Canadian Thanksgiving

We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving last Sunday. It was fun to eat yummy food and hang out with Adam, Elisabeth, and baby Charlotte. Hooray for family!

Pumpkin Patch and Night before Christmas

 I took Jonathan to this pumpkin patch last week. They had a train to rode around the outside of the patch, kittens, a hay bale maze, and a million pumpkins. This is just 1/4 of the patch. It was freezing cold, but we had lots of fun.

 The Lees from Vancouver bought us this "Night before Christmas" book that reads itself. The boys fight over it. We have to take turns and learn to share. It has been funny watching them "read" it over and over again. I also wanted to note that David has been trying very hard to say words. He says, "go," "Dad," "Mama," and "hi." He is very proud when he speaks and laughs with absolute delight.

Piano

David's latest interest is the piano. He loves to get up on the bench and just bang away. He also loves to try and climb on to the keys and from there to the top of the piano, so I have to watch carefully. He actually climbs on top of everything. If I turn my back for a second he will be on the kitchen table, dancing. He has fallen off of chairs a few times and lately he fell off of the table. He seems to always bite his lip too, but he never learns. As a result, less things get done around the house because I can't wander too far away, darling David.

Flat Stanley

  

My niece Estella was doing a school project called "Flat Stanley," and she sent Jonathan "Stanley." He was very excited to bring Stanley around Idaho Falls.  

Sharing

 

When David gets hungry he raids the pantry. It is a new thing for us since Jonathan only eats if he is greatly encouraged or motivated. David loves Ritz crackers and he will carry one around for a long time before he sits down and decides to eat it. Normally, all food must stay in the kitchen, but it was so cute to watch Jonathan and David share this cracker, that I allowed it into the living room.

Face Plant

Jonathan did a face plant on the drive way a couple weeks ago. This is at least three days after the accident. It makes it look not too bad, but at first, he looked like he got in a serious fight. Poor kid. He was pretty brave through the whole thing. The first time he looked in the mirror, he was totally mesmerized by the scrapes. I think he enjoyed watching it heal day after day.

Trains

Jonathan put this train track together all by himself. He really likes me to play with him, so it is kind of rare for him to put it together all alone. My job, on this particular morning, was to keep David from destroying it.