Wooden Box

Yep, the wooden box is more fun than the wooden blocks.....

Pumpkin Seeds

Halloween is over, but before we throw away the pumpkins we thought we'd try roasting some pumpkin seeds.  Emery loved watching us scoop out the goop, but Parker really didn't like the feeling of it!

Begger's Night

Trick or Treat!

Emery had a great time being carried!

Pumpkin Decorating

Parker working on his pirate pumpkin.

Aiden's bone pumpkin.

Emery waiting patiently for his turn.

 
Finished products.

Preschool Halloween Parties

The special snack today was monster graham crackers that we could decorate with all sorts of candy and Halloween sprinkles.  Yum!  It took me the longest to eat, but I'm sure I also had the most sprinkles!

Okay, so Emery didn't think that much of it and decided to nap.

Parker's class played a very exciting round of Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Ghost (Instead of Duck, Duck, Goose)!

He also got to dance the Monster Mash with his buddy, Derreck.

Growing so BIG!

 
January 20 and October 30.  Look how much I've grown in the last 9 months!

Time Out or Bedtime?

Movie Watching

All curled up watching Dispicable Me with Uncle Mike.  I have become quite the cuddler.

5 Year WCE

I had my 5 year well check with Dr. Rodemyer this morning.  She wanted to know if I could draw people with lots of detail.  I went all out and drew a picture of Wolverine for her!  I weighed in at 44.8 lbs (75%) and was 43.75 inches tall (64%).  Nearly the exact same percentiles as last year.  I think I've found my spot on the growth curve.

Not to be out done, Parker also wanted to show how he has learned to draw faces at preschool.  It's a picture of Emery.

Yogurt

So, what's funny about this picture?  This is my new favorite way to eat yogurt.

Swinging

It just might be the last nice day of the year, I decided to swing it out!

Story Time

I didn't pay much attention to the story, but I sure found the cushions!

Swinging

 "Hey, Mom.  Come see what I can do!  Oh, and bring the camera.  I want you to take a video of me."

Spirits in the Garden

We went to Spirits in the Garden at Reiman Gardens.  The weather was so great that they ran low on candy and only had a few trick or treat locations.

That sure didn't stop us from having a great time!

We really like Lady Bug Girl!

We did a great job of walking together with our parents either in front or behind us.

There were lots of really neat birdhouses out for display.  We'd love to have this one at our house!

We walked ALL the way to the very end of the gardens.  Normally, we don't make it that far.

The Leiran's 2012

The big boys!

I'm King of the Mountain!

What a great day!  I sure hope we get to come back and do this again next year!

Aiden's Birthday Party

I had LOTS of people around to help me open presents.

Great photo of Papa and GG and all of us grandkids.  (Lowel 6, Lawerence 5, Emery 1, Aiden 5, Parker 3)

I really liked my super hero cake!

Holden and Parker took turns trying to walk in Uncle Mike's shoes.

After Lowell and Lawrence left, we had a little dance party to show off our moves.  What a great day!  Thank you to everyone who was able to make my party a lot of fun and very special!

Train

Papa and GG came down today and brought Lowell and Lawrence with them to play with us!  Here we are waiting to go on the train.

Emery missed nap time and really liked Mommy caring him and keeping him close.

Daddy had his hands full watching the 3 of us!

It was fun to sit with Papa as well!

GG brought cookies for us to share!

Emery finally woke up ad wanted to look out the windows with the rest of us boys.

I really liked the carvings in the trees.  I was the first to spot them!

We might have gotten a little carried away by the end of the trip.

 
We sure had a great time!

Look at how big we all are.  Can you imagine how much fun we will all have together at Christmas?!?!?!

Dinner afterwards was my choice, Hickory Park, of course!

It was quite quiet before our food showed up.  It's a good thing that Mommy and Daddy have 2 phones, and GG was smart enough to bring to Kindles with her.

Papa and I got to celebrate our birthdays together, Hickory Park style.  What a great afternoon!

Preschool Carrier

I might be 5, but I still want to be carried like Emery up to bed.

Of course, Parker gets a little jealous and wants to be carried for awhile as well.