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Oh Tootles!

Here is Reid saying his favorite words/phrases:  Oh Tootles!  Reid Michael.  Hi.  Bye.

Please excuse the applesauce.  We're working on eating with utensils these days.

Captain America & Mickey Mouse

Halloween went well.  We found Evan's Captain America costume on sale at Target in September.  Grandma sewed Reid some Mickey Mouse shorts.  Evan went around with his neighbors (and Daddy).  Reid and I went around the block and got him some loot too.  :)  Reid said, "Trick or Treat, Candy, & Bye!" to the homeowners.  It was pretty cute.  Grandma & Aunt Judy stopped by as well.  Fun, fun, fun!

Pumpkin Carving

Evan likes it when I carve his pumpkin. He hates the gooey stuff in the middle.  We were just going to paint our pumpkins this year, but at the last minute (about 90 minutes before bedtime) tonight, I carved his pumpkin for him.  It has glasses just like him!

A Little More Hipster

Evan got a second pair of glasses (this is his back up pair - that he seems to like a little more than his "expensive" pair).  The frames are little bigger than his other pair.  I'd say he dresses more "jock" than "hipster," (if it's not sweats or warm-up pants, we hear about it) but he is working these, and looking so stinkin' cute in them.

Please Sleep

I will forever love any picture of Evan sleeping. We did not take many at all when he was teeny.  (Why wake the beast, right?)  He did not sleep through the night consistently until he was 18 months old.  He still fights sleep and going to bed years later.  This is him, sleeping in our bed during his nap last weekend.  I told him he could read books until I checked on him.  Mike went up before I did, and found this. 

Oreos

Reid happens to only like the middle of the Oreo cookie.  Smart kid.  That's the best part.

...And We're There...

...at that point in a toddler's development where the words just aren't there, so falling to the ground and crying is the only alternative. 

I've taught the boy sign language for the big stuff (milk, more, food, sorry, please, etc.).  I guess I didn't teach him phone, iPad, computer, iPod, remote control, camera.  That's what he cries about.  The toys we play with are much more awesome than his.

Handsome

Evan got glasses yesterday.  He is far-sighted with a near-sighted astigmatism.  We knew he'd probably get them soon since the eye doctor told us when he was 4 to come back yearly instead of every other year (like kids his age should do).

When he got them, he said, "Mom, do I look extra handsome since I just got a haircut too?"  I said, "Of course you do, babe."  He grinned from ear to ear on the drive home from the eye doctor. 

Touchdown!

Reid has officially learned how to do the "touchdown" like all toddlers with football-loving fathers do.  So cute.  BEAR DOWN!

Old Friends

 (2012 - Age 5)

 (2007 - 6 months old)

Here is Evan's oldest friend, Alex.  She hung out with us for a little while yesterday.  They hadn't seen each other in a while, and they always pick up where they leave off - just like old friends do.  :)

Pumpkin Patch - Year 6!

We went back to Tuttle's Orchard again this year.  We took Evan's oldest friend, Alex, this year.  We all had fun.  :)

Here is how Reid has grown:

-Last year (2011) at 5 months old-

-This year (2012) at 17 months old - - He wasn't too interested in standing near the board alone. ;)

Here is how Evan has grown:

2007 - 4 months old

 2008 - 16 months old

2009 - 2 years old

2010 - 3 years old

2011 - 4 years old

2012 - 5 years old

Here are the rest of the pictures.  We played, went out into the pumpkin patch and picked our own pumpkins & went into the store and picked out something to buy.  :)

*Here's another shot of all 3 of the kids at the apple. (Reid's not helping me out any by crouching down.) ;)

*Alex was a cow in this shot.

*Evan wanted to be a horse.

*The hay field.

*The red tractor.

 *Evan was excited to be on a tractor - a John Deere especially.

*Reid loved the swing.

*Alex's turn for the John Deere.  

*Playset.

*Sandbox.  This was a hit because neither Evan nor Alex has a sandbox at home.  ;)

 *Alex wanted to be a horse, a goat and a pig too.  :)

 *In the pumpkin patch.

 *Alex at the apple. 

 *Alex at the sandbox.

 *Daddy came to join us after work. 

 *Reid's turn!  (Nobody was holding him up.  He was interested enough to do it alone.)

 *Best ride ever.

 *The "Christmas Tree"of pumpkins!

 *Evan said, "If Papa was here, he would like the one on the left.  He loves Purdue."

*Outside of the market.