Halloween Finale

Our numerous Halloween celebration culminated with some actual trick or treating. We only hit about 6 houses. The weather was great.

Rabbit on the Loose

A bunny rabbit got into the house and left the world's smallest poop in our potty. Just teasing. It was really BENNY Rabbit. Here's what happened. Ben pointed to his diaper, which is the baby sign for new diaper. However, last week he gave the sign before he pooped. So this time, we rushed him into the bathroom and took his diaper off. After about a minute, he produced a teeny, teeny poop. Bradley was nearly two years old his first time.

The Teacher

Bradley likes to create a class room environment at home every once in a while.

Hot Tub

Last weekend, Ben went for a dip in the hot tub. He is not as big a fan as Bradley is.

Thanks for Nothing

Now that the grass has gone dormant, Ben has decided to help with the mowing.

Early Halloween

We started celebrating Halloween early. First, we made pumpkin heads. Bradley made a clown for himself and a pirate for Ben. Then we went to the Boo Bash, like we did last year. The Boo Bash had crafts, a little but of trick or treating, story time, and a hay ride. Ben likes his costume so much, he asked to put it on later to go to the park. That is surprising since the outfit is a little small. He has trouble walking and even more trouble standing back up while wearing it. I am glad we didn't have a repeat of the Angry Bumblebee.

Operation Reciprocity

Ben was channeling his inner Howard Beale on Sunday. I guess he had enough of being pushed around by Bradley and he finally pushed back. And, it was unprovoked. Where did he learn the revenge is a dish best served cold?

Vocabulary Explosion

Ben really unloaded some vocab on us this weekend. He said book, ball, and bus while referring to said objects. He can almost say shoe and shirt. Ben also is able to repeat the word bear. He is most proficient at saying the word MINE after Bradley takes a toy or blanket from Ben.

Another Fun Weekend

We had another fun fall weekend. Maybe fall should be in quotation marks. It was near 80 degrees, but the leaves were changing, so it is certainly fall. Jake came over for lunch at the train restaurant and a trip to Cosley Zoo on Saturday.

As if that wasn't enough fun, we went to the Brookfield, aka Chicago, Zoo. Bradley really wanted to go to Chicago on Sunday, so we told him the the Brookfield Zoo was in Chicago. We didn't really want to drive all the way to Chicago and get caught up in the marathon traffic. Lying to children is so much fun!

Lucky 7

Ben's seventh tooth appeared this weekend. He has started eating hot dogs and can usually eat an entire one by himself. And I mean by himself. We put a sliced hot dog on a plate and give him a fork and its bye bye hot dog.