Lightning Feet!

I picked up some Lightning McQueen slippers for Griff today, and from first glance he was in love. He looks pretty cute walking around with Cars on his feet....and when one fell off, well look out, Griff was quite displeased. Sorry for the quality of the pics - I snapped them with my phone.

Workin' the Drive-Thru

Our nanny had some cute pictures that I wanted to steal and put on our blog. The first couple are of Griff working the McDonald's drive-thru. Apparently Tyler worked the cash register while Griff opted to man the window (he even insisted that she clip the receiver to his pants).

What? I can't hear you? You want fries with that?


And they painted the baby pumpkins that we picked up from the patch...Griff did a great job and chose to alternate colors of purple and green - the colors were actually alternated in a pattern. We were impressed (apparently from the pic below so was he). :)

Forgot one...

I forgot this pic of the trick or treating full-service dino transport...some of the houses were not close and though I carried him part-time (as did Auntie Liz) at times it was necessary for him to ride. I will say I feel it in my arms today....

Halloween Fun

We had a lot of Halloween festivities this year....first, we had the children's luncheon & parade at the Club, then there was the adult costume party that evening...and then on Sunday Griff did some trick or treating with his favorite cave girl Claire! Trick or treating could have never been accomplished had it not been for Claire - who is so, so awesome with him and can convince him to do almost anything without major meltdowns. Thanks, Claire! :)

The cave girl and her little dino

Daddy & Griff at the luncheon

Parading...if you'll notice, Claire has a cookie in her hand...good idea Auntie Liz...holding a cookie in front or around Griff was a big help in getting him to walk the parade without too much fuss. Nice work! :)

Still has the cookie...and a part in his mouth as a recent bribe!


This was later in the day when I attempted to get a pic of Griff in my wig. These two pics were the results....clearly, Griff has absolutely no interest in wearing a girl wig. Kind of a relief.

Rosalie & Emmett before the adult costume party

Our inspiration

Rosalie & Bonnie

Some of the decorations at the Club...Liz worked VERY hard on getting everything together, decor-wise, and even tolerated all of the helpers jokingly calling her scary "Martha" after she gave her instructions. :) Everything turned out really well, thanks to Liz.

Popcorn-gloved hands, complete with candy corn fingernails.... One of the decorations I didn't get a picture of (but meant to) was my favorite: random stocking-ed witch legs with shoes sticking out from under some of the trophy cases at the club!

If Grandma Kris and Grandpa Tom were still members, they'd be crayons (these are all of their friends who won the best group costume)

Lots of great costumes...Snooki/The Situation, Superheroes...lots of great stuff.

Snooki getting down

Hope your Halloween is DINO-mite!

Pumpkin Patch

This week I met our nanny at the pumpkin patch in Barrington. I swear she is SO brave for making the outings she does with two 1.5 year olds...it was cold, it was cloudy, and let's be honest, it wasn't the best day for the patch. But it was our last opportunity (hey, we tried before and unfortunately were in a car accident on the way so we make do with what we're given!)...

I'm not so certain how I felt about it, but the Patch had exotic animals: including a giraffe mommy and baby, zebras, African monkeys, camels, and all other types of regular and irregular petting zoo animals. A bit out of place for a pumpkin patch, but Griff LOVED it. The giraffe gave him a kiss (we were that close, right in her face). He cried when we left her barn. But we saw other animals (he ran up to each one, waved and said "HI!") and even got a little pumpkin that he later painted with our nanny as an art project.

All in all, glad we went.

This is without zoom: we were this close!

With his pumpkin

Baby 'roos

I like YAKS!

Zebras

18 Month & Family Pics

We had some professional pics taken earlier this month...I think they turned out quite well - here are a few of the highlights. :)