Trip to see Santa

This past weekend we took the kids to see Santa at the local mall. They had the line area set up in The Polar Express theme, complete with fake falling snow. Jason got some really cute pictures!

Family Photos 2009 and Monkey Joes

We had our annual family photos taken last weekend. I wanted something really casual and I think the pics came out great! It's so funny to look at last years photos and compare them to these...both kids have grown so much in a year, it's amazing! On another note, Jason had to work this weekend so I took the kids to Monkey Joe's to burn off some energy. Monkey Joe's is an indoor inflatable amusement park with all sorts of inflatable bouncers and slides for the kids to play on. Taylor LOVES this place, but this was Owen's first trip. Taylor had fun playing with her friend Jaclyn and I spent my time in the toddler area keeping an eye on Owen while he explored his new surroundings. Here is some video of Owen playing:

Halloween 2009

Here are some pics from last weekend. We carved our pumpkins and took some family photos outside our home. Taylor did a wonderful job on her pumpkin this year- she was so creative deciding how to carve it. Owen was curious about the insides of the pumkin. He kept trying to eat the pumkin seeds straight out of the pumpkin. We really had to keep our eye on him.







During the day today we took Taylor, Owen and Taylor's friend Jaclyn to the raptor center for their "Hoot and Howl" event. The kids had fun painting pumpkins, decorating cookies and looking at the birds.




Taylor standing right next to a Barred Owel- look to the right of Taylor. This poor owel is blind and can never be released back into the wild.

Owen just hung out in the Kelty and enjoyed the ride.

After the raptor center, we came home for a bit then went out trick-or-treating. Taylor dressed up as Tess Tyler from one of her favorite movies Camp Rock and Owen dressed up as Yoda from Star Wars. The kids were so cute together! Taylor was a wonderful big sister and showed Owen the ropes at the first few homes we went to. Then from there, all Owen wanted to do was walk. He walked a good 3/4 of a mile around the neighborhood- pooped himself out!


Candy we must get!

Our little rock star- Tess Tyler.


Taylor got a huge bag of candy and was sweet enough to share with Owen when we got home. Owen had his first taste of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and Oreo cookies. After that, he was wired! View the picture below for proof....he was climbing up on the couch and trying to dive into the toy bucket after toys. I held onto his ankles to keep him from going over.


We hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!

A trip to Carrigan Farms

This past weekend we took a trip to the pumpkin patch at Carrigan Farms.
We rode a hayride out to the pumpkin patch, got to see some farm animals and drank fresh apple cider. It was a bit chilly and windy but we really enjoyed ourselves.
















Owen was memorized with the tractor. I was hoping he would get an invitation to sit in the tractor seat, but the wheel was a close as we got :( Maybe next year.





The kids had a ball picking out their pumpkins. Taylor was such a strong girl and carried her pumpkin all the way back to the hayride by herself! It's not a small pumpkin either. I wish we could have taken a picture, but between two kids and four pumpkins, we had our hands full.







Happy Fall!!

Oh no! Here we go!

Owen has begun to climb the furniture. Oh, how I wish this stage had waited to arrive for just a few months longer! He has figured out how to climb onto the ottoman and arm chair in our living room. This wouldn't be such a bad thing if he wasn't so darn smart! He knows now that he can push the ottoman over to the desk, climb up on the ottoman and get to the papers and misc. on the desk. Little booger!

Some cute pics

As Owen gets older, Taylor has had more fun playing with him. The new favorite game in our household is the "Huggies car". We have a box from one of our many boxes of diapers, and Owen loves to get inside so Taylor can push him around. I think he would probably sit in that box all day, as long as Taylor is pushing him. Taylor enjoys it just as much as he does. They are going to be best buddies...I can see it already, and it makes me smile!





Here's a photo of Owen riding on his wooden rocking horse, made by Grandpa Norb. He loves his horsey, but tries his hardest to flip it over while he's riding. Go figure..we truly have a little boy on our hands!



We are teaching Owen to use his spoon while eating. This has been a messy lesson, to say the least. Although, our dogs appreciate it! We don't dare take his spoon from him or he'll throw a huge fit! Notice his monkey bib- good pick Taylor...and his monkey bowl:)