Owen and Logan discovered a way to share the trike at Nana's house. They had so much fun!
More reading for Amelia and Laila....
Owen and Logan learned how to operate the card shuffler at Nana and Papa's house.
We didn't take very much video, but here are a few highlights....
On Friday, we went to the zoo with our friends Lindsay, Aiden and Lauren. It was one of those beautiful Colorado days and the kids had a blast!
The boys working on a Halloween project...
We were invited to a party put on by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on Saturday. The boys were super excited to have their costumes on.
And the party was so much fun! There were games for the kids to play, lots of fun prizes (non-candy) and delicious low-carb pizza. Owen was ecstatic to see a "real" Storm Trooper and we were happy to meet other families of diabetic kiddos.
Glow-in-Dark Vampire Teeth!!!
Playing games at the party...
Three Luigis playing a fishing game...
Finally, we made it to Halloween night. Josh put on a creepy Darth Maul (from Star Wars) costume for a little while...the kids thought it was so funny!
We went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Tons of kids were out and the boys enjoyed themselves.
Jack-o-lanterns!
The kids mostly loved throwing sticks in the stream and playing in the dirt.
Owen's preschool went on a trip to pick pumpkins at Venetucci Farms in Fountain. Wyatt and I joined them. It was really fun to see Owen with his class.
We went on a family hike at Bear Creek Nature Center to enjoy the changing colors. Owen's class pet, Biscuit, is in this picture. Biscuit went everywhere with us for one whole weekend and then we wrote about it in his class journal. Also of note...I'm 30 weeks pregnant in this picture!
The boys, running off on their own...
In mid-October, we found thousands of ladybugs in our new lawn. They were only there for 2 days, but it was really exciting! They crawled all over us!
Wyatt is looking at the ladybugs crawling on his arms and hands in this picture. I just can't resist his sweet little face, with his long eyelashes!
We have also continued to work on the yard. Here is Owen in the new sandbox, which is a HUGE hit!
This is the view from the top of the yard. You can see some grass peaking through the straw where Josh seeded. The bottom area now has a sprinkler system, the beginnings of the lawn, and the new sandbox. Next up...a second retaining wall for the garden portion of the yard.
We also marked the 1 month anniversary of Owen's diabetes. This month has brought us lots and lots of shots (the orange are for insulin, the blue are for testing blood glucose level)...
He's even been tired enough, after all the excitement of school, to fall asleep during resting time in the afternoons a couple of times.
We've been spending alot of time outside. We found a really cool Canadian swallowtail caterpillar one day. It's the green thing on the aspen tree:-)
Wyatt really loves coloring and writing. He was drawing a picture of a train (which he calls "choo-choo") here.
Cavan got really dirty....
Owen and Wyatt loved reading books in the tent before bed.
Wyatt and Laila became great friends. At one point, she looked at Wyatt and said "you're my sister." We think that's a great compliment!
Logan and Wyatt had fun together, too.
Wyatt and Cavan seemed to be bewildered by the same thing in this picture. Wyatt was really fascinated by Cavan and talked about "baby" for days after we got home.
We took several little hikes in the national park, usually visiting streams so Josh and Owen could fish a little and Wyatt could throw rocks.
We stayed right next to this historic house in town. It's still a private residence, so this is as close as we could get, but Owen thought the sign was pretty cool!
A view of the Never-Summer Range from the national park... we couldn't have asked for more beautiful weather while we were there!
Both boys ADORED these cars that you drive on a little track. I'm pretty sure both of them thought they were really drving.
and a much happier, healthier boy! This is what he wanted to wear for school pictures. We ditched the hat (which was a present from the Children's Hospital) and changed into a yellow polo:-)
