Cole is at that age where I find Nolan or myself saying 5 times a day, "That Coley." Depending on his behavior that day, it may be a good or bad statement. Regardless, he's just funny. After nap on Friday, he was running around in his undies and of course tried to go outside like that. I reminded him he would need to get dressed first. This is what he came out with. The striped shirt was already on. The coat, shark swim shorts and the shoes that are on the wrong feet were all provided by Cole. I have to admit, I never would've let Cy go out like this. I guess you relax more with your second, so out he went. Besides-he was very proud of himself.

Adventures in Babysitting

I talked Tara into letting me watch Olivia while the rest of the family went to Disney on Ice. The boys were so excited to have her. Cole was irritated by the fact that she cannot walk, but loved it when she showed her "happy face." Cy was a great helper.

Look how cute she is. I really have never seen a baby who is as well behaved as she is. She cries ONLY when she is hungry. This was all forgein to me. My babies loved to cry.

Look at these squeezable legs.

Sunday we went to Maile's baptism. She is a gorgeous baby and looked so pretty in her dress. She was an absolute angel during her big day. Kanani was nice enough to have us over after for delicious breakfast and visiting.

Happy Halloween

The day finally arrived. I love Halloween and was so excited to get going. We started at Cy's Parade at School. Cole decided to wear an old Halloween costume of Cy's that I had brought up to play dress up, promising he would wear his cowboy costume for treat or treating.

School Parade

Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue

Yeah, first school parade. Indy looked awesome.

Class Party

Nolan, Papa Norm, Cole and I went to help out at Cy's Class party. There was Bingo, cookie decorating and an arts and crafts project.

He's got a BINGO!!

Cole helped call Cy's lucky Number.

Let's Go Get Some Candy

Remember that promise I mentioned that Cole made earlier about wearing his cowboy costume trick or treating, not so. I had to call Nolan to see if it was a battle worth having. Cole is as hard headed as his mom. I decided, with some encouragement from Nolan, that he should get to be whatever he wants for Halloween.


Making a haul.

Waiting for Trick or Treaters at our door.

Ode to Grandma Marge

My Grandma Marge always had a stuffed monster in her front yard for Halloween. His name was Herman and he was a halloween staple in their little town. He sat in a lawn chair in the front yard of their home to scare the kids. It is such a fond memory, that I decided to make my own "Herman" this year. We bought overalls at Savers for him to wear that say "Gerald", but he's always Herman to me. Happy Birthday Grandma!

Over Holiday-ing

Nolan accuses me of "over holiday-ing" all the time. This means that I like to drag the kids to all events associated with whatever holiday is going on. Halloween is one of my favorites. So here are some of our October festivities.

Kids Halloween Party

This year is the 3rd year we have hosted a Halloween party for all of the kids. This year we had it on the only freezing weekend of October, so we set up shop in the garage. We decorated pumpkins, played pin the nose on the Mummy,and a fishing game and ate. So much fun and the kids are just adorable.

Pumpkin Patch

We met the Jewkes' for pumpkin hunting, also freezing this night. We were there for 10 minutes tops, but got the job done.

The Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point

Tara and I packed up fthe kids for a Friday of fun at this event. The kids had a blast. They played store, got in a big box full of corn kernels, jumped on a trampoline, took a hayride and poor Josie was horrified by the inflatable "Beast" that her mean mom dragged her into. My kids wanted no part of it. We also saw our friends Linsey and Shanon with their girls there.

This is the Place Park

My parents and I took Grandma Mary and the boys to this activity the third weekend in October. The boys made crafts, rode a train and gathered treats. It ended up being an extra special meeting. My grandma suffered a heart attack the next week, giving us quite a scare. She is doing great, but the time spent together is all the more cherished.

That's it. That wasn't so bad. I had wanted to also do Boo at the Zoo, Frightmares at Lagoon, Garden after Dark and the Corn Maze. We will set our sights higher next year. So we are finally to the week of Halloween, can't wait for the trick or treating. I am most excited for Cy's parade at school (first parade) and class Halloween party. I made some cute rice crispy treats that look like Frankenstein for the occasion. I thought it would be good family fun. I made them alone. No one else wanted in on it, they were labor intensive. Then I found out that you cannot bring homemade treats anyway. So much for the hard work, it was fun anyway.

He's such a tender heart

I have been meaning to publish this little story forever. After my best friend Tara had her cute little baby, Olivia, Cy asked me if he could give her the dollar that he had in his pocket because he thought that she "did a good job" and was "proud of her." He went over and offered her the dollar, she kindly refused. He's such a nice boy.

Big Boy Bed

We finally got Cole into his "big boy" bed. I know, it's kind of ridiculous, he's over 3. But the confines of the crib are very appealing to me. He got the cutest bedding from my mom and dad for his birthday. We are still working on getting the bedroom completed, accessories and such - but it is so precious. I cried after I tucked him in, his last ties to babyhood slipped away. He has done pretty good in it. He doesn't get out, however, he wakes up occasionally in the night and always says, "I don't like my room, it's scary." And now that his bed is by his window he spends a lot of time with his head under the blinds looking outside. This morning I thought he was still asleep but he was watching the garbage man.

Looking at this last picture, I can't help but laugh. We have long speculated that Cole was switched at the hospital because he doesn't look like anyone in the family. However, he looks just like photos of a young Nolan in this picture, seventies hair and all.

Aren't they handsome?

These are some photos we had taken to commemorate Cy and Cole's Birthdays. I have finally got around to posting them. Here are some of my favorites.