She's Definately Getting "IN" to Everything!

Our darling daughter is such a scream when it comes to this "walking" thing! She can stand herself up in the middle of a room with no assistance (which the doctor laughs at and says "that's not normal"), yet won't walk. Nevertheless, she has made climbing one of her new favorite past times. We can't turn our back or she's litterally in a drawer or in the fridge! Hopefully this doesn't translate into her climbing out of her crib!

It's All in the Bag

It's funny to watch your kids go through phases...Jacob especially! His most recent "thing" is that he is obsessed with putting things into other things. He will spend hours and hours cutting up paper and putting the little pieces into bags, bowls, tupperware, you name it! He took his trick or treat bag and removed all of the candy so he could put his blocks into it....daily he asks for a Meijer plastic shopping bag to put...pretty much anything....into it. So funny!

Toddler Speak

It's so funny to have Lilly talking more. Granted we are deep in the realm of "toddler speak", but to the trained ear, quite adorable!

Halloween Festivities

As many of you know, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays of the year! I love making the kids' costumes and taking part in all of our town's festivities. This year the kids were piles of leaves...which ended up taking WAY to long to make, but turned out really cute! This was a fun year because it was the first year that Jacob could really participate and understand what was going on. We started the day with the annual Buchanan parade, had lunch with a bunch of friends and then proceeded with trick or treating that evening. Lilly stayed with Nana and Papa during the treat or treat portion, but Jacob had a blast. We practiced the actual trick or treat routine (ie: go to the door, say trick or treat and then say thank you) at Nana's house first and then went all through town with Jacob's little girlfriend Lucy. It was so much fun! Here is the video from the trick or treating practice run and some pics of the kiddos in their costumes. Look closely because you almost can't see them in the yard :)