All the Little Things

 

Here are some of the things we did over the last two weeks that I never got to publish.

 

Owen and I carved our last two pumpkins in the driveway one night before Dad got home.  He actually did some of the cutting (supervised).

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We also painted our shapes pumpkin to use for our spooky skeleton pumpkin.  He squirted on the paint and spread it with a sponge

Decorating the skeleton with candy stickers.

The final product!

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Off to lunch one day, he insisted on wearing this!

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Miss M just chilling

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I rolled up my rug because I was tired of cleaning food off of it!   Owen thought it looked like a hollow long, so he pretended to be a green and speckled frog.

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I don’t let O climb on the furniture, but he was “testing me” and climbed onto the back of it.  He fell over the back and landed right on his knee caps!  He requested frozen veggies to help with the pain.

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He requested I take this picture of him next to the fog projector.

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Margot chilling on the bed.

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Our new thanksgiving countdown calendar!  Owen requested one to countdown to Thanksgiving, so we whipped this up after a trip to Hobby Lobby!  I ask him what he’s thankful for when he adds a new feather, and he has mentioned: applesauce, polar bears, Dexter, and turkeys.

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Owen is really into camping and campfires, and he made this campfire ALL BY HIMSELF for him and I to roast marshmallows.  He keeps the sticks, marshmallows, and hotdogs in the basket, and HE has to bring them to you.  In this picture he is getting marshmallows out of the fire (we’re still working on fire safety- haha) 

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Dad and Owen watching Curious George

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Margot and Aunt Staci

Tricycle Fears Begone!

 

Owen and I were in the front yard, and I was trying to get him to ride his trike.  Well he kept saying no, no, no.  So finally I said, Owen it’s a quiet toy… it doesn’t make noise.  I saw him glance at the bell quickly.  There was my ah-ha moment!  I took off the bell, and he was still reluctant.  He wanted a snack so I told him he had to sit on it for 30 seconds first.  Fortunately, he has no idea what thirty seconds is so I just started counting.  When I got to 150, he replied “Mommy why are you counting?”  I said “I’m waiting for you to try the pedals.”  So he put his feet on them, and I started counting again.  Finally I told him we should play the mouse game but with the tricycle. (In the mouse game, he rides his wheelybug mouse to each of our neighbors’ houses where I feed it cheese.)  I asked what a tricycle would eat, and he said “chicken”.  That my friends, is how Owen learned to ride a tricycle… well ride downhill at least!  Steering and going uphill are our current challenges.

 

Here’s a little video too

Cliffhanger

 

Owen and Dad were playing in the backyard.  They made a giant mountain out of cushions, and then played cliffhanger on the slide.  Dad would yell “Quick grab my hand”, Owen would climb up and hang onto Dad’s hand, and then Dad would say “I can’t hold on any longer” and Owen would reply “Let me go!”  Then Owen requested they do it by his feet!