Daylight savings

Anna, hot in her flannel pajamas, woke up early. She did not get the memo on daylight savings time. What else did she want to do besides bob for apples at 6:00 am?

Halloween

Fun evening of trick or treating in our neighborhood!  Ian wanted to do exactly what Anna was doing, so he would follow her to the door and take fistfuls of candy. Anna was strictly instructed to take only one piece!  Both kids had so much fun. 

Our little pumpkins

We spent a day at a local farm feeding the animals and picking out our pumpkins. Ian basically performed feats of strength while Anna bonded with the animals. 

He was seriously able to dead-lift this pumpkin:

Ian's 15 mo check up

29.75 lbs (99%)

33 in (99%)

4 shots and he cried nonstop until we pulled into the driveway. He didn't even eat his lollipop!

We officially have a climber

He is very proud of himself :)

Ian is 15 months old

My copilot while we were waiting for emissions testing. 

Tasting lemon seltzer for the first time. 

 

Dinner time. Enough said. This picture could be reproduced daily. We love this wild man. 

Ian starts day care

Ian started daycare last week.  He goes to school two days a week from 9-12.  He is known as "the only baby who doesn't cry."  Not sure is that is a good reflection of our child or bad reflection of the day care!  As typical of our neighborhood, Ian's day care is full of overachieving families. I have been asked to be on at least TWO committees. What is this place?  All comments aside, this is an adorable school with kind teachers, and Ian is thrilled to be around kids. 

Uncle Raul

Around the house

Officially a climber. I found him pooping on top of the play room table two weeks ago (while wearing a diaper). 

Poor kid. His sister has never really ridden a tricycle, so he's still trying to figure out what to do with this thing. 

Day of haircut

He was happy, he celebrated with (root)beer, and then passed out. He looks so grown up now!  He's the size of a three year old, so he might as well look like one!

First hair cut

Here are the before and after photos. The stylist was super fast, which was great bc I was surprised that Ian was able to hold still at all. 

First bus ride

Once Anna got over her nerves and saw what all the other kids were doing, she was ready for the bus. Here she is waiting (on the wrong side of the street bc I had no idea what I was doing).The actual bus stop is our front yard so we don't have far to go. The bus driver does not give you time to be sentimental, hence the blurry picture of her boarding the bus. 

On her second day of riding, Anna got in trouble for (repeatedly) standing in her seat. I told her that if she comes home with a bad repot from the driver again, she will not be able to ride the bus for a week. "Nooooooooo!!!!"  She has been well behaved ever since. :) Anna says that she loves, loves, loves riding the bus. 

 

I can do it myself

Ian is using a spoon and fork now. Despite the amount of food in his face in these pictures, he is actually pretty efficient in shoveling it in. Basically, he will do anything for eggs, meat, and pasta. 

Anna's first day of school

After much anticipation, Anna had her first day of kindergarten. She was very nervous and very excited. Rob and I took her to school and we all were one of the first families there. We walked in and waited for the bell to ring in the cafeteria. Anna met the lunch ladies. We took her up to her class and Rob hugged her about ten times before the teachers gave me the signal to get him out of there. :)  there were no tears, but we definitely felt the heaviness of ending our baby phase and starting our big kid phase of life. 

Anna's first lunch in her bento box. 

Haygood church is next door to Anna's school. Ian will start preschool at Haygood in a couple of weeks. The church staff was waiting on the sidewalk to take Polaroids of families on the first day if school and offer tissues and Starbucks to the parents. 

Rare form

I had to post these pictures. These kids made me laugh so hard today.  

Ian had blue food coloring for breakfast and smeared the leftovers all over the kitchen floor. I should have been suspicious when he was trying to crawl into the dishwasher that I was unloading. He was SO proud of himself. If he weren't so cute I could have wrung his neck. 

I told Anna to be ready and dressed to meet her teachers when I got home from work. She was so proud of the outfit she had choses I didn't have heart to laugh or tell her to time it down. She felt so special when she met her teachers and is now excited about school she told her Barbie that kindergarten is going to fun and that she wants to rude the bus. It was a good turning point for her. 

Baby Patrick's baptism

We had a quick trip to Pcola for Patrick's baptism. He wore the gown that his father wore (and that Ian borrowed). There was some arm flailing when the water was poured over his head but no crying. Patrick was as calm as ever (P3, not Pjr, it was a "can of biscuits" day for Pjr).

Papa was showing Anna his new guitar skills. 

We took a break to go swimming, and Ian was more interested in the hose. 

Goodbye Mrs. Shondra

Today we said good bye to our first nanny. Shondra was Anna's three year old teacher and has been with us since Ian was born. She is leaving to be closer to home as she has her third child. Anna and Ian have thrived under her care, and we will miss her.