naughty or nice?

Look who made Santa's list...

http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/2868-711dylan/

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say what?

Dylan has been saying some random things these days. I don't know where he gets them from.

Yesterday we were leaving the Pediatrician's office and I was buckling in Gavin, when Dylan decided to climb into the Tahoe through Gavin's side. He does it every once in a while. No biggie. So we pull out of the parking lot onto the main street and the conversation goes like this:

Dylan: "Mom you forgot to buckle me."
Me: "Oh, crap. OK, I've got to pull over. Lean back into your seat".
D: "You now mom, you have to buckle me in for safety"
Me: "Oh yes, you are right. Thank you very much for letting me know"
D: "My pleasure."

Say what? Did he just say "my pleasure"? Where the heck did he learn that?

Then today we were driving along and there is a a large construction site being graded down the street from us. There have been about 10-12 enormous Graders lined up along the street for a couple weeks now. Well, today a bunch of them were busy grading, except for one, and Dylan said to me real seriously:

"Hey mom, one of the grader's isn't moving. He must have stepped out for a sandwich."

He boggles my mind.

halloween snapshots

We went to a Halloween Party at Dylan's school in the morning. Here he is doing the O-course (O = obstacle).


Bryan came home on Halloween night to take the boys trick-o-treating. Gavin just rode in the cruiser. Dylan was a little frightened by some of the decorations set up in the front of people's homes and I can't really blame him. One was rather frightening to me. Gavin didn't seem to mind any of it though.

It was pitch black where the boys were standing for this picture and I was using my little point & shoot camera so I couldn't see them in the view finder or on the LCD screen. So, I cut off B's head.




This one cracks me up because it looks like Gavin is howling.


Dylan went up to every door but as soon as it opened he became shy and refused to say "Trick or Treat" or even look at the people. Here he is looking back at us as if we were supposed to say the magic words for him.


When we got home, the boys went through Dylan's candy. In this photo, Gavin is eating a box of Nerds. Not the candy, just the box.


Dylan 'organized' his candy for several hours that night and again over the next couple of days. (Nice lookin' bananas, huh?)

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch FOUR times this season. The boys just love climbing the hay bales, rolling the pumpkins, and throwing hay too. I took a lot of pictures....

Our little walker.












"Hey pretty girl. Wanna see me turn this pumpkin into a stagecoach?"






The next picture was about 2 seconds before we had to drag Dylan out of the Pumpkin Patch kicking and screaming. Dylan threw a pumpkin at Gavin and it hit him in the mouth. Poor little guy is teething already so I'm sure it hurt pretty bad. You can see Dylan winding up in the picture.


I took the next two near the pumpkin patch. Dylan actually trespassed onto this bridge. I couldn't pass up the photo op. This bridge is fab!




Here are some snapshots I took with my little point & shoot too:

Dylan and a big John Deere tractor.


Gavin and some farm animals.


Michelle & Cash

USMC - Drill Instructor and Devil Dog

Gavin never stops moving. Thankfully Bryan was home to help me take his photos. Bryan had to put Gavin back in place over and over and over again because he kept crawling/walking away. I decided to give him dog biscuits thinking he'd sit and look at them & they went with the costume theme, plus the were neutral in color so they wouldn't look bad.





Yes, my little bottomless pit ate one too. That is a dog cookie in his mouth. He didn't seem to mind.




I thought this was cute cause you can see the tail.


Dylan hates pictures lately. He will do everything possible to avoid looking at the camera. I was able to bribe him with M&Ms today and it worked like a charm. It took me less than 5 minutes to get the shots I wanted. I told him what, where, and how to stand, and he followed my instructions the first time. I was so elated, that I let him eat the whole little bag.



His posture looks like he is yelling at recruits. I can just hear his deep little voice right now.




This is his mean face.




Gosh, I love these little guys!

PS: Halloween snapshots coming soon!