Halloween!

Mitch is such a snuggler! Here he is doing just that with Ginger (and we greatly appreciate her tolerance of it!)

Painting his pumpkin for Halloween

Mitch is now in a regular bed! He was so excited to sleep with a pillow and a big blanket! The transition has been good so far and the bed rail (even though not the cutest) has been a good reminder for where the edge of the bed is!

Mitch really wanted to be a dinosaur for Halloween this year. Thanks to our friends we were able to take a frog costume and doctor it up with accessories from a dinosaur puppet and voila! Mitchosaurus!

Practicing his roar

We went trick-or-treating in the dorms at one of the local colleges with Mitch's friend, Gillian. Mitch was really excited before and had lots of fun afterwards but was pretty overwhelmed while inside. He needed some coaxing to go up to the doors and didn't utter the phrase "trick or treat" even though he had practiced many times at home! I think this might be the only picture we have of the entire back of the costume.

Mitch and Gillian

Hugs

Mitch and dad downtown after dropping off our voting ballots

There are a bunch of bronze statues of animals downtown and here is Mitch, petting one of the deer.

He also decided he wanted to ride the deer and "hold on ears"

Nothing too exciting...

Mr. Sticker-nose...he kept this sticker on his nose from the time he got it (at Target) until the time we got home (about 20 minutes later).

Putting on "chapstick" with a pen cap

No, we weren't locked out of the house. Mitch had a fever and had been inside all day and was acting like he needed to get out for a while. It was raining and chilly but we decided it might be fun to read books on the porch while snuggling under blankets.

This is what it looks like when 2 parents are trying to get dinner ready and Mitch is left to play!

Pumpkin Patch etc.

"Ready to go" Pajama day at school

My sweet little boy...

We went to a pumpkin patch last Saturday, got a late start because Mitch took a long nap so we were there as the sun was setting. It was actually pretty cool, we rode on hay bales on top of flat beds pulled by a tractor which I think was the high light of Mitch's evening.

We weren't the only ones out there late though!

Mitch's pumpkin (still too heavy for him to carry back the whole way).

Happy October

So this is a rather large posting of pics, hope no one minds! Here's MItch with a pumpkin sent to him by (Kate's) Aunt Laura and Uncle Dale. It's very soft and squishy and MItch loved it immediately-Thanks!

Last weekend Mitch's friend, Elliot turned 2 and we went to a birthday party for him. It was mostly adults with a few kids (not a bad ratio if you ask me) and Mitch had a great time playing with new toys! Here are the two of them giving hugs...

...and reading a book with Brooke.

Bicycling with Mom on the floor

Mitch covered Charlotte up with his blankets the other day and wanted to snuggle. Talk about sweet! I can't believe Charlotte kept them on long enough to have lots of pictures taken. Though she does like to be tucked in at night, she probably wishes Mitch would do this more often!

"Cheese"

Some editorial photos of Mitch on the light rail

And then walking home with Dad

Wearing Dad's hats

One new thing Mitch has been enjoying recently is taking his socks off and putting them on his hands. I call him Mr. Sock-Gloves and he thinks it's pretty funny. Here he was before a bath, totally naked except for his sock-gloves.

We had another playdate with Mitch's friend, Gillian from his first daycare. They still have the best time together and are pretty cute to watch run around. Here they are taking a break from playing and sharing a snack. (which for Mitch means eating all of Gillian's goldfish crackers).

Discussing hot topics at the top of the slide.

A couple shots of Mitch sliding

Silly time and posing for pictures before going home.

Lazy Days

Well, I guess this last week we didn't do too much exciting but here are a few every day shots and a couple videos. Here we are reading a Christmas book (a little early)

Mitch really wanted to push mom on the swing and did a surprisingly good job!

"Baby Beluga"

Bicycling on the couch