Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Vroom Vroom !

So. . .who needs a ride?!  Just gotta figure out how to reach those pedals!!!

Some of Jacob's favorite things these days are cars, trucks, and things that go *vroom* or beep!  He loves playing with his toy trucks, reading his car/plane/motorcycle book, and sitting at the park and seeing the schoolbuses come down the street in the morning.  He thought it was especially cool when Grandpa Ben came over last week and he got to "test drive" his car.  He sat and played with EVERY instrument and dial on the dash, and even found the shifter and emergency brake.  Ben said that is one of his favorite things to do when he is at their house, to go sit in the car or go sit on the riding lawnmower at Didi and Dida's.  One day Nancy and I looked and looked and couldn't figure out where they were. . .and they were in the car in the driveway :) 


! Go Speedracer Go !

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Happy Halloween





We brought a pumpkin home from our trip to the Red Barn patch, and we carved it on Saturday.  After cutting off the top and scooping out the seeds (which I saved to roast - yum!) we couldn't decide what or how to carve it.  After sketching out some designs on the newspaper, we decided to use Adam's drill and make a pointalism-style jack-o-lantern.  We drilled lots of little holes to let the light through instead of cutting out big shapes.  I wish I had taken a picture of him drilling it!!!

After pumpkin carving, Jacob and I went to his friend Helena's first birthday party at the neighborhood park.  He had a blast playing with all of the other kids, chasing balloons, and tasting the cupcakes.  They had a picture area set up and we took a couple cute ones, after Jacob got over his initial fear of the black cats! 

Sunday we got all set up for trick-or-treaters, but we only had two groups of kids come to the door by Jacob's 7:30 bedtime.  We decided to stay home and give out candy instead of trick-or-treating since he's too little for candy.  But. . .we still have a bunch of candy left over!  We also opted to not do a costume this year, and just got him a t-shirt with a spider web on it.  He seemed much comfier in it than if we had decked him out in a bodysuit or hooded getup!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween, bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!