Fall Fun Run

V's school had a 1 mile fun run as part of their Fall Festival activities, so we decided to run it as a family. R and V took off right away, as I pushed the baby and followed C.

C lasted about a third of the way before he was too tired and joined B in the stroller. He then enjoyed pointing out all the pumpkins.


V finished quickly enough to get a blue ribbon. R said he was impressed that V ran most of the way.

After the run, the boys got water and bagels, which were thoroughly enjoyed.

Aren't my boys cute?

Oh yeah - I was there too.

I know what we're going to do today...

Dress up like Phineas and Ferb!


Where's Perry?


Here's Dr. Doofenshmirtz thinking about his evil-anator:


This year we thought it would be fun to do a family theme, so we all dressed up like characters from Phineas and Ferb. It's a cartoon from the Disney channel that we all enjoy. If you haven't seen it yet, here are some pictures:



Here's a rundown of some of our Halloween happenings:

Halloween Playgroup -

I let C dress up how he wanted. It was a super/shark/monster combination. We had fun playing with friends and eating mummy dogs.


Our ward's Trunk or Treat and carnival -

We all dressed up and had fun playing games at the carnival.


We got our picture taken together, though you can't really tell who we're supposed to be.


Then R took the boys trunk or treating in the rain while I stayed dry with the baby. The boys hair color ran off onto their costumes. I'll let you in on a little FYI, the green doesn't come out very easily. If you get to choose hair color, go for the orange. It washed out much better. (And after repeated washings and a haircut, C's hair is still looks a little on the fluorescent side).


Pumpkin Carving -

This is one of the boys' favorite activities.


Daddy helped C out.


C thought it was hilarious to take the lid on and off.

I helped V, though we let him do a lot of it himself this time.




B got to watch.


Here's the finished product with our happy boys.


And now with the lights off.


We always carve our pumpkins right before Halloween, because 2.5 days later they look like this:


Yeah, you don't get growth like that in Utah. Are y'all jealous?



Fall Festival -

V's school puts on a Fall Festival every year. It's their only fundraiser, and it's a big deal. The kids loved going. They got to ride rides:




After which, they were given candy. A combination that is not for the faint of heart.


B got to hang around, as usual.


The two boys had a blast. It was fun seeing V help C out. I'm glad he's not too old to be seen with his little brother.


We didn't go trick or treating this year. I don't think the boys missed it though, they were already partied out.

Big stuff

B got his first tooth on Tuesday. Hopefully his other one breaks through soon; we want our happy baby back.


He's also sitting up on his own. He thinks he's big stuff.

Happy Halloween

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6 month update

B is now 6 months old and weighs in at 19 lbs. 3 oz. No wonder my arms are always tired.

His hair is filling out again, but no longer sticks up. It's a bit lighter than before.

He is rolling over all the time. It looks like he may be mobile before too long.

He still has his cute toothless grin; no teeth yet.

And he's not super interested in solid foods yet.


He's fat and happy, though he is starting to get a little temper. You should hear him yell when someone takes his toy.

And this is what he sounds like:

Little bro

It's times like these that B hates being the little brother...

A tough week for C

Last week was a tough one for C:

He started it out with a day of vomiting.

This was followed a few days later by losing an absurd amount of blood from a head wound so small I had trouble finding it. (No worries, everyone is okay. He stopped a flying matchbox car with the top of his head. We won't say which brother made the car air borne.)

Then a certain older brother decided to decorate his face with markers. The non-washable kind. This was taken after I tried to scrub it off:


Hopefully this week is better.