Self portrait

Yesterday I flipped the camera on my phone so that Audrey could watch herself. It was a tech-savvy mirror!

Here is the picture she took when she was reaching out to touch the screen.
Cute kid, huh?

A snack for Jack

This is what happens when you leave an unattended pizza within Jack's reach.  He pulled this off of the dining room table when I wasn't looking.  Lesson learned.

Halloween 2012

Halloween was a week-long celebration for Jack and Audrey.  We kicked it off with a party with some my friends and their children.  Susan threw another great party and all of the little one (and adults) had a great time.  Susan and her husband recently purchased a fire truck -- yes, a fire truck.  It was a great backdrop for a Halloween picture!

The Monday before Halloween Jack got to wear his costume to Music Class.  One of Jacob's childhood neighbors Erin (Fischer) Bullard teaches this class every Monday and Jack loves it.  It was fun to see the whole group dressed up!

He was so excited to carve our pumpkin this year -- until he realized what it meant to carve a pumpkin.  All  day we planned and prepared and talked about what we were going to do.  He even woke up from his nap early, calling "Mama, pumpkin!"  Then it came time to do the cleaning and carving. He was completely grossed out by the seeds and bored with the entire process, so I ended up sitting on the kitchen floor carving the pumpkin alone.

And finally, here are the pictures from the big night:

Jack spent the majority of the night passing out candy:

He was so disappointed when there were no kids at the door. He loved his job.  I'm sure next year he'll know what Trick or Treating is, and we'll have to take him out.  This year, I was glad to stay inside!

Planking

What can I really say about this picture?  Yesterday when I heard the toilet lid close, I ran into the bathroom thinking that Jack was playing in the toilet (again).  I was surprised to find this instead:

He thinks it's pretty funny, and we do too!

Jack the handyman

I've mentioned on here before that Jack is capable of getting into the junk drawer.  And for some reason, he is completely fascinated with a few things that we store inside.  I've moved the lighter to a higher place and try to keep an eye on him while he's in the kitchen.

Last week I was putting Audrey down for a nap and came downstairs to find him playing with the small screwdriver set.

He walked around the house for the next 10 minutes searching for screws that he could tighten and loosen.  The interesting thing is that he actually appeared to know what he was doing.  Jacob, you might just have a helper for that honey-do list sooner than later!

Audrey - 3 months

Audrey turned 3 months on the 26th.  It was difficult to capture a picture of her this month.  She was wiggling and moving, trying to sit up. And every time she tried to sit up, she would fall forward or to the side.  I have a lot of out takes!  This is completely different than Jack, who sat still and made minimal attempts to move (hence the lack of walking independently until 19 months). 

Audrey seems to be going through a growth spurt and her cheeks and thighs are filling in!  She is full of smiles and loves to talk to us.  She doesn't like tummy time very much... or at all.  But apparently she doesn't mind doing it when I'm not home. Jacob was watching her last week and she didn't cry at all and rolled over -- something she hasn't done for me since she was a few days old!

Occasionally she enjoys sitting up in her Bumbo.  But, since we don't do much tummy time, she has a difficult time keeping her head up.  

She's full of funny faces and makes me smile all day long!