Then and Now

 28 weeks with Mike:

28 weeks with baby #2:

Monday Picture

Brotherly love.

Choo Choo Dance

Glow Sticks

Glow sticks in the bathtub = endless fun for your toddler.

Monday Picture

See Ya

The other morning Mike took a seat on the Pooh Train (yep, that's what we call it) asked me for Monkey then said to me "Me, Monkey, go ride...See ya!" and disappeared down the hall on the Pooh train.  I almost died from the cuteness.

Halloween

I grew up in the country.  We lived in a subdivision, but the lots were large making your neighbors far away.  If we went trick or treating we would usually receive about half a bag of candy at each house because they knew you would be one of the only kids to come around and didn't want to get stuck with all the candy.  Trick or treating involved planning my costume around my winter coat because more often than not there would be snow on the ground.  It also required the use of a vehicle to get from house to house.  There were a few years where I would go into town and go trick or treating with my friends.  I remember being shocked the first time I only received one piece of candy at a house until I looked around and saw the streets flooded with ghosts, witches, goblins, super hero's and princesses.  Mike's first experience of trick or treating was a lot different than mine.  We headed over to a friend's house to take him with her kids.  Her neighborhood goes a bit crazy for Halloween with lots of decorations, candy and fun.  Mike absolutely loved it...until he didn't (toward the end of the night he sadly sat down in a driveway and declared that he was done).  The kids did great even with a few minor setbacks (Mike falling into a hole, declaring himself "stuck" and losing a boot; the Conductor having to wear my sweater because he was cold and looking more like a grandma than a conductor, and me possibly being temporarily blinded by crazy kids with flash lights), and collected WAY more candy than anyone really needs.

The cast of characters:

A trusty train conductor:

The every lovely fairy Silvermist:

And of course, our own little cowboy (who was being a bit of a stinker so he posed with mom):

You mean if I hold this pumpkin up they will put "can-eee" in it?!?!?

Apparently even toddler sized cowboys can saunter

Look, they even let Brad out of the hospital!

 

Because even cowboys get cold



 Thanks so much to the Lyons family for letting us come play!