Sunday, October 28, 2007

Tickle-me-Curran

Curran is a very ticklish boy, and he loves having his tummy nibbled on. Of course I always advise changing the diaper before you nibble on his belly :)

He also just loves getting his diaper changed. I don't know if he just really likes to be dry, or if he likes to be undressed. I hope it's the former, because that would make potty learning much easier!

The Halloween Carnival

The church where Aric is interning, St Luke Presbyterian, had a Halloween carnival yesterday. Avery LOVED it! He started out fishing (for toys), then had to try out the giant castle bouncy house.









Then he got his face painted with a very cool dragon - he said he wanted something scary and green. Below you see him wielding the dart for the dart game (where he popped one balloon).


Saturday, October 27, 2007

The new shoes:

Ta da! Here is Avery's first pair of ballet slippers. His are the black ones of course. When we came home from the dance store, mama had to get out her well-worn ballet slippers so we could practice positions together :)

Like every child I have ever known, he loves to see how wide he can get his feet in 2nd position!

Whether or not he enjoys creative movement/ballet is yet to be seen, since class starts on November 2nd. Wish him luck!

Monday, October 22, 2007

His first loaf

This is Avery a couple of months ago with his very first loaf of self-made bread. I laid out various bread ingredients in paper cups, and he added them together as he liked. (I just added water to get consistency kinda right.) I turned out a bit glutenous, but definitely edible! He was sooo thrilled with himself.

Serious gamer already...














Here's Curran really involved in his first Settlers of Catan game. He helped Nick decide what resources to use *wink* We let Avery play on pbskids.org while we played the board game, and near the end he came downstairs with nothing less then a printed coloring page - and we don't leave the printer on! I couldn't help but bust out laughing after he said, "Mom! It's not working, but I got this!" Kids really do pick up on technology, and I'm going to have to watch this one!

P.S. Curran should have been a gunslinger in the old west, because man you should have seen how fast his hand whipped out two days ago to SNACH the glasses clean off of Aric's face! I think it shocked both of them :)