Number, Shapes, Colors AND Letters!

I know this will make two posts in one day but we took this video tonight and I couldn't wait to put it up.

Chill dancing by Autumn

Our backyard

So, these videos were taken a few weeks ago when we were all healthy, it was a little warmer outside and it was still light outside when Andrew would come home from work.

Ebby loves the little slope in our backyard. At first he was content just running up and down but he's since expanded his repertoire with running backward and crawling. Here he's added two more varieties.

Autumn on the other hand is happy with a few leaves on a bush.

Crawl/Walking

We're so sorry for not posting anything recently. At first everyone in the house was sick at the same time and then Andrew got sick. He was sick for over two weeks! Not fun times. But he seems to be getting better and besides the constant runny noses the kids have we're pretty much back to normal. 

Onto the actual post.

Autumn is on the brink of walking. She'll take a few steps here and there but she's still unsure and prefers to crawl. She's always had this weird sort of crawl/walk thing and we wanted to make sure we got it on camera before she starts to really walk. Here she is in all her glory.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to ya'll! I've been looking forward to Halloween since August. Probably because that's when we got our costumes. I just couldn't pass up on the Cowboys and Indians theme. I wish they had something for Autumn but she does make a really cute pink bunny. 

Since Andrew was sick this year we decided a quick walk around the mall would be just about all he could take. (Our mall did a Halloween Trick-or-Treat where certain stores gave out candy to the kids. Sometimes I love our little town.)

All of us Trick-or-Treating at the Mall.

Ebby was scared at first but he got the hang of it really fast when he realized he got to keep the candy.

   

Autumn had a good time too. We let her chew on an Oreo candy and when we got home we realized she had actually opened it with her mouth. She was covered in cookie crumbs and loving every minute of it.

Monkey Drama

We've had a little drama at our house today. Well to be honest, we have drama at our house everyday but today it was centered around Ebby's monkey. Ebby's has been sleeping with his monkey friend for over a year now and he's grown quiet attached to it - when it's time to sleep. Otherwise he couldn't care less about it. That was until Autumn decided she liked him too. Whenever Autumn happens upon monkey she goes crazy. Hugging and kissing him like there's no tomorrow. I think it's really cute. Ebby doesn't agree with me. The evidence of this is in the first two videos.

But don't feel too bad for Autumn. She always manages to find monkey again.

All the same, maybe Santa should give a sweet little girl a monkey for Christmas.

Our new desk

So, it's finally done! For the past month or so we've been using a folding table as a computer desk for our computers. It's been awkward, uncomfortable and not to mention very ugly. (Our old desks were too big for the space.) I didn't really realize how expensive desks were until we moved. A new desk was definitely not an option let alone two. So, I decided to make one. Please keep in mind that before this project the most I worked with wood was to hammer a nail into a wall to hang a picture. It's definitely not perfect but it'll do. And it's way better than the folding table.