Bluey

It's time to talk about one of the important members of our family. I know that many of you cringe at the sight of my cats, but all kids LOVE Bluey. They chase him around the house, and Colby packs him around most of the time. Bluey puts up with Colby carrying him (not by the neck anymore, thank goodness), squeezing him too tight, and even laying on top of him at times. Brady even cried the other day when he realized that Bluey might die some day. This was after a nightmare that Bluey had, in fact, died. I probably shouldn't tell him that Bluey is already 10 years old.
Colby is often found kissing him and whispering sweet nothings into his ear. It's hard to tell, at times, whether Bluey likes or loathes this attention, but he rarely runs away.

Brady Lost His Second Tooth

Brady lost his first tooth back in July, so we were surprised that so much time passed before he lost another one. It actually wasn't even loose until about 3 days before it came out. The one to the left of the hole is actually his first one already grown back in.

Todd was chasing him around the room telling him he was going to pull it out and the next thing we knew, it was out, and MISSING. So there we all are, on the floor, searching. I found it and we put it in a baggy so it wouldn't get lost again.

Brady awoke to a Sacajawea dollar the next morning. He wanted me to take him directly to the Dollar Store.

OOPS!

I believe we have more than one child to make sure that they get their share of scars. : ) Well, last month Brady and Colby were running around my room, when Colby slammed the door (to keep Bluey from escaping) into Brady's ear. Talk about blood. Brady was so freaked out that they would give him stitches, but they didn't. It had swollen shut by the time they looked at it, so the tape just held it in place.

Sorry, these are out of order.

Brady's healed ear.

Brady's wounded ear.

Pony Rides

Brady's friend Emma had a pony riding party. The boys enjoyed riding and feeding the horses.

Colby loves neigh neighs.

Trick or Treat!

You know the season is upon you when your two year old can't stop singing... Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me...underwear. Ok, ok, so he's not completely accurate, but that's Brady's fault. As you know the saying goes, Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. (now the kids have added) If you don't, I don't care, I'll pull down your underwear. So Colby had a lot of it right. : )

The evening started with painting Colby's face. He was so excited to be a lion. Of course he roared and pounced on everyone the moment that he put his costume on. I couldn't believe how well he sat still while I worked on him. This picture also reminded me of how blond his hair still is. We're wondering if Grandpa Steve's and Grandma Sharon's blond genes are strong enough to defeat our brunette ones.
Brady wanted to be Spiderman, of course. He hasn't seen the movie yet, so he is unaware that he is the "bad" Spiderman. Oh well, I'm sure the kids will tell him soon enough.
I wish they made this costume in my size. It was all fleece and was a seperate coat and pants. Comfy! He was warm too!
Not the clearest picture, but I had to include the back view of Colby's costume.

The boys were so excited to go, they waited for dark FOREVER!

Pumpkin Carving

The weather has been pretty warm lately, so we put off carving our pumpkins to delay the inevitable rot. The boys were so excited. This is the first year that Brady willingly scooped the guts out of his own pumpkin. Colby dug for a while but decided he would rather ride his scooter around the garage. He did however tell me how he wanted his pumpkin's face to look.

Brady's pumpkin, Todd's pumpkin, my pumpkin and Colby's pumpkin.

Bi-zi Pumpkin Patch 2007

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch with a large group of friends this year.

Anthony and Brady took quite an interest in a duck who was splashing and flappy in "less than clean" water. It was actually green.
Todd found a rotting sunflower seed and took joy in throwing seeds at us.
Brady found a pumpkin that was just his size.
Allie, Anthony (our neighbors) and Colby go for a ride in the wheel barrel.

Colby had been scoping out the animals at the Pumpkin Patch every morning and night when we drove by. He was so excited to pet and feed them.

Both of the boys are animal lovers.

Of course, the sheep are his favorite. Baaa...

The hay bale maze is always one of Brady's favorites. He helped Colby make it through.

Next up, the hay bale mountain. It's full of tunnels that Brady loves to crawl through. Colby wasn't quite ready this year. He was however willing to climb to the top.

I'm on top of the world!

Colby, Brady and Anthony

Brady and Anthony found their way to the top quickly.

Zoo Trip

It was such a beautiful day on September 23rd, the first day of fall, that we decided to get in one last trip to the zoo before the cold and rain set it. We even made it on the train.

We love being zoo members. We try to make it there every other week in the summer, but with vacations and crummy weather, we just didn't get there often enough this year.

The boys always love to pose on the animal statues.

The boys were very sad upon our arrival to find out that it was the last day of the Alaska Tundra exhibit. The boys have loved it for years but they're closing it down to build the new lion exhibit that will open in a few years. Fortunately, a wolf was out, which is rare, I think it's the first time any of us have seen him. Poor skinny old guy!

Todd & Heather Go to Michigan...again

Well, it was our 3rd trip in a year, but still a total blast. We left the boys home, thanks Mema, and flew in and out in 3 days. We caught a Tiger's game on Friday night. This picture with Paws is for the boys, I promise.

The sky got a little scary at one point. Todd kept saying tornado, but the local next to me said no. I still had to take a picture, it was ORANGE! It poured for about ten minutes and then the game was back on. The Tigers beat the Mariners. Booyah!
On Saturday we went to a game at the Big House in Ann Arbor. Home of the Michigan Wolverines. Todd was thrilled. The stadium is huge. There were nearly 110,000 people there. That's double the capacity of many stadiums. It took 20 minutes to come in or out during breaks. It was unreal.

There's Josh, #61, the player that we know that got us the tickets.
The view from our 6th row, end zone, seats.

Pretty sweet, huh?

Brady's First Day of School

Brady was very excited about his first day of school. He was most excited about taking a lunch box and getting to eat lunch at school. He was a little sad when I dropped him off but by the second week things are great.

Here he is with Wyatt and Jaxon.
Brady and Jack wait for the bus.
Outside of Mrs. Graham's class, room 701.
My first desk!