Bathtime

Lucas still oves his baths as much as he always has. His new favorite thing is to take bubble baths in "Mommy's BIG tub"! Really...bubbles are always fun, right? Here is our bathtime photoshoot for your viewing pleasure. He's so cute!

Fall is Here!

Fall is finally here, so Shea and I decided to model our cute new fall clothes!  Mommy is in her super cute jacket from Canton and Shea is in the dress mommy and Miss Becky made for her. Yay!

Quote of the Day

TMI WARNING!

We are still in the middle of potty training - WILL IT NEVER END?!? - so we are pretty comfortable talking about poop a lot at our house. Please skip ahead to the next post if you would rather not participate :)

Sitting in the bathroom:

Lucas toots.
L: What was THAT?
Mommy: That was a toot. It happens before you poop. It's like a pre-poop.
Lucas poops.
L: Mommy, that was a grand pre-poop, like on Cars.
M: What?
L: Like on Cars is the Grand Prix. That was a Prix poop!
M: (laughing hysterically). Yes, Lucas. That was a grand prix poop!

Mommy! Go Swing!

Now that the weather has cooled off (a bit...let's not get carried away into thinking it is actually FALL in OCTOBER), we have been spending a lot more time in the backyard playing. Shea is not really big enough but we pretend TOTALLY big enough to swing safely in the swings, so she and Lucas have been having a great time swinging together.

It was actually chilly one day, so we put Shea in an old cost of Lucas's (way too big...poor second child) and headed out. I had to grab some shots because she looked like a baby Slim Shady:

And here was her posse:

We are so glad fall is here so that we can be outside again! Now...just bring on the cooler weather, if you will.

How was YOUR day?

Just one of those things I want to be sure to remember...

Lucas is really into asking us all how our days went every evening. How was YOUR day, Mommy? How was YOUR day Daddy?  How was YOUR day Shea? It's pretty cute. Generally, he really wants us to ask how HIS day was so he can talk about it, but sometimes he really listens. He asked Phil several follow up questions tonight about what he does at work, what he ate for lunch, and what he does on the comptuers.

So, how was YOUR day today? Lucas wants to know!

Reading

As is his way with EVERYTHING right now, Lucas is insisting on being very independent in his reading. "I will read it myself!" It is quite entertaining to hear Lucas "read" us books that he has mostly memorized. His versions are generally even better than the originals :)

My favorite part of his reading independence, however, is when he wants to read to his sister. He shows her all the pictures and helps her to touch things. He even points to all the little details on the page and explains them to her. He is such a sweet big brother!

Photos of the Day

Awww...isn't Shea cute?

But, here was the ACTUAL first photo...

There is a chance I MAY have startled her.