This was the best Halloween to date! The festivities started with our traditional stop at Trick or Truck. Avery had a great time visiting with friends and checking out the various big rigs. After that we rushed home and prepared a quick dinner. Then Avery and Daddy headed out for some trick-or-treating while Kieron napped and Mommy handed out candy. Once Kieron woke up, we met up and finished going around the block.

The real fun started when we all got home and it was Avery’s turn to hand out candy. By this time he had a little sugar-high going. Every time the doorbell rang, Avery yelled “They’re here! They’re here!” He jumped up and down, grabbed two fists full of candy, and sprinted to the door. When Mommy or Daddy opened it, Avery exclaimed “Happy Halloween!” As he distributed the candy, he asked each trick-or-treater if they would come back to play with him and if they would go to Costco with him on Sunday. And he said a bunch of other things too, whatever else came to his mind. He was really on a roll, and we were in stitches!

Our little firefighter











With Jackson at Trick or Truck









“I love candy!”

We took the boys to the Carpinito Brothers Pumpkin Patch before Halloween. Avery was thrilled, and his favorite part was pulling the wagon we stacked with pumpkins. It took quite a bit of work on his part, but somehow he managed. We went on a hayride, which he also enjoyed, but Kieron cried almost the whole time. He missed his evening nap, and was a bit out of sorts. Of course we dressed the boys up for some photos.

No pumpkin patch trip is complete without a hayride








Searching for the perfect pumpkin

Chillin’ in the jogger. About to lose it.

Avery in front of the corn maze









“I can pull… this… all… by… myself!”

The boys


“Help! Get me off these pumpkins! I am not an Ann Geddes model!”

On October 23, Kieron had his first taste of food. We fed him rice cereal, and it went pretty well. In fact, it really didn’t seem to take much getting used to at all. Since then he’s had bananas and apple sauce, which appear to be a little sweet for his taste right now. He also tried carrots, which got a so-so response, and sweet potatoes, which he loved!

Hanging out with Grammy, visiting from Texas

In early October, Issaquah holds it’s annual Salmon Days Festival. The last time I went, I was marching in a parade back in high school. Every year we say we should go, but for one reason or another, we just don’t seem to make it. We finally made it this year, and had a great time. The weather cooperated, and Jonathan’s family was in town for the weekend. Avery loved watching the salmon in the stream. He also enjoyed the firetruck parked nearby.

We visited the Pacific Science Center with my parents the other weekend. It was a pretty fun place to take a toddler, though some of the exhibits will be more fun when Avery is a little older. The butterfly house was our favorite. It’s a big solarium filled with tropical plants and lots of butterflies.