We need a little Christmas

Thanksgiving weekend we put up our tree...its lovely

silly Lily and the lights

helping to decorate

the train tracks peeking form under the tree while the boys decorate

trying to put the star up

finishing touches

blurry but still cute

tada!

Congrats Uncle Ricky!

Last week uncle Ricky graduated form Police Academy. Pretty awesome.

Eliot and mama representing the family. this is Eliot's you better obey the law face (and handsome suit as well)

looking all official in his uniform

getting his certificate and also an award! woo hoo mr Motivation

Zoo

catching up on our past few weeks...

reading a map (can you see the turtle trying to sneak a peek?)

mama gorilla and her brand new baby (hard to see the little guy/gal)

bruce takes a pic of mama and the baby and miss Lily

ollie and daddy by Bruce

he looks like a garden knome, yes?

4 adorable kiddos

Getting four kids to all look in the same direction AND smile and not have goo all over their faces or hair in their eyes is um, difficult. But no matter, they are stinking cute anyway....and very funny. And check it out I think I did it in the end...

at the playground at dusk

being funny at home

ollie the cheeseball

4 very cute kids all smiling, the very best

Two months of awesome

I turned two months old this week. At my Dr. visit yesterday I weighed 12.69 lbs and was 24.5 inches. I even was superbly behaved and showed the doc all my tricks, smiling, cooing, laughing making awesome eye contact and generally being sweet. She said I was perfect, mom agrees. Plus I already know how to smile and pose for the mamarazi. I'm skilled.

I love to smile for mama

bare toes and a rocking sweater-vest, a great combo

check me out, no really check me out

I also love to stick my tongue out!

new places

We discovered a new place only a mile away from us today with mummi and pappa. Gore place, which has an amazing mansion (we barely peeked inside that though) and lovely grounds just right for running, exploring and finding treasures (geocaches)

a bench must mean a photo op!

look mom sheep!  (and chickens and llamas elsewhere)

we came into the woods, and found loot ;) 

geocache treasure!!

helping mummi over the brook after finding our treasure

Bruce decides to try crossing via the logs (here is the return trip)

and he makes it back dry 

Great Aunt April

Last weekend we got a visit from great aunt april

visiting w/ great Aunt april

ollie checks out the story 

Lily takes a turn listening

Dedication

Today Oliver and Eliot were dedicated at Church

bonding with daddy

the older two came on stage as well

can you see mummi and pappa up on stage with us? 

on stage during the dedication

Visiting Grammie and Grampa

showing grammie my winning smile

Brucie driving the tractor

happy passenger 

being sweet with grammie

bonding with grampie

Halloween fun

spidey scales the doorway

spidey and the fairy princess

super mario joins the fray 

ready to trick or treat mama

woo hoo for trick or treat!