Timber!

Dan brought down all the half-dead aspen trees on our side yard and a pine in the back. Jack is very knowledgeable and skilled in tree felling and had a lot to inform me.

Graham crackers. Nuff said.

Just itching to move around with big brothers.

Growing up

Jack is our little man stuck in a child's body. Every morning when he wakes up (albeit in his fleece footy pajamas) he needs to shave with Daddy and put on his "oderant". The other morning at breakfast he wanted to read World magazine, just like I did. Before you think he's growing up too fast, he's staring intently at a picture of a lawn mower on that page. He's not quite ready for the political articles yet.

Later that morning he decided he wanted to make coffee.

And here's our happy Isaiah. He's not a tiny little thing anymore. Look how he fills in that bouncy chair. He just loves to watch everything going on around him and finds much to laugh at.

This isn't a particularly interesting picture but I had to include one with Patrick in it. I tend to feel guilty if I leave one of the boys out of a blog post. Jack and Patrick are really becoming good playmates. The past several days they'll just go off together and play. Usually Jack leads them in some adventure involving a tractor, rowboat, donkey, castle and a dragon. Usually all within the same journey. I'm really enjoying this new change in their playing habits and look forward to it developing more.

Cutie Pie

Here's for you, Mom!

Master Potato Heads

I knew the day would eventually come when the boys figure out that Mr. Potato Head parts are more fun to stick into their own face than a potato's.

It's been a beautiful fall!

Smorgasboard

We don't feed him cheese... honest!

Jack doing his own thing, as always.

I tricked Brenna and Emily into helping me paint the bedroom during their vacation time. I was exceedingly thankful for their help and love the outcome.

And if this video isn't adorable, then I don't know what is.

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Some before and after

We had all of our windows and our sliding glass door replaced this week. To say that we love it would be an understatement. I decided to replace our old ratty dining room curtains with some from Ikea. I also spray painted the existing curtain rod "rubbed oil bronze." We're keeping the curtains in the living room but I will definitely be painting the rods in there to match the dining room. You can't really notice the difference in the picture, but a huge impact in person.

And check out that old window. Windows are supposed to be transparent, right? Well, this one wasn't. So we are very happy to be able to look our our window now and see Paradise Ridge.

And no post would be complete without a happy fat-baby picture.