Fall at the zoo!

It was kind of a rainy Sunday so we didn't dress up for Zoo Boo but we still got to see all the animals and the Halloween decorations. I loved the ghosts and big pumpkins. The animals were out and enjoying the cool fall air. I even got to feed a giraffe and I actually kept my fingers in long enough to touch a few sharks.

Pumpkins...

So I have picked pumpkins, painted pumpkins, wrote with markers all over pumpkins, made paper pumpkins to deliver to all my grandparents and now it was time to carve a pumpkin. This year Hady was a spectator...next year she will be digging into the pumpkin goo with me. There was no fancy kit...just good 'ole fashion fun. And I have to say I think my pumpkin is perfect!
PS...Since I am posting pictures I will have to tell you that I do not like the pumpkin goo at all. I wanted to stay as far away from it as possible. Daddy made me hold it and that is when I decided to stick to my spoon for scooping.

Hady's 5 months!

Seriously it feels like we are always celebrating a special day in Hady's life...well I guess every month we are. But we don't celebrate when I turn two and 9 months. Hmmmm....
We also celebrate all the new things Hady does. This week has been big for her...she found her toes and absolutely loves them. Mommy would get mad if I stuck my feet in my mouth but Hady does it and she takes pictures. Crazy if you ask me...Hady rolled over from her belly to her back...Mommy takes pictures. I do this all the time and mommy tells me she is going to sell me to the circus! Hady sat in the swing at the park for the first time...Mommy wishes she had her camera. I want to swing all day and mommy tells me that we need to share the swings. I think you get the picture....
But we all can't remember what we did before Hady. I love her and I smother her with kisses even though I can already do everything she can...
Oh...did I forget to mention Hady naps three times a day so I have mommy all to myself then. Today we colored, played cards, stacked cups and counted, played golf and about a hundred other things...Hady can't do those things.:)

Fall in Bloomington...

It's beautiful...it's fun...this weekend it was filled with family. Oh and leaves....lots and lots of leaves!

A fall night...

Daddy got home early one night this week and I took advantage of having my favorite guy around. I asked to go to the park...We had to bundle Hady up since she doesn't run around like I do to keep warm. Then daddy and I played football, played hide n seek on the playground, raced down the slide and I learned about static electricity....well kind of!

brotherly love...

Today I stuck Hady in a bucket...I am sure that is not the worst thing I will do to my little sister but it made me laugh! She was unimpressed...

Mommy's birthday!

I love birthdays even when it isn't mine...but when I can remember a birthday a little more clearly I will be able to compare more.
We had a great time on mommy's birthday! We went to the lake, had birthday cake, I decided to go swimming. Then I got to spend the weekend with Nana and Papa and Nene and Duke while mommy and daddy went away. They said they got to relax. I think I am a pretty relaxing guy but oh well...I had fun.
Daddy was trying to teach me to say "Mommy's old" but I know better than that...never tell a woman she is old, especially the one that makes rice krispie treats with you and lets you paint pumpkins. I may be young but I am just not silly!

Rice krispies...

These are sooooooo yummy! I say this while I am still licking my lips. Nene and Duke (aka Jane and Luke) bought me my very own apron while they were on their cruise. It even has my name so it was made especially for me. I am hoping to get a lot of use out of it especially while I make rice krispies and pappaw's sugar cookies. YUMMY! YUMMY!

This one is from mommy...

So it is International Babywearing Week...and one of my favorite things about Hadley is that she loves to be held, carried, and worn so many different ways. Rice wasn't like that so I cherish the times I get to wear Hadley around day after day after day after day...Ok sometimes I do have to tell myself that these days won't last forever so I have to remember each and every one!
Here is one moment I won't forget...Hadley fast asleep while I watch Charlie and Rice ride off in the train at the pumpkin patch.

A day in the life...

OF ME!
Every day is of course a little different but great in its own way....there are many things that happen over and over again in my life (like holding 'my baby' and chasing Reagan so much she has to lay down from exhaustion) but some days there are new things (like making a ghost or cracking open geoids). All these new little things make me exactly who I am today and I wouldn't trade any of them away!

Fall things...

It has been an eventful few days in a little boy's life. Fall is officially here so I have been packing my days with lots of things outside....trips to the park, bike riding to the pond, fishing at the lake. My favorites have been apple painting. No, not painting an apple but painting with an apple. Mommy said it didn't work but I had fun and everytime the apple made a circle. It was crazy! Then on Saturday daddy and I made scarecrows. I think this is going to be a yearly event. This year we just made a daddy scarecrow and a 'ME' scarecrow but next year I think we need to include Hady and mommy.