Army training?

Perhaps our kids should join the Army. We're teaching them lots of valuable skills for that. Here are some pictures.
Sleeping in the field in a tent (or your own backyard).


Doing recon on targeted properties (our old house where we lived when Lauren was born - there was supposed to be an open house, but no one was there).


Preparing food outside over a fire (do Smore's count as food?)


Physical combat training


R&R at the end of the day


How to transport precious supplies - like pretzel sticks in a train.


Mess hall (Thanksgiving at Abeula's and Grandpa's)


Getting a haircut

Halloween 2011

The kids had a blast tonight for Halloween. Cinderella and Yoda (with matching pumpkins) were very polite and well-behaved - and we enjoyed Uncle T, Lala, Sadie, Ethan (and their friend Kyle) being with us.

Fall fun

Blake reading his favorite book - Goodnight Gorilla....we read that book at least 10 times a day!


Pudding night...



Thank you Nana and Papa for the fun Halloween gifts!!!



Getting ready to make some Halloween cookies with Mommy


Decorating is serious business!


The finished product

Blake's 18m Appt

Blake is growing FAST! He has now surpassed Lauren's length at the same age. Before now they were neck and neck. His weight is only 3 lbs more than she was at the same age, that surprises me. Here are his stats as of today.
34" tall - 91%
28 lb 3 oz - 87%
his head is still in the 90%

More Summertime Fun

Here are some more pictures of our summertime fun. We've played in the back yard; Lauren and her friend Landry have started ballet/dance classes; and we had a visit from our relatives Steve and Rebecca Lance on their motorcycle / field trip to South Dakota and back.

Talking

Blake is saying more words every day. Last Saturday he said "belly button" very clearly, but has since refused to say it again and will only give a big grin if you ask him to.
We were dog sitting last week and Nina is the name of one of the dogs. Blake enjoyed saying Nina the entire time she was visiting us. This morning he said "hi baby" several times in the car and at Aunt Heather's house today one of the dogs escaped and he ran to the door and yelled "dog Willow" (the dogs name is Willow) over and over again. It's fun to see what new words he will say every day.

Boba Blake

Blake loves to play Star Wars at Aunt Heather's house. He loves the lightsabers and loves dressing up as Boba Fett as seen below. Thanks for the pictures Aunt Heather.