Vacation - continued

11/29/07 At Tuttle Crossing Mall with Santa. Alex asked for a "great bigger fire truck." Nick asked for a "piano."
Riding the train at the mall.
They had a blast in the train - and then threw royal fits when the ride was over.

11/27/07 At Wild Lights at the Zoo - the big train display.

Proof that the boys really do have a Mommy. I always forget to get pictures of me with the boys. Here's the best I could do holding the camera at arm's length.

Vacation

11/27/07 Wild Lights at the Zoo.

The boys watching (still not riding - they refuse) the Merry Go Round

11/27/07 Nick riding the "elevator" at Chuck E Cheese. This was after we tried to get pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids. Alex was fine. Nicholas was mean and angry - we weren't able to get a single decent picture of him. Too bad Kiddie Kandids couldn't follow us to Chuck E Cheese, where he was all smiles.

11/25/07 First on the agenda for our vacation was COSI. Despite Nick's repeated plea to "STAY HOME" and his cries of "I don't like COSI" he had a blast once we got there.
Alex on the move. I'm not sure I got a single picture of him with 2 feet on the ground. He was in constant motion for 2 straight hours.

Knitted hats and playing outside in November

11/3/07 - Nicholas modeling the hat I knitted for Alex. Of course, Alex would not wear the hat.
11/10/07 - Nicholas modeling the hat I knitted for him. He seems to be much more of a hat person than Alex.
11/24/07 - Alex gave up on his play rake (in the background) and got to try out the big rake. He and Nick didn't quite get that the rake is a one direction kind of thing - they kept trying to pull it and push it. Then they gave up and just scattered the leaves all over.
Nick likes to walk on the edging around the flower bed
Alex helping Daddy with some Christmas decorations. David is wearing the hat I knitted for him.

11/3/2007 - The boys were exploring the first frost. It was 47 degrees out, but any grass that hadn't seen the sunlight still had thick frost on it. They had fun touching it and then stomping on it.
Frost is pretty neat!
Nicholas loves to swing.
11/10/07. Have I mentioned that Alex is absolutely obsessed with vacuums and carpet cleaners? For about the past year, he has been crazy for them. He can tell you which brands are his favorites (1. Any carpet cleaner 2. Any Dyson 3. Dirt Devil 4. Eureka 5. Bissel . . .) He loves to talk about all the parts (brushes, handle, plug, etc). I need to set up a youtube account so I can upload a video I took at the same time as this picture - too funny.
11/24/2007 - We set up a "great bigger spooky cave" under the table. The boys can hear "bats and skeletons" when they sit in their cave.