Halloween was a lot of fun this year.  We went back to the same pumpkin patch as last year but Taedon really got into the activities this year since he is a bit older.

He LOVED the corn room.  

Feeding the goats.  We almost had to go buy more food because when he had fed the llamas earlier, he poured the entire bag of food on the ground.  We were able to salvage enough to make it to the goats, though.

The fun race track.  I was told that it was a lot more work to drive this than it looked.  All of the dads looked pretty tired when they finished with their lap but the kids were all cheering for more.

Lets go pick out our pumpkins!

The hay rack ride.  Taedon was in love with the tractor that was pulling the wagon.

Kyan posing with his pumpkin.  He didn't get to participate much this year but he had fun as well.

Back at home, the process of getting the pumpkins ready for Halloween began.  We decided to carve one and let Taedon paint the other one.

Kyan supervised the process.

Later that night, once dad was home from work, the fun began.

The great final products

Baby's first Halloween!  Sometimes I forget that this years holidays are all Kyan's firsts.  Being born in January he seems older than he is.  Doesn't help that he is big for his age either.

So for costumes this year, Taedon was a train engineer since he is obsessed with Thomas the Train.  Kyan, well he was supposed to be a candy corn, my favorite candy.  Apparently I have never really looked at a candy corn as I shove them in my mouth because when I made his costume, I did the colors in the wrong order.  You get the general idea though.  And in case anyone now feels the need to google the image of a candy corn, it goes white, orange, yellow.

Taedon's outfit had a hat that he refused to wear but you get the idea.

For the evening we had Dontae's cousin, wife and son over for dinner.  We handed out candy and planned to take Taedon trick or treating just down our street.  We wanted him to have the experience, but he didn't need an entire bag of candy.  After dinner and handing out some candy, we headed out to visit a few houses with everyone in tow.  We don't know a lot of our neighbors except for the occasional wave as they drive by.  The one neighbor we have talked with the most had their light on so we stopped there first and boy am I glad we made that decision.  Taedon had been practicing saying trick or treat so he was very excited to finally get to go try it out.  Dontae took him up the stairs and rang the bell.  When our neighbor opened the door, Taedon yelled trick or treat, got his candy, walked into the house, kicked off his shoes and went to make himself at home in the kitchen!  We were horrified and yet couldn't stop laughing.  Dontae finally had to go inside and get him because he was planning on staying awhile apparently.  It was funny and our neighbor agreed thankfully.  Needless to say we decided one house was enough and went back home to hand out candy the rest of the night.  Oh the memories.

For some reason lately, every time Kyan eats, this happens almost automatically.

He was helping me with diaper laundry.  Really all he did was attempt to eat a few and scatter them everywhere.

Studying for a scholarship already.

Navy vs. Airforce.  It was HOT but both kids were pretty well behaved.  It was Kyan's first football game.

This was the day after the game.  We were all so tired and lazy.

Finally starting to hold his own bottle.

He has started to pull himself up.  He has mastered it on Taedon's train table since there is a lip he can grab onto.  He loves to be able to play with his brother and see what is going on.

Taedon has never attempted to climb out of his crib so we had decided that at 2 1/2 we would just change his bed to the toddler conversion since we had already bought the rail for it.  We did it last weekend and he loves his new big boy bed.  He has only gotten up a few times so far.  Much better than I had anticipated the transition would be and I like how when he is done sleeping, he can just come downstairs.  Growing up so fast.

I have been trying to update at least once a month but just realized it has been way longer than that.  New things around this house...Kyan has been teething and is working on his top tooth/teeth.  I only see one poking through but I'm sure the next one isn't too far behind.  Teething is rough for the poor little guy.  He has finally started army crawling and can get clear across the room and pulls himself up occasionally.  Still no actual crawling though.  And when he does pull himself up, he tends to let go and fall backwards.  He still prefers to hold his feet rather than his bottle.  All in all he's just a very laid back baby.  Unless he is tired or in pain.  He is eating solids and the only thing he really doesn't like is peas.  Other than that he has a very healthy appetite.

Taedon is starting to speak in sentences that actually make sense.  He repeats everything and has a pretty good memory.  For instance, right now he tells me about ten times a day that his bike is broken and his fish died.  RIP Orange.  We plan to fix the bike soon (need to order some parts) and buy him a new fish.  Whe I asked him what color of new fish he wants he says purple and wants to name it Orange.  He still has some issues pronouncing words even though he tries his hardest.  My favorites are packapiller = caterpillar, spries = fries, and kamote = remote.  He is very into The Hungry Caterpillar and Thomas the Train at the moment.  Thank you Netflix for having both available to us as needed for me to get things done around the house.

He LOVES to collect his flowers and bring them to me.  We have vases full of these on the counter because if he sees me throw any away he gets upset.  I try to reduce the inventory after he goes to bed.

We took the boys to the state fair this year.  It...was...an experience.  It was hot for starters and we went in the late afternoon/evening so the bewitching hour had begun for the boys.  We had fun though.  We ate greasy food, Taedon played some games and won some prizes and we saw some cool animals.

Kyan mostly just wanted me to carry him around.  Instead of the huge double stroller I should have just worn him in a carrier.  He had fun even though he doesn't appear to be enjoying himself.

First stop was the fun house.  Taedon came out with a huge smile on his face.

His favorite was fishing.  He loves to splash in water and was upset when it was time to move on.  He would have stayed there all night and would have if we had let him.

We had to walk through the cow building twice.  

Peek-a-boo!!

Coloring at his cousins birthday party.  He had a blast!  It was a really cute Dr. Seuss theme.

This was in the parking lot at a restaurant we went to.  He was in LOVE.

We have been introducing him to the toilet.  He thinks that the water main in our front yard is a "potty time" as he calls the toilet.

Kyan falls asleep every time I put him in the swing.  Poor guy, we usually go to the park during his nap time.

He finally decided these would be fun to ride.

So these are the fish that have died already.  I had gotten him feeder goldfish to make sure he was going to enjoy having fish.  They lasted a month so they were worth the $.60 we paid for them.  Next up is a betta.  We are hoping for a longer lifespan.

Watching the first NFL game of the season.

Feeding himself for the first time.  He likes the independence.

Um, is that even comfortable?

Big brother gave him plenty of options.  He had a blast.

Quite awhile ago I painted this chalkboard/magnet wall.  We needed organization and I thought it would be fun for the boys.  Needless to say, the magnet portion doesn't work very well so it's more of just a chalk wall.  It was so much work that I waited months before I let him dust it up with the chalk.  He does love it though.

I just realized I haven't been posting Kyan's monthly pics so I will probably just post them all on his first birthday so you can see how he changed each month.  Taedon kept photo bombing the last session.  As you can see T wasn't happy that I wouldn't let him in the pictures and Kyan was very distracted.    Kyan gives this look to Taedon a lot.

Back when we lived in San Diego I had made a Thanksgiving wreath for our front door.  Through moves and time, the pumpkin had fallen off and somehow Taedon found it and has adopted it.  He calls it Pumpkin Patch and carries it around, feeds it and waters it.  I guess I will have to find another idea to redo my wreath with.