Autumn in the Air

It's starting to feel like fall around here and we kicked off the season with an awesome day at the Pumpkin Patch. With the "Not Triplets" in tow we had some great fall fun! Van reported his favorite part of the day was the pony ride.

Countdown to Batman

Van decided several weeks ago that Batman is his new hero. Of course he's never seen the show, the movie, the action figure but somehow he knows that he's Batman. So Batman sheets are on the Big Boy Bed and a Batman costume was located via Craigslist for a bargain price. Today was the dress rehearsal. Since there are still quite a few days to go before Batman makes his Halloween appearance and superhero identities change fast, I figured we better share the Batman cuteness now.

 

 

 

Howie vs. Two...no fooling this kid

Yes once again we attempted to "switch" Howie for Two with no luck. It was dark, it was late, and Howie took a swim in the potty. There was Two just waiting for his moment to shine, to step in and fill the shoes and be the dry comfort. Oh no...not a chance.
It was a long night and damp Howie (thanks to Daddy and the dryer) still reigned supreme as the duck of choice.
While we were recently looking back at old photos, we came across our homecoming day. Van was quick to identify everyone in the photo below...Van, Daddy, Big Daddy and Two, he didn't hestitate for a second to think that Howie might have ever actually looked that good and new. Hopefully Howie will keep fighting the good fight and make it through many more adventures to come...hopefully no more swimming tho...

Missing his Friends

Our best buddies, twoheartsinguatemala.blogspot.com are away this week and Van is really missing them. Our substitute is to look at all these amazing pix from the talents of picturesbydeb.blogspot.com. Check out her stuff and our tireless trio.

First Day of Preschool Makes my Monday!

How can Van be in preschool already? It's been a mere blink of an eye since we got off that plane from China and now he's off to school...what a day! We were so lucky to have Nanie here to help out with the send off. There were smiles all around as we prepared...followed by a quick meltdown (very quick according to the teachers) at the doorway of his new classroom. The pick up was as gleeful as Van can be and he's so incredibly happy and tired today...preschool makes my Monday!

Bowling, big boy beds and breakfast

We discovered the AMF awesome free summer of bowling just in time for the last week of summer...oh well...we took advantage and had some great fun!
We also snuck in a sleep-over and breakfast with our best buddies, http://twoheartsinguatemala.blogspot.com/.
Austin and Logan sleep in a "big boy bed" so Van decided it was time to make his move. He asked, and asked, and asked for his very own "big boy bed". Mission accomplished on that milestone. Van has been in his new room in his own bed for a week now and loving it!

F for Fishy fun!

F is our new letter of study at speech...fun, fan, fish, foot and of course favorite movie-NEMO!
We had lots of fishy fun during our trip to Baltimore for Nate and Sarah's beautiful wedding and a great trip to the awesome aquarium with Aunt Christina (super shark lover that she is!)...