BIKING WITH FRIENDS

Last weekend, I had a photo shoot, photographing the family of Luke's BFF, Lucas. We had been trying to set this up for the past month, but could never get everyone's schedule to work. So last Friday, Andrea and I decided to wing it and do the session at their house. She thought her boys would be more comfortable, and I could bring my boys along, rather than needing Marc to watch them. After the session was over, Lucas wanted to get out all his bikes so all the boys could ride.

This was the first time Luke has ever been on a Bicycle, so at first he wasn't sure what to do...

so he pushed the bike.

Grey couldn't reach the pedals on the Tri-cycle, so he "walked" it the whole time.

After Andrea showed Luke how to pedal, he started to ride rather than push.

I so wish I had a video camera to capture Grey and his "walking".

Sportin' the new Do!

Even though he kept trying to pedal backwards (like he does on his trike), which engages the brakes, Luke eventually got the hang of it, and was doing Really Well before we left. Definitely know what Santa is bringing him this year.

Grey and his BFF, Matt. Matt will be 2 in a couple of weeks, and he can ride that Scooter like he's 5.

The Boys and their Friends... Riding Bikes. :)

THE SECOND "FIRST" HAIRCUT

Well... we Finally did it. We cut off all of Grey's Baby Curls :(

After all the compliments on how cute our little "Girl" Smurf was, I knew it was time. It just had to be done, like ripping off a band-aid.

He did really good this time. The first time, which in my mind didn't really count as the "First" because we only trimmed a little off the back so it wouldn't look like he had a Mullet, he cried and was very wiggly. This time, he sat really well for Miss Becky, and took it like a Man.

As soon as I saw the first Golden Locks hit the floor, I started to cry. I knew he was no longer my "Baby".

While Grey was in the chair, Luke hopped up in the other one for his cut.

This picture doesn't really show Grey all that well, but it shows me in capturing the moment.

Now he's a Big Boy :)

I didn't save any of the curls, but I made sure to take a picture of them.

Luke was getting tickled by the trimmer.

Luke's cut was based on the fact that he came home from school and told me that he wanted "Little" hair like Michael (little boy in his class). He said... "my hair is big, and Michael's hair is little. I want little hair." And so, he got little hair.

Now I have two Big Boys... no more babies... sigh.

SPOT'S 2ND VISIT

Luke's Class Pet, Spot, had his second stay with us. This stay was pretty easy and carefree (which means this Momma forgot we had brought him home and didn't remember until two days before he was due to be returned to class).

While Spot was with us this time, Luke, Grey and Marc made him a dog house out of Legos.

He also joined Luke out of the deck for some leaf jumping fun. First, they had to build the pile.

Then the jumping commenced.

I hope Spot enjoys the time he spends with Luke.

BATH TIME WATER FUN

One evening, during bath time, while the boys were "rinsing", I was in the bedroom folding laundry. I could hear a LOT of splashing and laughing going on so I went to investigate. The boys were cracking themselves up by pouring cups of water on their heads. Of course I had to get my camera.

Needless to say, a LOT of that water ended up on the floor.

SHARING

This is the epitome of "Sharing"...

I had been working in the kitchen, and when I walked out into the living room, this is what I saw. The boys had made themselves "beds", using laundry baskets, at either end of the rug, and were sharing the blanket.

Pretty ingenious.

LEAVES

Even though I think it's freezing outside (my blood must get thinner and thinner every year), the boys see sunshine so they want to go out and play. I told them they had to stay on the deck, so I went and got their bikes and a rake. I wanted to get some shots of them jumping in the leaves. I raked all the leaves from all over the deck down to the far end. And jumping ensued...

Then they had fun riding their bikes through the leaves. Not sure how he sees where he's going.

Then I told them to lay down and make leaf angels.

Eventually, with snot covering their upper lips, they realized it was freezing and came back inside.

HALLOWEEN 2011

This past weekend was Halloween, and our neighborhood had their annual Halloween Hayride. This year, we decided to go as Smurfs. Here are the littlest Smurfs.

ALL week prior, every day, I explained to both boys, that in order to get candy, they would have to put their costumes on, including the hat, and KEEP IT ON!

Just love their little tails, or as Grey called it, "his poop".

Loved the tails so much, I just had to get a shot of Papa Smurf and the Little Smurfs walking away from me, showing them off.

The Family shot... Papa Smurf, Little Smurf 2, Little Smurf 1, & Smurfette.

Can you tell that it is Absolutely Freezing? Luckily the rain stopped that had poured all day, but being that we were all gathering down at the beach, the wind was relentless... BURRRR!

The boys with their Batman friend Leo

Papa Smurf and Smurfette. Isn't my husband just the absolute best? In all the years we've been dressing up, he has never even balked at what I cooked up for him to wear.

Because of his beard, everyone thought he was Santa Claus, but he set them all straight. He would turn around and say... "but I have a tail!"

We invited one of Luke's classmates, Lucas Keller, and his family to come and join in on the holiday festivities. Here's Little Smurf 1 with a Spider.

Rather than riding on any of the Hay trailers, and Totally freezing our A**es off, we followed along in the comfort and warmth of the truck. Every time we would stop, and I would open the back door, little Porkchop would be standing there, holding his little Pumpkin Bucket, ready to get out. It was just too freaking cute. It's a memory I will always cherish.

The boys did pretty good at remembering to say "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You". They did so well, had so much fun, and kept their hats on the WHOLE time. Therefore, they got Lots of Candy.

The following morning, I realized I had forgotten to get a full shot of my costume. So I got dressed up again so Marc could take one.

And one of the funniest things of the entire night, was how many compliments we got on how cute our little "GIRL" Smurf was.

Do the golden curls really make him look like a girl? Maybe so, but he's just too cute, and as long as he has those curls, he's still my Baby.