Pumpkin Patch

Monday night is Family Night, so we headed to the pumpkin patch on October 14th. We definitely have some handsome boys. However, getting them to look handsome at the same time is challenging. Most people would put all three boys in one photo. But for now we'll be thankful for this collage. If you would like a copy of a photo of just Sheldon, I would be happy to email it to you or have it printed out at a Walgreens near you. Just ask his Tummy Mommy or Tummy Daddy first. He has quite the fan club with all his Tummy Family and their friends.

Group photos often sound like this:

"Hurry Chris. Levi's awake and the boys are all together. Grab the camera!"

And they look more like this:

I especially like the Honey Buckets in the background. Tyler's face and Sheldon's escape are a close second. So every time you see a collage of all three boys you can be certain that there were several failed attempts that look something like this.

This picture of the older boys in the hay maze is one of my favorites. Maybe instead of collages I need to learn how to photo shop Levi and Mom into the photo :)

Most of these photos aren't perfect. They might be out of focus or have bad lighting but they are photos of everything I hold most dear (with exception to the the smelly animals)  ;)

 Jumping in the hay at the end of the maze.

 Another failed attempt at all three boys.

So these will have to do.

Farm Animals

Hay fort and slide

  Sand box

Siblings = Friends 4Ever

We love to meet up with Katie and Annie at the Hands on Children's Museum.

They are so stinking adorable!!! 

Check out this DIVA!

 This place is so much fun!!!

Scouts and Cyclocross

Tyler recently earned his Arrow of Light and crossed over into Boy Scouts.

Just shortly after crossing over Tyler went on his first camp out to Cougar Rock at Mt. Rainier with his dad. Can you tell Chris and Tyler take a lot of pride in their uniforms?

Tyler also has been busy racing Cyclocross.

 He had the opportunity to attend a clinic with several of his teammates where they were taught by two professional riders.

Reading and talking

Sheldon's vocabulary is exploding. He is using lots of words and sign language. Often he uses both together which really helps us understand him more. It is sooooo exciting that he can tell us what he wants. In this clip he either says, signs, or a bit of both the following words:
   sleep (hand over eyes)
   book (hands in book shape)
   puppy
   apple
   cereal
   car (hands like on steering wheel)
   fish (hand swims like fish)
   all done (wave both hands)
   cracker (knock elbow with fist)
   please (rub chest)

The rest appears to be some sort of asian language :)



Some other words he knows are:
coat    shoes    socks    bye-bye    Ni-night   hello   more    banana    bug   hat   bike    drink    baby    rain    wind    sun    bubbles    bear    outside    hot    thank you    sorry   diaper    dirty    bird    Dad    eat   flower    uh-oh    go    stop    sun    up    down    ball    doll    Elmo     Tyler (Ty-Ty)  
Simple sentences he knows:
   Sit puppy (sounds more like Sh** puppy LOL!)
   Here you go.
   I know.
   I love you.

Smarty pants

Sheldon is very busy and smart. This is great until I need to nurse Levi. He already figured out the child proof locks on all the cabinets and can open the laundry room door. So I have to think back to my freshman year in college when I was a nanny and taking early childhood development classes. Thankfully he loves simple eye hand coordination activities in his chair. His favorite is placing cheerios in the mini muffin tin. It makes a noise and he gets to eat. These puff balls have become ammunition for Sheldon and Tyler. They like to hide behind furniture and throw them at each other.

Puppy sitting

Life has been extremely busy lately. I have been training/mentoring a new kindergarten teacher on Chris' days off. Apparently this is the type of stuff that happens when Mom isn't home. LOL! You can hear Sheldon's version of "puppy" and "ball."

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