McKinley Jane and Grant Alan

This blog is always filled with info about the babies so I thought it was high time I highlighted an evening Chad and I got to enjoy out with friends! We went old school and played a game of laser tag then hit a hole in the wall restaurant with some coupons! Gotta love it!! All of us at dinner This picture absolutely makes me laugh every time I see it!! A friendly game of laser tag. I won by the way!

We had free tickets for Disneyland or I normally wouldn't have attempted this with two 2 year olds, but they LOVED it! It was such a great experience! We drove out on Monday afternoon and they did great despite napping for only 30 minutes in the car. Spent Tuesday with my Uncle Steve, Aunt Deb, and their two kids Zach and Zoe. Wednesday we spent all day at Disneyland and we drove home that night. They were so tired they slept the whole way home!! Taking a nap break at Disney! They lasted with no nap until 3:00! After a long day...we all look worn out! They loved all the disney characters! In Minnie's Playhouse In line for Toad's Wild Ride On Peter Pan's Flight..they loved this one! Surprise, surprise, the carousel was McKinley's favorite! I think she rode 10 times! On the Finding Nemo submarine ride which was a favorite! They kept yelling "LOOK!" Waiting patiently in line On the way to Disney! Ready for Disney! My cousin Zach and Grant in their ...

Halloween was a lot more fun this year, but after the pumpkin patch, Trunk-or-treat with my playgroup, Harvest festival at our community, cookie/movie night with friends, and then actual trick or treating on Halloween night I was all Halloween'd out! They loved the idea of getting candy when you knock on a door, but HATED the idea of a costume so I had to modify them from the original plan. This is what the costumes were supposed to be like, but they wouldn't wear the front piece (plus they would have had on clothes if we were actually trick or treating haha!!) cookie and movie night with their friends Olivia, Brayden and Layla!

I'm doing the October Recap early because next postingings will be Halloween and DISNEYLAND!! YAY! McKinley dancing in her ballerina outfit! Grant at messy playday at our house! Yes, she even sleeps with her sunglasses on! One night we had a one hour crying fit b/c she woke up in the middle of the night wanting them back on and I refused to go in there and put them back on at 2 a.m.! This is pretty much what my day consists of EVERYDAY.... I'm pretty sure my mom never let me eat like this.. Enjoying some rare Arizona rain Artwork courtesy of grant and mckinley..we are taking orders if you're interested Jumping from footstool to couch....again, something my mom didn't allow :-))))) Yet another place they like to climb when I'm not looking. The other day I was going to the bathroom when I heard the dishwasher open, which can only mean one thing...they are standing on the lid pushing each other up onto the counter to get into things. And I was right..they had the ...

We got to enjoy some much needed family time and visit the pumpkin patch before Halloween rolls around! This was an awesome venue and we were lucky enough to be able to go on a Tuesday so NO crowds! Halloween is so much more fun this year now that they can enjoy all the fun activities! This is a RARE pic of them together! How grown up does she look in this pic?!?

So I guess at 2 years they get too old to start doing 25 month updates so now it will be monthly recaps! Grant: We had him evaluated for speech and they said he doesn't qualify, which is good b/c it means he's doing just fine with his speech! He has gone from mellow little boy to just all BOY! He will climb ANYTHING (kitchen counters, bathroom counters, changing table, dresser, etc). I often find him on the kitchen counters turning the microwave on! The other day I found both of them sitting on the changing table with the bottle of desitin and purell emptied out! I did have to grab a quick pic before they got in trouble! McKinley: She is all GIRL! Talk, talk, talk! She will talk whether or not you're listening! Speech is obviously no issue for her! Her big thing this past month has been her babies that she carries around. She will feed them, put them night night. She's such a good mommy! The thing we're most excited about is the change in weather!! We...