Gardening in the Living Room

Noah and Anna decided to bring the wheel barrow inside and attend to some gardening in the living room...

Here is Anna's "very, very serious" look which makes her already chubby cheeks look even chubbier. 

On the move

Anna is increasingly on the move!  She is pulling herself up onto her knees all the time, and just pulled herself up onto her feet for the first time a few days ago.  Mom & Dad are excited for her, but Im not sure Noah is quite as thrilled about her progress ;)  

Here is Noah getting annyoed by Anna climbing on his chair.  And I quote --"Anna Gwaaaaacccee (Grace)!!  Naughty!" 

Santa Parade

We went to the annual Santa Parade downtown recently.  We were pleasantly surprised to see Noah enjoy every minute of it. His eyes were glued to the procession for one full hour, which was extraordinary for him.  

Finally, the finale, the Santa float! 

After the parade, we configured the pram so that Anna could have a nap underneath. Now that she's getting bigger, her feet stick out the front when she lays down.  Noah thought this was absolutely the funniest thing. Needless to say, amongst all his giggling and pulling on her tights, she didnt get much of a nap. 

Im not sure what Noah enjoyed more, the parade or the train. 

Sidewalk Chalk...Yum

Anna has taken quite a liking to Noah's sidewalk chalks.  Here she can be seen enjoying a nice green bit.  

Diggers & a Wheel Barrow

Noah currently LOVES diggers. And, by his generous definition, cranes, cement mixers, tractors, dump trucks, fork lifts, and pretty much any large piece of yellow machinery is a "digger".  He has 3 diggers in particular that he is fairly attached to & as the last photo shows, he does not enjoy sharing them with his sister. 

Short video for Grandma.  Noah counting...2, 3, 7, 9, 10!

more halloween...

Here are a few photos from the Halloween picnic this weekend.  After I painted Noah's face he wanted look in the mirror, but he was genuinely terrified by what he saw. He started crying, jumped into my arms, wouldn't let me put him down and kept saying "no, no, no, no, no...".  It really wasn't very funny for him, but we had to stifle our laughs and offer pretend reassurance to him.  Once we were at the park and the candy came out, he quickly forgot about the crisis of his friendly skeleton face.  

Noah's costume courtsey of BabyGap pajama collection

Noah & his friend Ella on the see-saw.  

Anna loved having a turn on the playground

Big scary skeleton sucking his thumb!

Michael & Anna with our friend Tom & his daughter Eva.  The girls were not interested in cooperating for the photo.

He was like a vacuum inhaling the candy!  We never give him candy, so it was quite a yummy novelty for him.