Goin' on a trip

Easton loves to take things in and out of other things. He likes to load up the little shopping cart with toys from the Play Room and put them in the Family Room. He likes to help carry in anything from the car. He loves to put groceries away. He likes to put dirty clothes in the washer, then the wet clothes in the dryer. Right now he's taking all of the money out of his dinosaur bank, putting it in his pockets, then emptying it out elsewhere. Earlier today his had his backpack FILLED with all sorts of different items. He often puts it on and tells me where he is going. It's usually to school, or work, or shopping. Today when I asked if he was going to work he replied, "No. I'm going to Sarah Jane's house. I'm taking the train."

Happy Haunting

We carved our pumpkins the day before Halloween. Lauren and Easton were just going to color theirs, but Easton really wanted his to have a cut face. So, they directed, and we cut. Here are the results:




Here are the kids, aka the scarecrow, the puppy and the witch:

Logan and Easton revisited their costumes from last year, although Logan added the burlap sack to his outfit. Since his mean, awful parents think he's too old to go trick-or-treating, he sat on the porch as decoration. He accomplished his goal of scaring plenty of our visitors.

Easton absolutely LOVED Halloween. For weeks he's been pointing out all of the decorations in the neighborhood, at the store, etc. When we got out our decorations he tried on the puppy costume and didn't want to take it off. He got to dress up for Lauren's parade at school, the ward party, then for Halloween. At every door Easton wouldn't leave until telling them "Happy Halloween". If Lauren said it first, Easton would say "Happy Halloween to you, too". He also told the people when he thought that was a yummy candy. David warned me that Easton might wear out quickly and I would have to carry his bucket and possibly him. No way. When I hinted that maybe he was too tired to keep going, Easton convinced me that he was fine, and he could carry his bucket and walk. He did for almost 2 hours. After every house he would ask if we could go to the next one. My favorite thing was that he wasn't really after the candy, he just wanted to go around and see all the decorations and the people dressed up. The candy was just an added bonus. Luckily for Logan, Easton and Lauren are willing to share, and we had a ton left over, too. Until next year . . .

He's 3!

This boy had a birthday!

His dad and sister helped make piles of leaves to play in,

He got some fun presents . . .

And he got the green monster cake he requested!

EYES

Can you tell whose eye is whose?

Protection

Logan spent some of his hard-earned money on dart guns . . .



. . . now Easton needs to wear safety goggles.

Clover Love

Yesterday I was sitting out front while Lauren and Easton were playing. Lauren came up to me with a clover leaf and said, "Mom, I'm giving this to you because I love you so much."

She picked a few of the heart leaves, then a few more, and gave them all to me to remember how much she loves me.

Her brother, not to be outdone, pulled the whole plants (what a good little weed puller) out of the ground and gave them to me, telling me "these for your love, Mom."

Time Flies

What happened to this kid?

Logan -- 1st day of pre-school
2000

THIS!

Logan -- 1st day of 7th grade
2009