Halloween!

Friday - Oct 27th was Halloween at School. The kids got to wear their costumes to school.. they were so cute! They made little pumpkins and I think later they got to go play in the large motor skills gym. Maddox is in a seperating class, so after playtime & circle time all the parents leave to go to a different room and then the babies have snack and play, etc by themselves.

We all have silly looks on our faces.. I think we were singing LOL



This is Maddox's pumpkin. I put the eyes, nose & mouth on... He didn't want to learn how to use the glue stick. But then he colored it. He's not scribbling anymore.. He's doing cirlces!



Today we went to the Eastman Nature Center to the "Big Woods Halloween for Little Folks." There was a puppet show, lots of animals, crafts, and games.. and then "trick or treating" in the woods. It was very short and they had like 3 or 4 "treats", but Maddox had a ton of fun! He really wanted to go into the jumper (the big huge air filled ones) but he didn't want to go in without me.. so he didn't get to go jump.

Looking at a snake



face painting



His spider



crickets



mealworms



the "bone yard"



showing me the YUMMY sucker the Fox gave to him!



showing me the yummy sucker again!



this is the craft he made. It is a spider. It's on blue paper with orange and white paint... I don't know why my camera got the colors all wrong!

Booper Cuteness

These photo's are from September but I had forgotten to upload them from my camera memory card before sending my camera back for repairs and I don't have a card reader for the size of my card. So... Here they are now!

Maddox really loves his Boopers and he loves to help her put with her nuk!









Kisses are always fun too!

Goof Ball Pictures...

Showing us some teeth.. or something like that lol



Thomas "Take Along" Trains



Laying ON the train tracks..



Putting lumber through the lumber saw



His shirts off because his sleeves were bothering him...



A piece of cut lumber... lol



Just a random picture of me being Maddox and Maddox being me..



Yesterday Morning, Clayton, Maddox and I took ourselves and Kaden to see Curious George at the Minnesota Children's Museum





"Soups On!!"









The halloween fish Maddox REALLY liked



Kaden liked George!





The State Capital building from the top of the parking ramp we were in.

Update!

I haven't been writing very much in the entries.. just posting pictures. Maddox has grown A LOT.. but I cannot remember when the last time I actually did a REAL update... so I don't even know where to begin! He has been saying some new words for the past couple months. No, Stop, Go, and a bunch other I cannot think of right now lol.. He has recently started to mimic everyone and will say things like sorry, excuse me, and other 2-3 word sentences. He doesn't say them on his own though. His sleeping is not good, he's been teething for 3 months, has definitely been acting like a 2 year old.. protesting everything, pushing the limits, throwing things around. He also likes to do somersaults, stand on his head, dance (which has been always, but he is constantly making up new moves.. he just recently started doing "salsa" after watching Jerry Springer on Dancing with the Stars). Ahhh.. well, it's hard to remember everything because it's been so long. I'll have to make sure that I make real updates frequently so that I don't forget lol

Anyways.. so on with the pictures.

Cute "scowl-y" picture of Maddox (helping with the dishes while I bake)



Pictures from the Raptor Release that we went to on Sept 30th







Maddox's "Take Along Thomas" train set



At Chuck E Cheese - on the phone!



Maddox likes to assist Bella with her Nuk!



Look how high he can build!



Worms!





Uhhh.....?!



Happy at Caribou





"Helping" with the racking





Maddox's Idea of lounging.. is hanging half way off the chair!



Maddox made up a new sport (like 12 months ago lol) called "Kitchen, Lid Skaing"



Standing on the patio table..? lol



Maddox being Crafty



Just being cute



Wrapping a string of purple beads around his belly?



Maddox's version of "Brrr!"



So cute!



Today we went to the pumpkin patch with Aunty Amy and the cousins! It was fun. At one point, my brain shut down and no questions or messages could get through anymore so I needed to take a break from everyone.. lol but otherwise it was good! .. In case you forgot: Dante is oldest boy, 6yo, Ariana is girl, 4yo, Kaden is youngest boy, 16.5mo.

Mmmm! Apples!


















Ok. Bye.