Oct 2011 - Grammy & Grampy's visit! (part 1)

Grammy & Grampy came to visit in October, which was a perfect time to go to a local farm/pumpkin patch with Aunt Michelle, Uncle Trevor, Isaiah and Ayla!  We started off with the petting zoo at the farm...

These three are so goofy together!

Some quality Lego time with Grampy.

They went through the straw maze a couple times...

We all went through the corn maze together and nearly got lost...

Riley's Birthday Party!

Sweet Riley just turned two!  She is the younger sister of Will (plaid shirt with dark hair behind her, who is one of Christopher's friends).  Riley is the only girl in a sea of boys!

Each of the kids got to paint a pumpkin, which they had a lot of fun doing.

Christopher and his best friends, Kai and Eli, finishing up their pumpkins.

Riley's house is set in a beautiful part of the mountains - you can see the Aspens beginning to change color.

Enjoying the birthday cupcake.  He ate all the icing, licking it off like ice cream and didn't have a single bite of the actual cake part.  The "sugar high" started about 20 minutes later...

We went to the Circus!!

So...yesterday, we got to go to the circus with Michelle, Trevor, Isaiah and Ayla and we had a GREAT time!

The three cousins before the show started...

The beginning of the show makes you realize that there is SO MUCH to see, it's hard to not be overwhelmed visually.

The tight-rope performers were really impressive.

Entranced in the show...

The tigers seemed so fierce but put on a good show!

That ball of fire in the air is actually a MAN ON FIRE being shot from a cannon, aiming for the landing pad on the right.  Crazy!!

The elephants were a big hit and lots of fun to watch!

A boy and his Legos

Christopher's Aunt Michelle recently shared a HUGE bucket of Legos with him and he's loved breaking them in.

I caught him inside his "fort," wearing his cape and playing with some of the Lego guys.  Such a boy!

Eli's Birthday Party!

 Christopher's friend, Eli, turned 3 and Christopher had a lot of fun at his party!  The pinata was a big hit!

 Christopher was "helping" Eli to blow out his candles...

 Indulging in the birthday cupcakes with Eli...

Licking off the very last bits of icing, such that none goes to waste.

Learning to write his name...

So...pretty much every day at preschool, Chris makes a "play plan" of what he's going to do for the day.  He is also learning how to write his name on these "play plans."  Above is the most impressive version of writing his name we've seen so far.  We're so proud of him!

New bed!

Well...turns out Christopher isn't getting any smaller and was beginning to outgrow his toddler-size bed.  So...we got him a "big boy bed," which is a twin-size low loft bed and he loves it!  It's fun because he gets to climb a ladder to get into and out of bed and there is a fun tent/fort area beneath the bed that he can hide and play in.  Last night was his first night sleeping in his new bed.  This morning, we asked him if the bed was comfortable and he said, "sure was."  We asked him if he slept well and he said, "sure did."  Guess he likes it!