Happy Halloween

 A panther, a pooh bear and an allosaurus

 Dakota also wore this costume when he was a toddler and it cracks me up every time my kids wear it!  Trae did so well Trick-or-Treating.  He left his costume on and carried his own bucket the whole time!

Needles in a Haystack?

Have you ever searched for a needle in a haystack? How about legos in a leaf pile?

As we were raking leaves Friday night, Trae had the bright idea to dump the entire container of legos (See exhibit A below) into our leaf pile. Needless to say, we spent the next several hours picking legos out of the leaves. Hope that you found a more productive way to spend your Friday evening!

Exhibit A

The legos were almost completely buried!

Happy Birthday Trae!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my sweet little man!

A little bit of catch up

A few things I meant to post about but didn't get around to and since they all involve Dakota, I am lumping them together! :)

He lost his first tooth!!  Which I just realized that I didn't take a picture of!

He had an allergic reaction to something.  We still don't know what it was but it started on his leg, spread to beside his mouth and then from there ended up covering almost all of his body.  At one point his face was so swollen, Ali refused to be in the same room with him.  (Which was a great opportunity to teach her about not making others feel bad or teasing them :))  Dakota missed 2 days of school and ended up taking an antihistamine for a month.

 You might not be able to tell just how swollen he was in these pictures, but trust me, it was bad!

And this I just thought was cute.  He is in no way, shape or form a morning person.  However, he LOVES school.  So, he pretty much sleepwalks through the morning until I say it's time to leave for the bus and then his eyes pretty much pop open and he's ready to go!  Hilarious!  The above is him taking a small snooze before eating his cereal.