happy halloween 2011!

Happy Halloween everyone!  Abigail was a great bunny and had a fun time in costume at school today, and then trick or treating this evening!
  

Nate has learned Abigail's squinty-eyed camera smile!  Oh no!  Bunny and Kermit the frog were a great pair tonight.

Ready for some halloween fun!

Having some Blogger formatting issues, but hopefully these cute shots of fun gathering at neighbors' house before trick or treating will come through...

hi october

Celebrating October with a Very Special Halloween Shirt from Grandma!  (And a fun new haircut...)

Nate finally stops putting crayons in his mouth for long enough to be given a chance to try to scribble a little!  Yay Nate!

Busy bees.

Put them in, take them out, put them in, take them out ....

catching up

Oh faithful blog readers, thanks for sticking with us as posts are few and far between... things have been busy around here!  Mommy went to Oregon last weekend to see Dee Dee and Pop Pop! Grandma and Grandad were there too, and so was Aunt Jennifer, Emily, Adam, Stephanie, and Ben.  Papa held down the fort at home with these two little mischief makers....oh adventures!  
Abigail not only gets dressed by herself now, she also does her own hair. Can you tell?

Nate is not walking yet, but does love to climb things.  Here he dares us to try to take a picture of him where he is not blurry and in motion....

Mommy grabs her little fella for a morning kiss.

Abigail too is always on the move.  Twirling in her new tights.

This double crocs look is sure to catch on.

After dinner activity on the porch during a thunderstorm.  Abigail wears her thunder-proof winter hat and Nate takes a bite out of his favorite book - Meeeeeeow.

bunny

Halloween spoiler alert!  Abigail is going to be a bunny....she tried on the whole ensemble today....  Last year, Abigail learned about trick-or-treating and got her first taste of candy..and she is looking forward to a repeat performance this year!

natester

Good old Nate!  He's getting over a bad cold, but seems to be chirping up a little today...despite the sniffles, Natester remains a jolly dude.  Thanks for the cute halloween jammies Grandma!

Nate has started making vroom vroom car noises....a dissertation could be written (and surely has) about the innate gender differences between boys and girls as exhibited at very young ages....

Welcome to the kitchen helper stool Nate!  Abigail was just a little bit older when we first got this handy stool and she still uses it every day. We'll see how the era of "sharing the stool" goes....

home improvement

Abigail tackles some home improvement jobs with papa this weekend... caulking holes in our wooden posts created by some friendly wood-boring bees in our neighborhood...

Showing papa just how it needs to be done.

Getting caulky.

busy bunch

Just getting the weekend started here....

Abigail is pleased with her tracing book, and Nate is just trying to multitask and make a phone call on his hot pink cell phone while climbing up into the froggy chair at the same time...

Abby is into picking her own outfits lately. Can you tell?  Go Nate go!  You can do it!