Asher's got style.

If it's meant to be worn (and sometimes even if that's not what it's meant for), Asher loves to wear it. Hats, boots, gloves, scarves, Mommy and Daddy's shoes, capes, etc. Because of this, I often find him dressed a little strangely. It's been like this ever since he was just a little thing. (Need proof?)

Yesterday, I found him dressed like this and thought it was hilarious, so I figured I'd share.



In other news, Asher is now wearing his underwear to bed at night!! So far so good! It's hard to believe we are actually done with diapers for the first time in almost 5 years!!

Farewell for Joseph

Ben's little brother, Joseph, left for basic training on Monday. The family got together on Sunday night to eat some cheesecake and wish him luck, so we were able to get one last picture.

Where does he come up with this stuff???

We finally threw our jack-o-lantern in the dumpster today. Of course, the event was met with "Why did you throw it away?????" from the kids, so we had a discussion about things getting rotten and moldy. After this discussion, Evan informed me: "Rotten means getting yucky and old..... kinda like grandpas and grandmas."

I love this kid.

Shameless Mommy Brag

I need to take a minute and brag about Evan. Now, I know every mom thinks their kid is smarter than everyone else, so I'm not saying my kid is a genius or anything.... but I think he might be a genius. He has always been fearless and a go-getter. This child crawled at 5 mos, walked at 9 mos, could climb out of his crib by 11 mos..... you get the idea.

I don't know why I was surprised when he rode his bike without training wheels after only two tries. I shouldn't have been surprised yesterday, either, when he learned to tie his shoes in about 5 minutes!

We went to get him some new shoes yesterday and there weren't any velcro shoes in his size that weren't completely hideous, so Evan got his very first pair of laced shoes yesterday.



While we were at the store, I told him he'd have to learn how to tie his shoe laces and as soon as we walked through the door at home, he was begging me to teach him how. I showed him 3 times and then helped him do it once. After that I had to get dinner on the table and figured we'd come back to it later. He followed me into the kitchen with his shoes untied and a few minutes later I heard "Look, Mommy!" He had tied them both! I haven't had to tie his shoes for him since then.

I don't remember learning how to tie my shoes, but it probably took me months. This kid continues to amaze me with how fast he learns stuff.

Asher's ABC's

Asher has been singing his ABCs for a while now, but I finally charged the battery for the point and shoot camera so I could get it on video. His first rendition is the way he used to sing it. :) Then he sings it again the right way. I don't usually have to prompt him as much as I did in this video, but he was a bit shy.

(Don't mind his noisy brother in the background.)


Side note: I love how wiggly he is in this video, because it's so him at this age. :)

Using up that extra Halloween candy

I have eaten more than my fair share of the kids' halloween candy. Usually I don't give the kids much of it, but they've had a bit more than usual this year, too (although still not a lot). So, I figured it was time to think of a way to get rid of it.

I opened up a bunch of smarties (we have TONS of smarties) and let the kids glue them to a piece of paper. They really got into it! I even got brave enough to let them squeeze their own glue out (as opposed to telling me where to squeeze it for them), and they did really well! Not a single mess to clean up.





I love the looks of concentration on their little faces. :)

I was pretty impressed with Evan's finished product. It's a spaceship with stars around it.

Happy Halloween!

We mostly took it easy yesterday for Hallween, but the boys and I did get around to carving the big pumpkin!



They helped me pull out the insides, although they were kind of grossed out at first, which surprised me.


Eventually, though, they showed their true boyish colors. :)


After we emptied it out, they helped me decide what it should look like and then watched me carve it.




In the evening we went trick-or-treating of course! Here are my scary pirate and cute tiger right before we left:


I spent a bit more time getting Asher's picture since I did Evan's on Thursday. Isn't he cute? :)


Rarrrrrrrr


We went trick or treating with our little friend James in his cousins' neighborhood.




The kids had a lot of fun! They were so ready for bed by the time we got home, though! :) Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween, too!