My little Noah is getting big so fast. He is already 6 months old! He can roll over and sits up for about 20 seconds before he begins to slowly fall over. He grabs at everything and puts everything in his mouth. He babbles, "babababab." He smiles at everyone and absolutely loves his big brother. He watches his every move. He's only been around six short months but it is already hard to remember what our lives were like without him.

First Snow of the Season

This morning when we woke up there was a white layer of snow covering the ground. Not enough to make snow angels or a snowman, but enough to cover the car. It also happens to be Veteran's Day so neither Tristan nor I had school and by 8:00 am Tristan was a little stir crazy. So Edgar took him outside to scrape the snow off the car. He had so much fun that once he got inside he was asking to go out again claiming the car had more snow on it. Instead I took him in the backyard where he cleared snow from his bike, from the table and chairs, and from the grill. After all that hard work he was ready to come in, veg on the couch, and warm up for a bit.


Get that car clean!

Stomp! Stomp! Wipe, wipe.

Cozy up on the couch.

Sharing

I have to admit Tristan is not the greatest sharer. Grandma W has been working a lot with him on it. Whenever they get a snack she works on teaching to take turns eating the snack. So today we were eating fries at dinner and I finished mine first. I asked Tristan for one of his fries (of which he still had many) and he told me-quite forcefully- "no, mine!" Edgar's response to this was to offer me his fries and make a big deal about SHARING with me. After several "subtle" hints from Edgar, Tristan decided he wanted to share with mommy too. He took special care to shift through all of his fries to find the tiniest burnt fry and said, "here mommy," as offered it to me. Well, its a start at least...

Orange

The Simple Things

I’m joining Rebecca Cooper, author of the blog, "Simple as That," and totally amazing photographer, in documenting the simple things in my daily life, the little things and the little moments that make me smile. Each week I’ll post a photo of something simple that made me happy the past week.

"Afternoon Nap" I love spending time with my boys but also enjoy when they take an afternoon nap at the same time. It gives me a little bit of "me" time.

PS Wouldn't it be wonderful to take a two hour nap every afternoon!"

Halloween

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Halloween this year was so much fun. Tristan dressed up as a Racecar driver. I bought the uniform and then cut up boxes and painted them to make his racecar. He LOVED it-and is still playing with it. Noah was a puppy and looked super cute with his chubby little cheeks sticking out of the puppy face. This year Tristan really understood what trick or treating is all about. We went trick or treating around my Grandma Deutmans's neighborhood so Grandma and Grandpa D and Audrey and Joanna could see the boys dress up. Then we ended up at my mom's house for pizza. Tristan was too shy to actually say, "trick or treat," but he knocked on doors and held up his bag waited for the loot. I already can't wait till next year when both the boys can walk and knock on doors and enjoy the candy!