Vignettes

Scene: Church. Four people are seated in the pew in front of us.
Leo, pointing at each individual in succession: Un, deux, aah, AAH! Un, deux, aah, AAH! Un, deux, aah, AAH!
 (His vocabulary is increasing. Slowly, but surely.)

Scene: Living room, early afternoon on a quiet Sunday. Guy has unhooked the pad of the IKEA chair from the seat, leaving it attached to the top of the frame.

G: Hey, Leo! Wanna play in here?
L: YeeeeeeAAAAHH!
(They both climb onto the chair frame, with the pad draped in front of them and covering them)

G: Let's play rocket ship!
L: YeeeeeeAAAAAHH!
G: Look, there's the moon!
L: aah-aah-aah-aaaah
G: Look at the stars!
L: aahaah-aah-aaaaah!

SCENE: Grocery store, pasta and tomato sauce aisle. Three employees are stocking canned goods immediately to the left of the grocery cart, in which Guy & Leo are seated.

G: STUPID LIST!
Me: Excuse me?
Employees: *snicker snicker*
Me: It's a grocery list, dear.
G: Stupid grocery list!
Employees: Haha!
Me: Guy, if you say stupid again in the grocery store you will not earn a doughnut.

SCENE: Grocery store parking lot, post shopping trip
G: STUPID STUPID STUPID!
Me:  All righty then.

Update

I'd like to give a shout-out to my awesome husband, who recently rescued all of the videos we've taken in the last 4 years off of the hard drive from my dead computer. HOORAY! I'm so glad they're not lost forever to the ether.

In news: I'm tired and the kids are watching too much TV. Life is happy, but I still feel like we're adjusting to all the major changes of the summer.

I'm eating leftover chickpea masala, which is quite tasty if I say so myself, with home-made garlic naan. YUM! And thinking about trying to find a sitter for tonight so that Josh and I can go out to eat and celebrate my upcoming 25th birthday. Not sure about that yet; I may wait until next week to celebrate being a quarter of a century old!

In case I hadn't mentioned, Josh bought me a Kindle for my birthday! It has to be one of the best presents; it's lightweight and I can take it anywhere and have access to a whole library of (free) books.

 And because it's funny . . .

Axel!

Nearly 14 pounds, 24 1/2 inches long, and cute as a button! Except when he's awake at 1 a.m. Still cute, just not appreciated.

For Amy

I can't believe it's warm enough on OCTOBER 27TH that Axel is wearing this. But, there you have it, I live in the South now.

Halloween!

Last Friday night our ward held their "Fall Festival" and "Trunk-or-Treat". It was a fun activity, and the boys certainly enjoyed themselves.

 Guy was a cowboy, and Leo dressed up as a belligerent-two-year-old-who-wouldn't-wear-anything-fun. Ahem.

Josh took them from car to car, while Axel and I minded the back of MY FABULOUS MINIVAN. I can't get enough of this vehicle. It's a blessing to get the kids in and out of the car without fuming with anger over how difficult it is.

Swagbucks

I have now earned and spent $100 on Amazon using Swagbucks.

Check out the referral link on the sidebar; it's pretty awesome making money doing something I do anyway.

Day at the Park

 These children bring me so much joy. And when did Leo get so big?