Halloween

Halloween was fun. We went to the ward's annual Trunk-or-Treat. Zach dressed up as Thomas the Tank Engine. We tried to get him in an Alligator costume, but he wouldn't do it. Brylee was dressed as a chicken. I wasn't going to dress her up at all. But I found her costume at Babies 'R' Us for $5. Who could resist?

There were lots of thing to do at the Trunk-or-Treat. Zach tried eating a donut off of a string without using his hands. I didn't see it though. I was taking care of Brylee at the moment. I heard it was hillarious. Maybe, next time.

I did get to see him Pumpkin Bowl. They set up soda bottles with water in them as pins. And mini Pumpkins were the bowling balls. He couldn't get any off the pins over, but he had fun anyway.

The activities commitee actually brought in a bale of hay and spread it around in a classroom. In the hay were a bunch of tokens. The game was to find as many tokens as you can. Zach didn't want to find tokens. But he was great at throwing the hay!

In what was scary stories for older kids turned into Halloween songs for younger ones. Sis. Lane was great. There were a couple of songs where she jumped Zach. But, as you can see, he didn't mind.

Zach wasn't very good at the trick-or treating part of the night. But what can you expect from a two-year-old? He didn't want to hold the bag, and was too shy to say "trick-or-treat." But he did want people to put the candy into his hand so he could put it into the bag himself.

Brylee is 1 month old!

Brylee is 1 month old today. Time has flown by so fast. She's awake a lot more now and holds her head up really well. She also sleeps well at night. Something Zach has yet to accomplish. She now weighs 12lbs 5 oz and measures about 23" long. Her hair is also beginning to become lighter. It will be interesting to see how light it will get.

Zach loves to hold her. More recently he has started to give her kisses. It's so sweet! You have to tell him "no more" to get him to stop. We are truly blessed to have Zach love her as much as he does.

Pumpkin Land

On Columbus Day I took Zach and we spent the day at Pumpkin Land. I left Brylee at home with my mom because, as you can see, it wasn't the greatest day out. We had so much fun with Meredith and her girls! I wish we could do it next year.

They had this great slide that Zach loved. It was made out of old bowling alley lanes and placed on a steep hill. Zach went down with Fina the first time. But after that he did it on his own. It was a fight to get him away. We even ended up going back there at the end.

Near the slide area was a dance floor. Fina and Sophie jumped on up and had fun dancing to the music. Zach, like a typical boy, did not. Zach doesn't dance. All I could think was, "His dad would be so proud."

But by the end Zach was up on the dance floor. He wasn't dancing though. He saw some little girls running in circles and he couldn't resist. After all, running is his favorite thing to do.

This is something I wish I had in my backyard. A kid sized truck made of wood. It kept Zach entirely entertained while Meredith took the girls to do stuff that Zach is still too young for.

This is from whe Brylee was born. I know it's a few weeks old, but I'm just getting started on this blog thing and can't locate some of my pictures. Zach loves to hold her. The first night after he held her he wouldn't let anyone else near her. He still tries to tear her away from me so he can hold her. He has yet to learn that you need to be soft with the baby all the time and not just some of the time.




This is Zach with his cousin Drew in Rockland. We all took a trip to Rockland and walked along the boardwalk there. It was a lot of fun.

At the end of the boardwalk is a beach. I decided to let Zach play in the water even though it was cold out. He had a blast and then needed to be forced out of the water. This of course led to a fit (to understate a bit). But we still had fun.