Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from a fire man and his spotted dog. There will be more pictures to come after Halloween. I need to catch up too. I have pics from the pumpkin patch and Kaden's preschool party. Thanks Brad for these pictures! They turned out great!

Jack Attack

It just amazes me how much of a big boy Jack has become since he turned 1! He is now walking everywhere. He is also "talking" up a storm. Here are a few stories from the last few days.

1) We didn't think Jack would be our scholar he just wasn't in to books the way Kaden was at his age. But wait a minute there is still a chance. Recently he has really started enjoying being read too. The other night we noticed Jack was making lots of trips from his bedroom to the livingroom. We watched to see what he was doing. He was bringing one book out at a time and stacking them in the living room. When he found just the one he wanted he took it to Tim to read to him. After, that we went and got another one. It was so cute!

2) Yesterday, I heard a noise and instantly knew it was the sound of a box of cereal being spilled or dumped on the kitchen floor. I went it expecting to see Kaden sitting there and I was ready to yell, send him to time out, give a lecture - you know all the "effective" punishments. But instead I saw my sweet, "innocent", big eyed, blond headed 1 year old with a mouth full of froot loops and a big pile of froot loops beside him. Of course there was also an empty box and sack somewhere in the mess. My heart melted- it was such a cute sight. Why is it cute the first couple of times but then by the time they are 3 the same things drive you nuts? Anyway, of course Jack helped me clean up. I just can't believe he is tall enough to reach the shelf in the pantry where the cereal is or that he thinks to do stuff like this. I know it was all Jack too because Kaden was busy playing in his room and the toy I had just seen in Jack's hand was on the floor of the pantry where he got the cereal down.

Hopefully, I will have pics next time I post.