Painting

Stella's new favorite thing to do is paint. It's really just a way to paint herself so she's only allowed to do this on bath night since she ends up a rainbow mess. But it is washable paint and she'll only be 2 for so long...


Choosing a color...


Starting with the hand...


And on to the nose.

Rainy Day

I can't walk in these boots mom. They are too big!


Hmmm, she doesn't seem to be having a problem...

Halloween Weekend

We got things started with a new pumpkin and some pumpkin socks.



Then the cousins came in town. Matt and Will are the perfect age to entertain 2 year olds. The boys were so sweet to their cousins.


Here Stella is getting her hair styled by Matthew.


Now she's getting some gameboy tips from cousin Will.


The boys reading "Oh Dear" to Aaron.


Aaron trying out his tough guy batman face. But it was all for naught. He started feeling badly the day before so by the time it was ready to trick or treat Aaron was not happy. Plus it was really rainy and we didn't want to make him worse. We let him stay home with his grandparents who I hear took lots of pictures of him.

All the outdoor pictures we took Halloween night are awful because of the weather but trust me when I say we had fun. Stella is having a hard time letting go of this holiday. Luckily all the Christmas stuff is already out (this makes me crazy) so she can go from pumpkin lights straight to Christmas ones.

Goodbye Halloween!

Pre-Halloween practice

I was out of town this weekend (gasp! Without the kids! Double gasp!)so David met Auntie Dee at Fernbank for their annual Bugs, Bats and Bones day. Good times.


The Stella-bug and her Ikea bear. She was a little out of sorts at first.



Stella and the Bat. David said she wouldn't leave this poor thing alone and just kept following it around to get a hug.



Our very own Bruce Wayne...aka Batman. He'd wear the mask if you didn't pull it over his face.



Trying to distract his dad so as not to divulge the entrance to the batcave.

They had a great time. We'll post more on Saturday for the big event.

some Stella goodness

Stupid tunnel. Ladybug needs to get in the tunnel!!



Too excited about her $1.50 flannel pj's.



We can't all be morning people.



Trying on her brother's Halloween costume



Dun nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh BATMAN!!!

Cheeseburger?

So you want me to hold the tomato?

Fly High!

Trying to get another Falcon's win by showing our support. The one week they didn't wear this the team lost. Coincidence? I think not.




Stella also chants "Tony Tony Tony" for Tony Gonzales.