O Little Town of Bethlehem...

Happy Halloween!

Here is our little dinosaur on Halloween. Harrison loved his costume, he was very excited to show everyone that he was a dinosaur.


What a cutie!


Hmmm... You know, the longer he had that thing on the more I started to see an alligator. Later when we went trick-or-treating several people called him a frog and several others an alligator or crocodile. Just as I thought... Oh well - for all intents and purposes he was a dinosaur, and he loved being a dinosaur.




With our pumpkins. (Amy, I think this picture looks a little bit like Eliza. Can anyone else see it?)


Dinosaur bum!




We went to our ward trunk or treat, and then later went out to knock on a few doors so Harrison could yell "Trick or Treat!!" like we had practiced all week. Harrison had the system DOWN. He knew exactly what to say and when to say it.


Then after every house he had to check out his loot and say, "Look at all these treats!" It was slow moving from house to house because Harrison walked looking inside his bag instead of watching where he was going.


He really loved his trick-or-treat bag a lot. So much that he refused to let go of the handles.


I had to hold his hand with the handle in it. He wouldn't even drop the handle to knock on the doors. He wasn't going to let a single piece of candy fall out of that bag.


Eric and Rachel came over to do a little trick-or-treating and have some good eats right after. Thanks for coming guys!


It was a fun night! Harrison is getting so big and it was fun to see him really 'get' trick-or-treating. He had a great time.

Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Time

This year instead of picking our pumpkins out at the grocery store, we (meaning me, Leslie) decided it would be more fun to go and pick them straight from the patch!

And it WAS fun! Turns out, however, that you pay a lot for fun, in case you were wondering. We went to the grocery store right after our pumpkin patch adventure and pumpkins were on sale for 9 cents a pound.

We were ripped off.

BUT, it was totally fun.





Harrison had a hard time choosing the perfect pumpkin. If he couldn't lift it, he didn't want it. We were told time and time again, "That's not a good one."








He finally settled for this one with the long handle.


Before leaving the pumpkin patch we, of course, needed a family picture. Even though there were plenty of people around to help, we set the camera on top of the camera bag and just did a timer picture. We usually rock the self timer pictures, but we had a little trouble this time around. We were all crouched down watching the blinking light and slowly our camera started to fall backward off the camera bag. As the camera fell further we kept standing up higher, so as not to miss our shot. Dang. These pictures crack me up every time. My camera snaps three shots in a row - you can see us standing up higher and higher:




Redo:


Hooray for overpriced pumpkins!


It was totally worth it.





Later that night it was time to carve those pumpkins. Harrison colored his.




Hard at work...


Kate came,


and Brock too.


We love when Kate and Brock come over.


The finished product!


Our pumpkins!! (Kate, Brock, Leslie, Peter)

Actual and Factual Quotes from my 2 Year Old:

Harrison: "Mom, take my picture with my Buzz Lightyear undies! I turn this way."


"Did you see him?! Is it a good one?!"


"Let's try another one. Can you see him?"


"Is it totally awesome?!"




Later that day...

"Take my picture again! I'm on my potty!"


"Cheeeeeeeeeese!!!!!"



Oh Harrison... you are so cute.



Even if you did pee on my couch later that day...

That's how we roll

I've decided we are going to become bike people, because bike people are cool people.

They are adventurous. They go explore cool places. They are always smiling and having a good time. And most importantly:

They are skinny.


Yeah. We want to be bike people.



In my quest to become skinny, er... I mean bike people... I got a bike for my birthday and then bought a bike trailer for Harrison.



Hi there!


The bike trailer is awesome. I spent a long, long time researching all of the different kinds and brands of trailers and finally decided on this one. Love, love, love it.


Harrison loves it too.


Peter's parents brought his bike out from Virginia so that he can ride with us too. (thanks again!)


My neighbor goes with me on morning bike rides and we whine together about sore bums and tired thighs. We ride for about 30 minutes and then chat outside for about an hour (okay... sometimes more, because it's hard work being bike people!).

This is my neighbor's daughter, Tennley. She normally rides in her own trailer, but this day she was having a little visit in Harrison's trailer.






Harrison and Tennley are good friends. They share the same birthday, exactly one year apart. Tennley follows Harrison around like he is the coolest kid she's ever met. She laughs and giggles at everything he does. It is so funny to watch them together.

They are so cute!






But don't worry, they're nothing more than just friends.


Gimme some knuckles.


That's just how we roll.