Let's do this in chronological order, so let's rewind back to October...
Halloween weekend held a great event for the kids called Trunk or Treat at our church. It was such a fun event! There were about 8 rows of cars with decorated trunks and candy to pass to the kids. It was a nice practice for Natalie's first official "trick or treating" experience the next day. We came up with our car's decorations very last minute, but I love how it turned out! We used the Civic and put eyes and then made a mouth so the kids reached into the mouth to get their treats. The pic shows it...
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Tyler had 2 costumes to wear, so we did the sock monkey for Trunk or Treat...Thanks Aunt Jenny!
Natalie was a cow (this was SO CUTE on her and especially funny from behind since the "head" of the cow sits completely above her head...really funny!) Thanks Grandma LaVonna!
And here are fun pictures from Halloween itself with Tyler as the panda bear...Thanks Uncle Andy!
I love this picture of Tyler because it shows his fantastic smile and features the 4 teeth...up until after the new year, he continued to only have 4 teeth...we have been through at least 8 weeks of active teething and he's up to close to 12 now...it has not been fun, but I think the first set of molars is just about completely in now!
Moving along to November 14th - Tyler's first b-day party!! We had a Blues hockey theme, and I'm pretty proud of my decorating on the cake (though it does not hold a candle to the cake pops that Aunt Koren makes and sells now!). We had it at the house and had a great number of our friends there to help him celebrate. Actual 1st b-day was two days later on the 16th.
Natalie was (of course) far more into unwrapping the presents than Tyler, who until the last couple months, enjoyed a laid-back, observant style to his days...currently he's climbing on EVERYTHING and VERY active...100% boy!
"Scout" the dog...both Tyler and Natalie LOVE this dog...so much so that we got the girl version, Violet, for Natalie as incentive to potty train. This was going completely unsuccessfully and then about 4-5 weeks ago, Natalie pretty much trained herself for #1 and needed just a couple days of coaxing for #2. We are now completely potty trained and in "big girl" panties...what a relief to be down to just 1 kid in diapers!!
Hockey jersey from Aunt Julie...
CAKE!
The cake tastes good, so maybe I'll try the players...
More to come...much, much more...
