Catching up...

 Fresh breath is never under-rated!

 Getting ready for Daisy's birthday party.  Hope she likes these flowers I picked out.

Family time walking the Jack Pine trail.

 Hey mom, pull up my hat, I can't see!

 This is the biggest marble I ever held!

 I'll show my big brother how to do this

Hooray, hooray, hooray!

Winter Fun

 We've been up to a lot of busy stuff this winter.  Arlo has been on skates for his first time, Otis is loving his jolly jumper that Santa brought, and everyone is having a blast with all of the crazy snow we have had up in Ottawa so far.

Getting ready for Christmas

Today the boys and their parents took a trip to Thomas' Tree Farm to pick and cut a tree for the holidays.  Arlo used his critical eye to pick out a beauty of a tree.

 Hot chocolate, cookies, a wagon ride, and we got to cut ourselves a tree too!

The boys got into the decorating swing, and Arlo was loving the Santa hats.  I don't know how long the tree will keep it's decorations, at least the lower ones.  The tree also got a few random marbles added to the branches.  I am sure cars and trucks will find their way in their soon.

A couple of real stars.

Potty Time

 A little reading material on Trucks, and Arlo was quite successful on the toilet today.  Peed five times on the toilet, wore big boy underwear, showered standing up, all by himself (with Daddy spotting from outside the tub), and watched ten minutes of TV.  He proudly expressed all of those things and then said that he was growing up just as we were getting him into bed.  Now tomorrow might be another story....

Fun times

The picture should say it all.  Daddy was in the kitchen and wondering why things were so quiet in the living room.  All he could here was a sucking sound, and Arlo telling him that he was feeding his baby.  This is what was going on in there.

  Bubble baths are the best, so are bubble beards, and bubble hair. Now I need a bubble shave.

A bit close with that flash Daddy!

Space Traveller

Nothing makes fun like a cardboard box!  Arlo and Otis blasted into outer space with a little help from their ground crew (Mama) this past week.  Arlo enjoys bringing along all of his friends when he 'blasts off', like his Pooh Bears, cars, baby, blocks, and dinosaurs. 

 Sure you can drive Otis, but I'll give you the directions.  Check out the flag and shooting star we added to spice up our rocket ride.

Every space explorer needs to sport a space helmet!

Tricks and Treats

This was a heck of a week.  On top of Halloween, Ray and his students organized a Halloween themed family math night on Tuesday, which had Arlo, Otis, and Jenny all out at the school with a bunch of crazed costumed characters.  Then Otis woke Wednesday with more congestion than he has had for a week of the cold he is fighting, so Ray stayed home with Arlo so Jenny could take him to the Children's Hospital.  His airways were 97 percent blocked, and they had to suction a ton of glue like mucus out of him to get him breathing right.  We are now the owners of a great mouth suction run mucus vacum.  Yummy!  We did feel like the family was up for some trick or treating, so we took a short jaunt around the hood, and hit the people whe we know the most.  It was fun.
Then Thursday evening, while Jenny's cousin Mary was visiting, Arlo stood up from where he was playing, took two steps, and fell flat on the floor crying.  Despite Jenny's worries, Mary and Ray were convinced that he was ok, and though he didn't come around, even after going out for a swim that evening with mom, we put him to bed figuring he would be fine in the morning.  
No such luck.  Poor guy couldn't stand on his foot, so Jenny took a trip back to the Children's Hospital, and they xrayed to find a broken bone in Arlo's right foot!  Gotta trust a Mother's instincts....
So now Arlo is wearing shoes all day long to keep the bones in place, and has reverted to crawling everywhere as he can't put weight on his foot.  It will be a few weeks of this we have been told.  There goes dance classes!
Anyhow, here is what the past week was like in some photos...

It is Halloween, and time for me to monkey around!

 Otis isn't quite sure what to make of all this monkey business.

 Even us jungle animals need a bit of refreshment from time to time.

 The Queen of Hearts, and one of her 'tarts', head out for a Halloween party last Saturday.  The tart drew a lot of attention, and got offered a lot of refreshments for some reason.  It resulted in a mighty looooong Sunday.  Who says blondes have more fun?

 Arlo n Otis, decked out and ready for some Halloween fun.

All right, here is the plan Otis.  You look cute, I'll collect the treats for both of us.  I 'promise' I'll share...

 Ready for our first stop.

 I wonder what I'll get.  Come on up Daddy, don't you want some treats too?

 Thanks Nolan.  What a great treat!  See you later at my place.  What are you gonna wear?

Stopping for a photo op with the Jack o Lantern.

 Otis and our neighbour Angus.  Go team Dragon!

Two Monkeys and a Dragon, home after their Halloween adventure.