Sunday, November 30, 2008

Leaves and Stuff

Here are some random photos of your favorite kids. The pictures don't fit into much of a theme other than they were all taken within the last few weeks.

It's Fall and the leaves or down. That means Nate and Sean get a chance to romp through big piles before the vacuum truck comes to take the leaves away. It was still warm when we took this picture. That was a perfect day for scattering the piles about as quickly as mom and dad could rake them into place! Nate still had one of his front teeth in his toothy grin so you can tell this picture is a few weeks old.

Here's how things looked when we stacked the piles high. Nate can still get head and shoulders above the top but Sean looks like he's going down to the bottom in quicksand. Be careful Sean -- the leaf truck might not be able to see you. Next thing you know, you'll be turned into mulch!

Now it's cold. We went to visit some friends over the Thanksgiving holiday. They had piles of leaves, too. Lots of them! Nate took a few moments away from the pile hopping to sit down with his new friend, the multicolored frog. There have already been a couple of snows here in the mountains but we've not been so fortunate (or unfortunate as the case may be) to have anything like that near our home.

Sean looks like he's dressed for an arctic expedition in that puffy blue ski jacket. It's really not that cold yet. But he'd rather run around without any jacket at all so this sure beats the alternative. As usual, Sean doesn't like to pose for the camera so we have to take candid shots from a distance, and catch him by surprise.

Thanksgiving Pageant


Nate participated in a Thanksgiving Pageant at his school just before the holiday. Parents got a chance to see their kids in action. This photo took place during the entertainment part of our time together. All the kids lined up and recited a Thanksgiving poem. Then they all sang a song. Nate, unfortunately, inherited his sense of rhythm from his mom, but he mostly kept beat with the others.


Next Nate got to show off some of his wonderful artwork. He's become very interested in drawing in recent months, and he always has a pad of paper and markers nearby. It's probably his favorite activity right now. You should have seen his Thanksgiving turkey dressed in various NASCAR driving outfits. Yes, you heard that correctly.


Later everyone posed for pictures before digging in to the Thanksgiving feast of cookies and muffins. We sure have a lot to be thankful this year!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

I Got no Teef!

Nate is a toothless wonder. We've got him singing, "all I want for Christmas are my two front teeth." Both of them fell out within about a week of each other. Hopefully this look won't last long, and in fact one of his permanent teeth is already starting to poke through. He sure looks funny though and he sounds even funnier! We thought he wouldn't be able to eat very well but he showed us his technique using the two side teeth.

It's been a long time since Nate has been so toothless. In fact, we have to go all the way back to 2002.



Nate's been a little impatient for his new teeth so he decided to try some dentures. I'm not sure this is exactly the look I'd recommend but he seems to be satisfied with it.