Fall Fun

As the season has changed, and the leaves have fallen, the boys have continued to spend as much time as possible outdoors.  As you can see in these photos, leaves offer a whole range of fun options for creative, and fun loving guys.  

Halloween was an exciting time for the guys this year.  We decorated the front lawn with ghosts, hung ghouls from the trees, and set up a cemetary in the side yard...all in the first weekend of October!  It made for a long, and fun, season.  Arlo was set on being a bat, and Otis wanted to be Batman, which meant late nights for Jenny over the sewing machine, but their smiles made it all worth it.  

The last few shots are of Arlo's investiture into Beavers.  He got his white tail and everything.  He sure was proud, and Otis was really excited about it all too.  He thought he was getting invested!  Not until you are five Otis...

I did it!

Otis has been dressing himself for about a year now, but often struggles to pick out clothes quickly, or with a sock or tight shirt.  Today daddy was going back to work after a long fun summer, so he was told to get dressed and make his bed while mom was in the shower...and here he is celebrating getting finished before the shower was over.  We won't tell him that his shirt is on backwards until later on, so he can enjoy his feeling of success.