Hula Hooping

Here is our little monkey playing with a hula hoop at a festival that we went too.

Cute Monkey + Goose Egg

What would Halloween be like if it weren't for some real "scary" effects to Noah's costume?! My oh-so-hyper child was running around the house when he slipped and fell against the dining room table head first. The result? A very large blue goose egg. Poor little monkey. It reminds me of a song...
1 little monkey jumping on the bed. He fell off and bumped his head. Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said, "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
Poor baby boy!

Happy Halloween!

Almost ready to go Trick-or-Treating!

Knocking some boxes down

The Jumping monkey


Since Halloween is on a Sunday this year, we spent much of the week celebrating with festivities. Noah went to his first Trunk or Treating event and made out well. (Or I should say mommy and daddy did!) Noah proudly sported his Monkey costume around asking for candy and playing games. It has been very warm here lately, so we did feel bad that his costume was a little too insulated. (70-80 degree weather in October??!) Noah also went to a festival that our church put on. He has so much fun bouncing in the blowup structures, playing games and riding the hay ride. (Which he did as many times as we would let him!) It was fun to watch him run around since only a year ago, he was there as a cheetah riding in his stroller. Finally, Noah went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood last night (they will be doing this saturday and sunday this year!) as he really has the hang of it now. We have him trained to pick our the chocolate candies for us and he loves to say "Thank you!"

Fall Hiking

We took Noah up to the mountain this past weekend to spend a family day hiking. (And we wanted to break out the backpack!) It was a beautiful fall day with weather around 78 and all the colors of fall. Noah did a great job riding in the backpack for part of the way and then he hiked the rest with us. I was a bit nervous as to how he would do, but he kept up. He loved all the rocks, and often times he would get focused on picking them up and throwing them every which way. While riding in the backpack he would encourage daddy by saying "Careful Daddy, don't fall!" and "Noah's Hiking!!" On several occasions Noah fell while hiking on his own and he would say "Uh-oh, careful Noah" and then get up and wipe his hands. He was a trooper. All in all I would say that our hiking experience was a success and there will be more in the near future!

Alabama Game

The boys playing lawn bowling

The girls

We went to a bbq at a friends house to watch the Alabama game last weekend. The weather was perfect for some outdoor fun and grilling! Noah enjoyed being the center of attention and playing with all the adults.

Girls Night Out

Last night I went out with the girls for my friend Melissa's birthday. We had a great time! I had forgotten how nice it is to go out without a diaper bag and screaming child. Ha. Here is a group shot of our fun night!

Story time Project

Here is Noah's owl that he made at story time today. Our library does the neatest job of offering story time where they get to make a craft, read three books and sing songs for an hour. Noah really likes to go and participate as well as play with his new friends.