Matthew Talks

Two videos trying to capture the same words:

Matthew can be a very loud child when he wants to be and although he still won't use simple words to get what he wants (he will pound on the refrigerator until we open it), he is using a lot of words these days:

--Dada
--Mama
--Hello
--Ella (kind of, but we know it's what he is saying as he tongue sticks out of his mouth and goes from side to side trying to say Ella)
--Dog
--Bye-Bye
--Uh-oh
--Ball
--Baby
--Poopy
--Shoes (more like --oes)

Halloween 2010

Although Laney (who was going to be a beautiful princess) was under the weather and not able to go trick or treating, Ella and Matthew enjoyed the night. Ella had a last minute costume change from her Cinderella dress (which she complained was itchy) to this flower girl dress which I got at a garage sale for $1. It is the cutest dress, and I was really glad she made the change. Nothing worse than being uncomfortable!

She ran around the neighborhood with her friend, Carly, while Matthew was taken around first by me, then by Jason. At first Matthew wanted to stay in the wagon but after about 5 minutes, he wanted to go get candy! He walked to the first house, and they gave him 2 pieces. These 2 pieces stayed in his hands all night. In fact, he went to the next house and tried to get their candy while still holding the original 2 pieces. He would not let those two pieces go. It was so cute :)

Our first stop? Mr Ken of course (he always hands out peanut butter crackers..mmmm!)



Look how great the Worthingtons look

His favorite two pieces of candy or just the two he didn't want me to eat

If you look closely you can see the candy from the other house still in Matthew's hand

A giraffe among beautiful princesses

It was a great Halloween but I really missed having Laney trick-or-treat with us. Some of the neighbors made goody bags of candy for Laney, and Ella has been sharing some of her candy with Laney as well. We did have a Halloween Party at their daycare a few days before trick-or-treating but since I figured she would be trick-or-treating I didn't take any pictures Laney in her beautiful pink, princess dress. We did miss her on Sunday!

Getting ready for Halloween

The crafts are made:

The pumpkins are carved:

The pumpkin guts were turned into Pumpkin Gut Bread (no joke and boy was it fabulous!)

Then a random object was found in our tree thanks to the leaves being gone:

Do you see it?
I asked Jason about the ball in our tree and he said, "oh yeah, there it is."

The goggles are on (ok, not Halloween related but the kids love wearing those goggles):

Time for Halloween fun! As a sidenote, I didn't want to fix the bruise on his forehead when uploading this picture because seriously, he is such a toddler. He is into everything, loves dancing around, runs like crazy and with that comes some bruises. This one was because he tried to fight the door and it won :)

Cincinnati Times

Last weekend we went to Cincinnati to see some of Jason's family from TX and FL. Although I got no pictures of those out of town guests, I got some other cute ones :)

Ella, Annie, Aunt Linda, Nana Dean

Feeding the ducks

Until Annie's lipstick went into the lake and Nana Dean fished it out

One of my favorite pictures.
Notice the sign "Do NOT feed wild fowl."
Now notice Dean's empty bread bag. Love it!

Matthew & Landon (they are 7 months apart)

Laney & Annie
For the record, Ella would not feed the ducks when she realized the sign said to not feed them.
Quite the rule follower, isn't she :)

The girls pushing Laney home

Earlier in the day, the kids, Jason & my dad went to a park near my parents' house I had never been to. It used to be a gravel pit and the story goes that homes were going to be built around the few lakes. The city didn't want this to happen so they bought the land. Only a few small towns have access to this park so it is very private and very peaceful.

We all perfected our rock throwing:

Matthew wanted to join in the fun

This is how I spent my time there....keeping Matthew out of the water.
He just wanted to jump right in.

Ella loves throwing rocks with Jason & my dad.
It's kind of like "their thing."

One of the lakes. There are miles of walking trails and even canoes to borrow.
We can't wait to go back!

I love me some applesauce

For the first time, I let Matthew try a spoon. Yes, I have given him one to hold but rarely let him actually use it because I don't feel like dealing with the mess that follows using the spoon with food. The other day at breakfast Matthew was eying some applesauce. So I stripped him down and let him go to town. He did really well for his first time. Well, not really his first time. The day care has given him a spoon to eat with for over 6 months!

*Although he started using a spoon, he ended up ditching that and just drinking from the bowl. I was cracking up*

We love this weather!

Our annual fall day with the Powells.