Halloween #1

Last week the boys and I painted little pumpkins. Their space for projects like that is very small so I had to line the walls around them with trash bags, I also made them each wear a garbage bag apron. They ended up mixing all the paint colors up and ending up with a purple color for everything. Jack of course managed to get paint all over his head and garbage bag. Thank goodness for the garbage bags. :)

 Both boys were very happy with their pumpkins when we finished. (even if Jack looks upset in this picture!)

Start 'em young

 One afternoon this week Avery woke up from his nap before Jack. I was online talking to Andy and Avery asked if he could say hi, so I let him chat with Andy. he would tell me what he wanted to say and I would help him figure out which letters spelled out his words. It was hilarious watching him type. It reminded me of my dad, maybe dad's better at it now...who knows. :)

Avery spent the whole time with one finger searching for each letter. It took 2 minutes just to type "hi dad". I loved it. Avery thought it was awesome to talk to Daddy on the computer. I think it made him feel like such a big kid. Of course after a while he got tired of spelling words and just started hitting random keys, here's their conversation...for your entertainment! :)

4:07 PM me: zadsdwqujklopxxxx avery

4:08 PM Andy: hi Avery

4:10 PM me: hi daddy

 Andy: did you have a good nap?

4:13 PM me: yes

 Andy: that's cool

  what are you guys up to?

4:14 PM me: chillin

4:15 PM Andy: are you excited to go play with Sammy tonight?

4:16 PM me: i am

 Andy: what are you going to play with Sammy?

4:17 PM me: scooby doo

4:18 PM Andy: are you going to be Freddy again?

4:20 PM me: i am

4:22 PM Andy: can jack be scooby?

4:23 PM me: i dont think so

4:24 PM Andy: oh

  ok4:26 PM me: mklpuiogvvvvvvvvvvvczzzzzzzzawertyyui

 

4:27 PM Andy:you are a nice boy

  I love you

4:28 PM me: lkoiuyhjcvzaqwertyu

  bye

He's amazed with technology. Like the time he asked me who I talk to on the phone so I listed some different friends and family members, most of which live near us. When I said that I talk to "Aunt Sis" on the phone too, he stopped me from talking and exclaimed "You mean you can talk to Aunt Sis all the way over here?!" Like it was the most amazing thing he'd ever heard...talking on the phone in different states!  Apparently he thought phone calls were limited to locals. :)

Hair cut

I didn't realize how crazy and long Jack's hair was getting to be. I don't like to cut it often because I think his curls are adorable, but when he just looked like he had bed head all the time I figured it was time.

He sure looks handsome with short hair though, now I'm waiting for it to grow a little so it'll curl again.

He also has started wearing "Avery's jacket of life" around, he thinks it's pretty awesome. We think it's awesome that he calls it a jacket of life. He is talking so much now, he says pretty much anything we ask him and he comes up with some crazy stuff himself. Avery like to "teach" him words, so a lot of time when we're in the car the conversation going on in back is something like this:

Avery: Jack say van
Jack: wan!
Avery: Jack say thank you (which sounds more like fank you)
Jack: pee coo

And so on. I love listening to them. Until someone starts screaming. :)

Sillies

 A couple days ago a panicked Avery asked me for help. When I turned to see what he needed this is what I saw - his arms crisscrossed through his shirt and in the wrong arm holes...what?! He was not very happy that I decided to take some pictures first, but seriously, that is too hilarious not to!

Also, Jack has been sick this week. He sounds so funny with his little froggy voice, and he's extra cuddly when he's not feeling well so I don't mind that! This afternoon when the boys woke up from their nap he grabbed his blanket (which he calls his "oo-oo-ah baby, because of the monkeys on it.) and made himself comfortable on the floor for another rest. Sick babies are so sad.

update

So, when we moved to Missouri in April Andy had a job at a place about 45 minutes from where his parents live. We saw it as a temporary situation, but were very grateful that he had a job at all.
After about 2 1/2 months working there and waiting for his Missouri licensing stuff to go through we started looking for something better.

At the beginning of August he started working for a company that would provide more opportunity for him to move up and would better support our family. So now he's working closer to home, which is nice to not have a long commute anymore and the boys and I love being able to stop by his office and visit. 

This week we've also started looking at houses. I'm so excited! I'm not going to lie, sometimes I wish we were on "House Hunters" or "Property Virgins" and had our own Sandra Rinomato and a video camera following us around. If you don't watch HGTV. Shame on you. :)
Maybe I love HGTV too much. Except I don't think that's possible, so lets pretend I didn't even say that.
Looking at houses is fun, even without the video camera.
We're hoping we'll be able to get in something around the first of December, if not before. We're really excited. Really.

Avery is loving pre-school. Each time I drop him off he makes sure to tell me in a reassuring way that he'll see me at lunch time. And then when I pick him up all the way back to the car he asks if Jack is "so excited to see me". Every time, same thing. He's such a sweet little boy. Jack and I miss him when he's at school, but we've got a little schedule of things we do when Avery isn't with us, so we make it through.
Avery has also started sounding out words, he loves to try reading books, so we have a few that are beginning readers and he has fun sounding out the words. He's always asking questions (which gets a little old every day about 4:30) and wanting to look things up in the dictionary. He's just so curious, and lucky for him he takes after his Dad and picks up on things pretty quickly, and remembers almost everything.

Jack is going through a moon obsession. Oddly enough Avery went through a similar phase at the same age.
Jack looks for the moon every time we go outside and is practically giddy when he sees it. He also insists on singing any song that mentions the moon, he has a couple favorites though "Mister Moon" and "I See The Moon". We also check out the book "Goodnight Moon" about every other time we go to the library.
When we drive around at night he talks to the moon, yells at it and lets us know when the moon eats a snack. Apparently the moon is partial to Star Wars snacks, especially R2-D2. Jack thinks he's pretty hilarious when he comes up with that.
Jack is also crazy. It's constantly one thing to the next with him. He definitely keeps us on our toes, and of course that's one of the things we love about him. His craziness.

I've been keeping busy with church callings, scouring the internet for houses I want to look at, making sure the boys and I get outside as much as possible before the weather turns frigid, and keeping the boys out of trouble.

{blogger is being weird, so...no pictures with this post.}