Museo

After my firm retreat in Midway this year, the clan all got our Christmas tree permits and Kathy and Dennis were kind enough to share with us some of their tickets to the new Natural History Museum at the U. Bailey's helped move the exhibits, so we got the behind the scenes tour, where we could see the new state of the art storage facilities, research labs and specimen processing & storage facilities. I thought their collection of dinosaurs boasted several interesting varieties and I was impressed. We enjoyed it and there were a ton of kid friendly activities. I would recommend.

Howler-een

Halloween was fairly uneventful this year, in spite of the fact it was Bridger's first. He dressed as a monkey of the albino variety. We traveled to about two houses, visited the neighbors and thier kids and let him have his way with his candy while Grandma and Grandpa played with him. Next year, I imagine he'll be a little more into it. This year it was a little lost on him. We did attend a Halloween parade at Kelly's work and he got lots of candy, most of which, I enjoyed.

The Age of Defiance

How to classify this age. Sometimes it just feels like wanton disobedience, but at the same time, I celebrate his new found independence. This boy gets in more trouble...
Feeding time is for chumps. He can clearly do it better. I wash my hands of this.

Diaper changing time is a nightmare. No sooner do I get him out of his diaper, does he squirm around and crawl away, laughing all the while I idiotically chase him around the couch. Pajama time is unpleasant at best at brings tremendous tantrums and alligator tears.

We switched from the tooth washing cloth to an actual toothbrush and of course he can do that better too. Actually, he's pretty good at it.

Did I mention he's into every little thing? Everything. Literally. He especially loves baskets of unfolded laundry. Curtains. TV stands. Cupboards. Drawers. AND I caught him eyeballing the toilet the other day. Joy.