All Things Halloween 2013

First on the agenda: Fall Festival dressed up as a Fairy Princess

Video of James dancing to the music

This is James mid-clap.  He is big into clapping these days.  He makes you feel like a famous person when you enter a room because he smiles, gasps and claps.  I personally love it!

Next up: School Halloween Parade dressed as Supergirl

James was a shark...isn't he the cutest?!

Final Destination: Halloween Block Party follow by Trick or Treating

This one is just because people tell me all the time that they don't believe James actually ever cries because he is so happy all the time...well here is proof.  The first couple of pictures turned out like this because he was irritated that we put the shark hat on him.

Hay ride with Harper

Before they took off, Emma shouted, "Mommy, take one more.  This one will be really cute."  She was right!

He was much happier after we took the head piece off of him...he was working his way towards the plate of food.  Not that he could possibly have been hungry since he had already eaten a plate full!

After trick or treating, we all met back up at the party.  Emma and Barrett decided to sit down after all of the walking and she devoured hotdog #2 of the night.

Emma's pumpkin.  I use that term loosely since she handed Josh a piece of paper with a drawing and said, "Daddy, here is a sketch of what my pumpkin should look like.  I'm going to the playroom to play with Mommy and James but let me know when you're done and I'll come look at it."  Classic diva.

Such a great Halloween - I can't wait until next year when James is walking from door to door with Emma!

A Little Mommy and A Little Rascal

Hat Day at school - she's so cute in a hat!

On the carousel at the mall.

This little guy is becoming more independent every day.  He takes a couple of steps at a time now and sometimes he focuses enough to take about five or six.  James is already pushing the boundaries and doesn't want to hear the word NO.  Not sure how to handle that yet.  I guess we'll figure it out as we go.

Emma is a little mommy.  She put my heels on, found some sunglasses and a purse and strolled her baby doll around the house.

She just HAD to bring it when we went out that day.  Everybody told her how cute she was as we walked around that afternoon...she really was.

They still love each other and want to be as close to each other as possible.  I'm sure that won't last too long, so I'm appreciating it while I can.

This is James' favorite toy.  He literally chases me around the house with it.  He cackles when he rams into my leg.  What am I going to do with this little rascal??

Boo

I took Emma to Boo at the Zoo last weekend.  She was Supergirl...

 

Got her face painted with a ladybug.

She did the putt putt course twice.

On the last hole, she got a hole in two...not quite the excitement of a hole in one, but she's four so trust me, it was exciting.

Me and my little twin.

You know she loves Cinderella.  When she saw a cutout of her, she "needed" her picture taken with her.

Posing with her super hero friends.

Her mean face.

One of her favorite things was the carousel that went backwards.  She is so cute!

It was a fun mommy/daughter night.

A Little of This

..And a little of that.  Some random pictures from the past couple of weeks.

At Target - everybody loves a good Target trip.

Emma and Nala snuggled up

Emma making a birthday card for her daddy

At the park looking for acorns.  She saw so many acorns that she said they must be a trail to something.  I asked her what it led to and she said "probably a squirrel."

James took a little nap while we were at the park.

ONE

We took some pictures of James when he turned one and they turned out so cute!  Here are the pictures and some one year facts about our boy.

He is a daredevil.  He has no fear.  He will propel himself off of any object, so you must be on your toes at all times.

At this age, he still gets giddy when Emma walks into a room.  They love each other which warms my heart!  He also LOVES his Nala.  For some reason, she doesn't run away scared.  She seeks him out and then lets him pet {I use that term loosely} her.  She is so sweet with him.

His favorite foods are tomatoes, Brussels sprouts and any fruit.  He will never turn his nose up to meat and he wonders why we kept juice off his radar for this long.  The only food he will not is eggs.

He now has fourteen teeth.  It's no secret why we call him a shark.

He is 100% BOY...and I couldn't be more thrilled.  I was clearly not prepared for this but then again, nobody ever is.  He never sits down in the tub.  I always wondered who needed the covers to go over their tub spicket...now I know the answer: people who have sons.  If I didn't have one of those on our tub, we quite possibly would've had a couple of hospital visits by now.

He barely naps but yet, he goes 1,000 miles per hour all day long.  How does he do it??

Like most kids his age, he is fascinated by remote controls and cell phones.  And somehow he knows if we give him an old remote that no longer works.  He just looks at it as if he wonders why we ever thought we could pull one over on him.

He is a man of little words {no words besides mama/dada}, but he ALWAYS gets his thoughts conveyed.  He points, he grunts, he manages.  Sometimes Emma decides "what he says" and we just go with that.  For instance: Me - "James, would you rather have green beans or corn?"  And Emma responds, "He said he wants green beans because his favorite color is green."  Me: "Okay, sure - we'll have green beans tonight."  Sidenote: James' favorite color has been green since he was four months old in case you were wondering.  At least Emma is consistent with her interpretation.

He has recently discovered the stairs.  It's a known problem and we're working on it.

It's been an eventful year.  I can't wait to see what the next one holds!