Nate is a Pumpkin

Nate kept saying he wanted to be a pumpkin. I couldn't find a costume in his size, so I bought a big orange shirt and a jack-o iron on. I stuffed it with Booeys and tied it with a hair clip.

This was just a test run. It'll be more evenly stuffed for the big day!

Hey Nate! What's that on your back???

(He's got his head through the handle of the trick or treat bag. I sure hope this doesn't kill him).

Storybook Parade

Schools don't celebrate "Halloween" anymore, but they DO dress up on Oct 30th in costumes and do a Storybook Parade. Coincidence? Regardless, I think it's a great way to keep Satan from our children.

Creaky Bones Race

The 2 big boys and Dad ran a race today. It was called Creaky Bones and raised money for arthritis. Here they are getting ready.

Stretching:

Austin crossing the finish line:

AJ's on the right comingup on the finish line:

Medals!!

Great job on their first race! They had an awesome time and want to do more.

Not Interesting

The only reason this pic is posted is bc I thought it was cool that the guy cutting our tree is none other than Mark Whiten... previously of the St. Louis Cards and now our neighbor.

Ant Bites

Look how sad! Nate got bitten on his feet by (I believe) ants. Three bites on the back of his ankle, 3 on his opposite foot's toe. :(

THANKS Grandma and Papa!

Nate's Ladybug

Park on Sunday

This went on for 2 hours. Climb up, slide down, climb up... TWO HOURS.

Went to Chuck's

The big boys got new Star Wars shirts. Cool, huh? Here, Nathan is wearing the shirt Austin wore on the first ever Arkansas visit.

We brought Ben along...

Making Himself at Home

This NEVER Ends Well

The boys have taken to doing "science", which is basically mixing water with soy sauce, dishwashing soap and ketchup and pouring it from container to container.

Took Nate to the Zoo Last Week

Nate's favorite thing at the zoo is the stingray touch tank.

Austin's Addendum to his Xmas List

Much to our dismay, Austin has said that he prefers Hot Wheels now over Legos. It's totally heartbreaking- much like when AJ decided the whole Thomas thing was much ado about nothing.

Nate Goes to School

It technically isn't the first time Nate went to school, but it's the first time that he's old enough to 'get it'. On the way to the school, Austin asked "Are you scared Nathan?"... Nathan said, "I'm not scared, I'm SO happy!"

Nate had a rough time. While he's ok with being with sitters, he's not used to being ALONE (not with his brothers). When I dropped him off, he waved goodbye and said, "See you yater, Mommy!!" A little while later, there was some crying. He didn't eat breakfast or lunch. Finally, when I picked him up in the afternoon, he ran over crying "Mommy! Mommy" and held me tight. When the teacher came over, Nate looked up at her and said, "Mommy's not gone anymore".

All the way home and into the evening he kept saying, "I'm back." "Mommy's back." "Nathan's back."

We kept saying how proud we were of him and what a great job he did. He sounded willing to go back... sort of.

Look how excited and happy he was:



I have no idea what he did to his pants. He had them on for exactly 3 minutes and still managed to dirty them.

By this time, Nate's sick of the pix and stopped cooperating.

Sunday at the Park

While everyone else was playing soccer, AJ was standing on the side playing with his cell phone.

Finally letting me get pix of him:

Nate really seems to have some skills