17 months (tomorrow).

Just getting an early jump on this post since I have some catch-up to do.  17 months and as independent as ever... Little man insisted that he put his beanie on all by himself, can you tell?  We were heading to the park yesterday and he was SO tickled when he got it on.

and of course big brother wanted his pic taken

Boys will be boys.

Why sit when you can stand...

Reminds me of someone.

The last couple of weeks.

Two of my favorite holligans stayed the night with us.

and this guy couldn't have been happier.

We snuck in a little more of this.

And then the snow came.

So the kids have been up to all kinds of crazy antics around the house.

Cal & I went on a date to see Lo in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (it was awesome).

Oh, and can't forget that my girlfriends & I carried on the tradition of going to the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn on opening night (in a theater where I'm pretty sure we were the oldest).

pic from here

And last but not least... a couple pics of my two other loves.

Love my kids.

Hands down, Cal's the best little Coug fan I know. He sings the fight song all day & when he's not singing it, he's making Ian and I sing it to him while he's playing 'Cougar football Saturday.' He lives & breathes football. We have a WSU vs. UW checkers game (pieces are helmets) and Cal will play with it for hours.  HOURS! Amazing. (I have no idea why this video is cut off, it's not when you double click and watch on YouTube)

And this little guy has a new favorite word, "tatu" (translation: tractor!). Another little dude that loooovvvvessss him some tractors.

A love for all things pumpkin.

Last week it was pumpkin apple streusel muffins. This week, pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies. I'm such a sucker for anything pumpkin.  Tis' the season!

On a side note, I get pretty much all my receipes from THIS blog. Love it. Check it out.

So long fall.

I was clearing pics off the cameras the other night and found these of one of our favorite fall (get out of the house cause we're going stir crazy) activities... taking a little stroll around the block.

So long wagon riding days. You helped us keep our late afternoon sanity and we look forward to resuming again in the Spring.

It's back!

We thought it was long gone... After logging thousands of miles with us, countless nights tucked into bed with Cal, several frantic searches retracing our steps around town in search of it and lots of love by a little boy, it was gone. We thought purple truck had left us for good and our hearts broke a little. But it turns out that it was just hibernating during the summer. Last weekend Cal put on his winter coat, and low-and-beyond he found beloved 'pur truck' in his pocket. To say he was overjoyed would be a BIG understatement.