Halloween

J was a tiger for Halloween this year. The costume I wanted cost $20 new, so I bought it off Craigslist for $7. I wish I was handy enough to make him costumes instead of buying them. Maybe one day.

Here is J showing off his spider shirt that Grandma bought him. We had just given him a "Burkenomics" (free) haircut. He looks a little funny, but whatever :)

My husband's company does a trick-or-treat at the office, so J and I got to have lunch with Daddy and get some candy.

It didn't take him long to understand that he could go up to people and demand candy.

I tried to explain to him that he could put the candy in his pumpkin to make it easier to carry, but he didn't want to let go of it.

Sitting in Daddy's office

We did four pumpkins- one for Daddy, Mommy, J, and the baby. My husband carved the two big ones and J drew on the two small ones with a Sharpie.

As with the office, it didn't take him long to understand that he could march up to people's doors, knock, and demand candy. He was trying to flirt with the girl on the other side of this door.

We finished up at our neighbor's house. They bought J a nice bag of chocolate goldfish. He ate his goldfish and chased their cat around.

The downside of Halloween is that he doesn't understand it's only once a year. When I take him on walks, he tries to go up to people's doors and knock because he thinks they will come give him candy.

Fall Festival

One of the nice things my husband's company does is pay for the families to go to one of the fall festivals in KC. This was our second time going, and we had a lot of fun.

J ate cider doughnuts and did the children's maze,

we checked his height,

he played with the animals,

we went on a hay ride,

and played in the tires.

Fun free family day :)

Alabama Vacation

We spent a week and a half in Alabama after we got back from the LSU game. We stayed with my MIL, and J likes to help around the house. He helped with the gardening...

the lawn mowing...

and the cooking (biscuits and gravy).

My MIL also took us to Cathedral Caverns. I had never heard of it before, but it was really cool.

We went to my mom's house a few times and played with Grandma, Auntie Caroline, and J's new cousin. J likes his cousin, except when I'm holding him. He did like to help Auntie Caroline feed the baby his bottle. The baby...didn't like it as much when J helped.

He was pretty good on the drive back. He was fussy for a while, so I gave him rice crispy treats, and he fell asleep eating them. 

He loves talking on the phone. He was talking to his Auntie Lauren here. It helped keep him occupied in the car for a little bit.

LSU Game 2012

After J and I got back to Alabama, we stayed a few days in Madison and then went to Auburn for the LSU game. We stayed at Auntie Evelyn's apartment, and J loved it because she has two dogs. I knew I didn't need to bring toys for him to play with because he would just ignore them and play with the dogs.

J loved going to the game because he could run around, crawl up and down stairs, play with dogs, and people watch. One of my friends bought him a child's Auburn lawn chair- so cute!

It was so nice to be in Auburn again and to catch up with my friends. J and I didn't go into the stadium. I tried that once with him, and it was awful because he can't sit still. We tailgated before the game, and then our group consolidated with another group that had a tv. It wasn't J's Baby First channel, so he didn't care to watch. Unfortunately for me, he found some stairs and went up and down for a long time. I let him play until my lazy pregnant body couldn't keep up with him anymore, then we went back to Auntie Evelyn's apartment.

We got to see Auntie Brandie before we left. J wasn't so sure about her... :)

J also got to see his best friend and Aunt Liz.