Rainy Day Playtime

Now that the Fall and Winter weather is in full effect, we have to think "outside the box" with fun activities... so we brought our bike inside and played dress up! Dada wasn't too impressed with the dress up, but we had so much fun. I'm sure we'll be using our imagination and you will see a lot more posts like this one in the near future! 

Lunch Date with Aunt Ally and Auntie M

Alyssa and Mari-Beth were on our side of town running some errands last week and we had the pleasure of meeting them at the Cheesecake Factory for lunch! Alyssa has more pictures of the lunch date on her blog, so check those out too! Brayden did such a good job at lunch and he was fast asleep by the time we got on to the freeway to head home. Love these girls oh so much! 

The 3 Mr. Fixit's

Jarrod and Brayden went over to give Meagan and Jordan a helping hand hanging pictures, hanging shelfs and leveling things a few days ago. We are so excited to have those 2 living so close to us... now we can visit all the time! 

15 month check up!

A couple weeks ago we had Brayden's 15 month check up... and he is PERFECT in every way! He was in the 50th percentile in weight and 70th percentile in height! He's growing up so fast, it's CRAZY! 

Halloween Night

Here are some pictures of Halloween night. Trick or treating was a success and Brayden had fun handing out candy to all the trick or treating kids. Meagan and Jordan came and hung out with us too! Brayden was kind of scared of the pumpkins on our front porch when they were lit up tho. Needless to say we can't wait for next year! 

Our finished pumpkin products and our scary front yard 

Trick or Treating with Dada

Passing out candy to a princess... I think we did more eating of the candy then passing it out :) 

Flashback : Last year Halloween Night

Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza

Ok, maybe not a pumpkin carving extravaganza... but fun family memory for sure. Now that Brayden is interactive this halloween we thought it would be fun to have him paint his first pumpkin. Although it only lasted about 3 minutes, I think he really enjoyed those couple minutes... until he got bored and wanted to go play. Here are some shots of our fun morning. (Pictures of mine and Jarrod's carved pumpkins coming soon!). 

Brayden's Final Product! The very first pumpkin painting... a success!

Our Little Walrus at the Zoo

Being such a dedicated "zoo-going" family, what better way to enjoy the sights, sounds and rain on this Halloween weekend then at the zoo?! I decided to dress Brayden up as a Walrus this year, you can see pictures from Brayden's first Halloween (as a duck) right here! Uncle Jordan and Aunt Meagan met us there and we had so much fun walking around the zoo and seeing all the other kids in their costumes... The zoo had a scavenger hunt and treats at the end. Brayden's walrus costume sure was a hit and people were stopping and wanting to take pictures of him and "awww look at the walrus" I think we heard a million times! I must say so myself he is the cutest walrus I've EVER seen :) It's so funny he gets so excited to put on his costume and then he has a nonstop smile on his face the whole time. It's so much fun seeing him get so excited and we are practicing our "trick or treat" for Wednesday, stay tuned for that! Enjoy our cute little walrus! 

Oh, I almost forgot we got to see the giraffes eating pumpkins! It's so funny how they spread their legs really wide to bend down and eat... one of the highlights for sure!