Halloween, Halloween, Trick-or-Treat

We love Halloween! It is Loren's favorite holiday, and I'm sure it will be the boys' as well. Thursday we had our ward trunk-or-treat, which was fun because it was actually a little cold out. We had hot chocolate and let our little cow run around. The little black on his nose is when he fell on the asphalt. Friday we went to the shopping center and went trick-or-treating, this time Logan was a dragon. (It still fit from last year--why don't my kids grow?) Saturday we went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Anthem is big on Halloween, it was fabulous. There were all sorts of block parties, and people sat at the end of their driveways with tables of food and drinks. So we had a little root beer, a little nachos, some guacamole that was being thrown up by a pumpkin... all in all good clean fun. We had a great time.

McKay has popped THREE teeth this week, and he has two more to go. Poor little guy. I am letting him take a longer nap than usual. This week my goal is to get the butterfly wallpaper out of his room, the Dora the Explorer has already been stripped. Then--on to painting!

Family, firetrucks and I can't think of a "f" word for caterpillars

It is a little hard to remember what we have done lately! We took Logan to the fire station open house. He loved it! He got a tour, ate cake, sat in fire trucks, and put out a fake fire. Plus, a new red hat. He also has been loving the library, here is a picture of him with his very own hungry, hungry caterpillar. McKay is desperately trying to work out some teeth, but is having no progress. The other day I was counting the bites Logan had to have before he could get down (3, by the way). So I said, "One." Then McKay said "two!" (You have to imagine the cute little voice drawing it out.) What a smartie!

We just got back from Vegas where we watched BYU trounce all over UNLV. There were more Cougar fans then Rebels, it was a cool game. We also go to see my friends (family?) Duane, Becky and Betsy. So, so good to see them again! I miss everyone! Logan and McKay went to play with their cousins in Casa Grande, which they loved. Logan told me he missed me, but also said, "Logan no go home." Thanks Chris and Kendi, I'm sure church was fun with my two little monkeys!

You'll note the new playlist and background. The 80s music is compliments of Loren, Bob the Builder was a request from Logan. Enjoy!

A little dancing for Julie

Potty training, big mammals and surgery success!

That's it--I'm calling it! I'm saying that Logan is potty-trained! Whoo-hoo! We took him to this little KidzFaire thing as his present for being potty trained. It wasn't too exciting, although he got to take his picture with Scooby and dance with Dorothy from the Wiggles. McKay was less than impressed. They had a chance to make a few crafts and hang out with kids.

Yesterday I took the kids to the last free day at the zoo. They were more interested in the play areas and slides than the animals. I pointed out a few animals and they looked at me like: "Uh huh. An elephant. Great. Can we go play now?" Maybe wait until they are a little older?

Logan started a weekly music class, which he loves. He dances around and plays instruments. It is his favorite time of the week. Loren has recovered from his surgeries and is feeling much better. It has started cooling down--maybe we have officially made it through our first Arizona summer?

Rise and Shout the Cougars are Out!

Awesome win against the #3 Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday! We love our BYU Cougars!

You make me feel like dancin'

Okay, it is more of a run for Logan and more of a shake for McKay, but they love to "dance"

Is August over?

It cannot possibly be September! August went by so quickly! McKay turned one on the 18th--he celebrated with his grandparents and some chocolate cake. He is in the .77% for weight so we have got to start feeding this kid more fat! He continues to be his super happy self, although he is cutting three teeth. He is starting to think about giving up a nap, but I am not convinced.

Logan is enjoying story time at the library (do you like the alligator hat?). He has story time on Thursdays, park day on Tuesdays, Mother Goose on Wednesdays and Mommy and Me Music Time on Fridays. So we are slowly filling his week. Monday is for recovering from Sunday with no nap. I loathe 2 o'clock church.

I turned 30 on the 22nd but continue to try to ignore this fact. We kept it pretty low key, although I look forward to celebrating later. Loren had two surgeries in August, so we kept pretty quiet the whole month. His parents were kind enough to stay with the boys through that ordeal. He is looking forward to feeling better soon!

If Logan has only had one accident in two months--is he officially potty trained?