Silly Faces

Davis definitely likes to be the star of the show.  On Monday, I walked in to the lobby at preschool to pick up Landon.  Waiting there were about ten other parents to pick up their children.  As we walked in the door, everyone turned to look at Davis, at which point he stuck out his tongue and blew, making a lovely noise for all to hear.  I’m not quite sure what possessed him to do that at that moment, but it sure got a good laugh out of everyone there.  I think he was a little embarrassed after.

At dinner, he tends to want to entertain more than he does eat.  Here are some silly pictures of him tonight at dinner, and one silly video.

And here’s the video.

Tree Falls and Water Falls

I’ve been recently informed by my brother David that I am apparently breaking several blog rules. 

Rule #1:  If you have two kids and you make a blog post, pictures* must be included.

Rule #2:  Words should take up less space than the pictures*

Rule #3:  Make a blog post at least every 2 weeks.

*Pictures can be replaced with video.  If the video is longer than the time it takes the average 6th grader to read the text then it will fulfill rule 2.

So, with that in mind, I’ll be brief, as I only have a few pictures.  Last weekend, Shane’s brother Kelly and his girlfriend Chantee came to visit us in P-town.  We cut down a tree, ate some delicious food downtown, admired the view of the city from the Pittock Mansion, and saw Multnomah Falls.  Here’s a few pics of our adventures:

(Two more guys later and some more strategic cuts and we finally got the tree down in the right direction.  Phew!  I had to leave to pick up Landon from preschool so I don’t have any pictures of the final tree-falling excitement.)

Bedtime Routine

Besides the bath, story, prayers, and singing, Davis had decided he needed another element to his bedtime routine. After my version of a his bedtime routine, I leave him nicely lying down on his pillow with his blanket and doggy. A few minutes later, we can hear things falling, and before long, he is crying. When we go in there, he has everything from his crib thrown on the floor, including his pajama top and bottom. Luckily, he hasn't yet taken off his diaper. We usually repeat this routine about three times before he finally goes to sleep.

Last night, there was a small glitch in the routine. We'll have to see if this prevents future occurrences (doubt it). Shane and I were sitting out on the couch and heard the familiar fall of his doggy, his pillow, etc. , when all of a sudden we hear Davis screaming. Shane hurried in there, and this time, Davis had thrown everything out of his crib except his pajama top, which he had somehow managed to get wrapped around his back with his arms still stuck in it.

Shane and I weren't too sympathetic and laughed when we saw what he had done. Hopefully he learned his lesson . . . but probably not. I'm just glad he hasn't started getting himself out of the crib too. (knock on wood)

On a Roll

Here are two more videos we filmed this week that I actually took the time to upload. The first is of Davis eating a cupcake for dessert tonight. He had it in a bowl, and I guess he thought smooshing it up against his face was the best way to eat it. Click here to watch it.

The second one is of me reading stories to the boys the other night before bed. This one is a little long, so it's mainly for you grandparents, but if anyone has a little time on their hands and feels so inclined, click here to watch it.

Trick or Treat

We celebrated Halloween this week with many fun parties and activities.  Landon wanted to be a bat, and Davis was a cowboy.   I didn’t get too many great pictures, but here’s a few to sum up our week:

On Tuesday, we went to our first ward Halloween party/Trunk or Treat.  It was tons of fun, and the rain even let up for the trunk or treat part in the parking lot.  Landon brought along his good friend Caleb, and they had fun doing the cake walk and all the carnival games before trunk or treating. 

 Landon and Davis posing the best I could get them to, and Landon with his friend Caleb.

Here is Davis sharing some candy with his good friend Eve (I think they were pretty much the cutest kids at the party), and one of Davis eating the pack of peanut M&M’s he wanted after trunk or treating. 

Friday, we went to Landon’s preschool for a little Halloween program, and then afterward we headed over to Shane’s work for a fun lunch Halloween party with a chili and dessert cookoff and some trick-or-treating for the kids.   I didn’t get any pictures, but if was fun to see all the kids dressed up in their costumes.

Today, for lunch, we ate at Spaghetti Factory because every kid that came in their costume got a free kids meal.  As many of you probably know, Spaghetti Factory is a family favorite and pretty much the only restaurant we ever eat out at!  The boys had fun eating their spaghetti and watching all the boats go by on the river.   The only difficult part was keeping the spaghetti off their costumes!

Landon and Davis waiting for our table, and the boys and I after we ate.

After we got home, the boys got a little silly and played around putting this pumpkin on their head for awhile. 

 

Finally, to end the day, we went trick-or-treating with our good friends the Lovelands and Kojimas.  It was a warm evening with a clear sky and a full moon which made it even more enjoyable than it usually is.  Davis has been really loving to give Landon hugs and to sit by him, especially when there are lots of other kids around, so I put in a few pictures of that as we were getting ready to start trick or treating.  I also put in a few pictures of all the kids in their costumes together.  It was quite a group when we showed up at each door!

Happy Halloween!

 

For Jake

My brother Jake has been reminding me that I haven’t posted a video in forever. He is pretty good about emailing little video clips of Kallie, so I promised him I’d post one by Sunday. I’m barely making it, but I did it! Here’s a video of me reading a story to Davis. When I was done, Landon wanted to film Davis too, but I didn’t get that one uploaded yet. That’ll have to be on tomorrow’s to-do list. :)

To watch the video, click here.

P.S. Davis has croup, so his voice sounds a little bit off.

Walking in Fall

Yesterday, Landon, Davis, and I thought we’d get out and enjoy a dry fall afternoon and take a walk up the path behind our house.  I love this path because I can let the boys run without worrying about them going in the road or about some car backing up into them.  I saw this cool red fence and thought it would be fun to get some cute pictures of the boys by it.  You can see how successful that was!  If I just could get Davis to stand still for 5 seconds . . .  

And here are a few others of our walk:

 

Can you see both of their tongues hanging out in the one of them running down the path?  I also love the one of them holding hands – Davis usually likes it, but only for so long!  We also picked up leaves we liked as we walked.  Davis didn’t quite get it, and most of the time was picking up any leaf he saw along the way.  Today was VERY rainy, so hopefully we can take some more walks like this before all the leaves are gone!