Halloween and a trip to the beach

TV Junkie (10.29.07)



Halloween morning



Sid didn't have a costume this year. I just bought him a Halloween outfit.



Here's a closeup of the shirt.



Sid giving me a kiss goodbye.



This is the first year since we've been back in Oregon that we did not go trick or treating with McKenna and Kylie. We stayed home and handed out candy to the 5 people that knocked on our door, half of which had beards. Sid was pooped!



Sid playing with his refridgerator magnets. He looks so tall in this photo. (11.1.07)



One way Sid has to entertain himself lately is to sip water out of his cup and then let it pour out of his mouth. Here's a demonstration:





I love this picture. It's Sid's "little stinker" face.



Today (11.3.07), we went to the coast with Sid's Grandma Audrey. We ate at Georgie's.



He sat next to his dad and colored while waiting for our food. He also went outside and strolled the grounds. He was having a rough time sitting still!



Sid having fun on the beach.



Following his dad.



How cute are these two together?



Sid's pretty cute by himself too.



Michael investigated a cave.



With Grandma Audrey and Dad.



Sid said "bird" on this trip. He saw a seagull and called it "bird". He has also learned to "moo" when you ask him what a cow says. Here's a pic of him and I. We were checking out the sea lions.



The three amigos.

Catching Up

Sid likes spaghetti. (10.5.07)





Here is Sid resting up. We were getting ready to decorate for Halloween. (10.6.07)



Having breakfast with Dad.



I have no pictures of our house after we decorated. We actually discovered we don't have many Halloween decorations. However, what we did have was stored in one of those under-the-bed storage containers and Sid really liked to push it back and forth in the kitchen.



Michael then came up with the idea of Sid riding on the container. Sid liked this even better than pushing it. Those of you that have or have had children probably recognize this for the bad idea that it was. Sid LOVED this and it led to some crying when nobody wanted to push him around anymore.



Here is Sid modeling the new outfit his Grandma Barbara sent him. We love this outfit. Adorable! (10.11.07)



One day we went to the pumpkin patch. We all had a great time. Here is Sid, Michael, Kylie and McKenna riding on the cows. They were being pulled by a tractor. (10.13.07)



We also went on a horse drawn ride around the pumpkin patch. Here is a pic of Chris Goonan and my friend's son, Dylan, petting the horses.



I thought the horses were really beautiful.



Grandma Stokes and some of her grandkids posing in front of the corn maze.



Michael and Sid in the corn maze.



Sid and I on the horse wagon ride. I didn't realize he was having SO much fun until I saw the pictures.



Here's Sid surveying the pumpkin patch. I did not take him into the patch for his pumpkin until pretty much everyone else had brought their chosen pumpkins back to the wagon we brought out there to haul all the pumpkins back.



We took a couple of photos in the patch.





I then walked Sid out into the patch, fully intending on picking him out a small pumpkin. Sid, however, had other plans. After walking by a handful of pumpkins, he spotted his pumpkin. He ran over to it, put his hands on top of it and start yelling, "nah, nah, nah" excitedly. You can see the excitement on his face in this photo of him and his pumpkin. I think he's still yelling.



Here he is probably making sure Grandma sees his pumpkin.



Trying to lift his pumpkin.



Me helping him pick it up. (No, I'm not pregnant!) That's my food baby.



Sid supervising Dad cleaning a pumpkin.



The finished pumpkins. Sid's is the spider.



Unfortunately a week or so after we carved these we had to throw them out. We moved them out onto the porch when they first began to mold. Then they started leaking fluid and caving in and had to be shoveled into the yard debris bin. We didn't realize you should wait until the weekend before Halloween! Maybe next year we'll have better luck.

Sid is kind of a TV junkie. He loves to watch about a half hour or so of one of his movies when we get home during the week. Here he is chilling and eating popcorn. (10.17.07) Yes, he has his slippers on.



Grandma Audrey bought Sid an electric drum. Here he is checking it out. (10.20.07)



He got really excited.





Here's some video of the good times.



Sid sleeping with his Pooh. (10.24.07)





Yesterday, Sid's friend, Ava came to visit. Ava is the daughter of my friends, Kim and Marc. I've known Kim since I was four. It was a real joy to see my son playing with her daughter. I didn't get many pictures, because my camera needed charging. We did get some really cute video of these two dancing to the drum Sid got for Christmas last year, however it's on our camcorder, not our camera. (10.27.07) Sid admiring Ava's shoes.



Ava checking out Hambone and Akira.



Today we went for a hike near the river and then out to lunch. Sid took a short nap when we got home and then woke up grumpy or not feeling well. We snuggled on the couch watching Toy Story until he felt like playing again. (10.28.07)



We are now officially caught up! Let's see if we can keep it that way.