together in the same picture! HA! Oh well, we still ended up with some good pictures and enjoyed the weather-Thanks Aunt Aud. I can only imagine what I would have ended up with on my own!

Christmas is coming!

The tree is lit and decorated, the lights are up outside, the presents are almost all purchased (but not wrapped), the elf is on the shelf! We're getting ready for HoHo! Will remembers calling Santa "ho ho" from last year and it stuck. We've been reading some Christmas books and listening to Christmas music so we're trying to prepare him for all the fun. I love how cozy the house feels this time of year and wouldn't mind a little (emphasis on LITTLE) snow to play it!

More fun in the leaves

He looks like a little blue bird!

Well intended hugs

Trying to squat like Mama

Time to head inside again!

Busy Buddy

Nate is learning new things everyday and is so happy to be on the move!

"Mama.. feel better"

After a day in the dumps yesterday, Will told me "Mama... feel better!" He enjoyed his waffles or "faffles" on the couch and gave me a big smile for the camera! (He laughed at his picture too!) I'm so glad that he's back in action!

Where's the wind?

Will wanted to try his new kite but there wasn't any wind:( We had fun playing with it anyway and we'll try again on a better day!!

Happy Halloween!!

Leaves are falling

Beautiful colors but lots of work!

Jumping!!

Will was being a choo choo going through a tunnel

Will has been noticing how all the leaves are falling down. With the amount of leaves in our back yard it's hard NOT to notice! I decided to get him a little rake in the hopes that he can help or at least be entertained while we do the work. He loves his rake and all the leaves. We jumped and shuffled and threw them around. Nate was giggling along with us too! And the leaves are so beautiful right now. It looks like they are glowing! We didn't get any actual work done but we sure had fun!

Pumpkin Party

Will was a great helper with the Halloween cookies. He helped me roll, cut and put sugar deco's on... oh and sample the dough of course! We had fun carving our pumpkin and Will helped scoop out the seeds. We lit the pumpkin and put it outside and Will loved watching it glow! Apparently I'm not so great at making pumpkin seeds though. Will tried one, spit it out and said "no taste good" I have to agree! Better luck next year!