We have ourselves a Reader!

Gideon loves books. He loves flipping the pages while I read, he flipping the pages alone, he loves turning them over in his hands. He loves books we sing to, like "6 Little Ducks" and "the More We Get Together" and he loves the board books that are easier to turn pages. He also loves repetition. He can bring me one book and just keep reading it over and over until I can't stand to read it anymore. Ah, the joys of discovering the world of reading!

Happy Birthday, Cowboys!

                       

Today we had a surprise birthday party for Trevor and my younger brother, Matthew. I think Chelsea was the only one who remembered to take pictures, but we kidnapped the birthday boys and took them to Cabelas where we had them change into cowboy apparel and played a tag/mafia-ish game around the store using dart guns and rubber band guns. We also filled out a fun questionnaire about things we saw around  the storeThen we sampled their fudge and headed to my parents for a game of Steal the Flag with marshmallow guns, had some target practice (Matt was the winner of our tournament) and had BBQ sandwiches for lunch. Then we had cake and ice cream. Chelsea made this amazing peanut butter cup cake for Trevor!  She's pretty much an amazing baker.
               
                                         

Pictures, yeah!

 Ahh, pictures. I love pictures. They mean I don't have to write as much :)

We fed the ducks a couple of weeks ago. There were sooo many. They were fearless in coming right up to us if they knew we had food for them. Gideon was captivated by them. One of his favorite books is "6 little ducks". I don't think he connected the two, but it was cut nonetheless.

We Sharpied a pumpkin for Gideon's first jack-o-lantern. It's about all he had the patience for and made a fun FHE.

 Gideon is still a huge fan of being outside. Autumn leaves are one of his favorite things outside and grass is right behind leaves.

Below you can see our Halloween costumes. The thing on my head is the mailbox and I'm holding shovel and pail. Then Trevor is Steve and Gideon is Blue.  It was a blast.

Fall!

So, my camera still isn't working, so Trevor has most of our pics on his camera. He's kind of busy (when I say kind of, I mean enormously, monstrously busy) so I don't know when he'll be able to post pics of our Halloween costumes, etc. Anyway, this week he had an interview out in TX with Capital One. Then Thursday was Halloween and we dressed up like the Blue's Clues team: Gideon as Blue (cross-dressing, yikes!), Trevor was Steve, and I was the mailbox. We also carried a notebook, shovel, and pail as props. Ahh, the joys of Halloween. This weekend we're hoping to carve our pumpkin. We figure Gideon won't know that it was supposed to happen previous to the holiday, so we'll get away with festive faux pas while we can.

Gideon is in the full swing of teething. His top middle 4 teeth are all on their way, the outer two having already poked through. Poor kid is uncomfortable and its making him clingy and irritable. Good thing he's such a good natured kid most of the time.