Let the Halloween Fun Begin

With Halloween coming up with have noticed some changes in Netta. Here she is looking cute and sweet in her regular jammies.

Then we change her into Halloween jammies and she turns evil! Hopefully you can click on this picture and view it larger because the red eye make it really creepy up close!

The other day there was this festival at a Church and they advertised a petting zoo. Of course we had to stop by with EZ's new fondness for animals. We walked all over and couldn't find the petting zoo. We finally asked someone who said it wouldn't be arriving for another hour. I was pretty irked. How can you advertise a petting zoo and not have it there for the first half of the festival. Anyway, it wasn't all a bust because EZ was able to paint a pumpkin, which he loved so much that he threw a huge fit when we had to go home. Gotta love kids.

Riding the Train

In south Austin there is this huge park called Zilker Park with all this awesome stuff like an amphitheater, botanical garden and a zephyr (a miniature train, which I only know the meaning of because it said so on line). Our play group went there a week ago and we had a blast. Again EZ's girlfriend Briton was there so of course that made it all the better. I really like this picture with EZ not looking and Netta's gut hanging out, but hey you take what you can get with kids.

Briton and EZ sat in their own row for the whole 25 minute ride. I was really proud. They are so blond and pale they are glowing.

Here is Netta's enjoying the train ride. Gotta love the cheeks.

After the train there was a playground with this dolphin thing and I made the mistake of saying "Say Cheese" before trying to get a picture of EZ on it. I really do need to remember to stop saying that.

Hairy Man Festival

In Round Rock there is a Hairy Man Festival every year. I don't remember the whole story, but basically there is the legend of some boy raised by wolves who was really hairy when someone found him. So they celebrate hairiness and have a contest to find the hairiest man and help local organizations raise money through activity booths. One of the activities was a petting zoo. EZ loves animals, but usually from afar. Anyone with pets who has had us over knows that EZ gets all excited to see the dogs and such until they try to get close to him. Then he just freaks out and cries. So at first we just stood outside the petting zoo, but EZ seemed really excited about the horse so we thought we would check it out. Much to my surprise EZ actually touched the horse. He probably didn't pick the best end to stand by, but hey at least he touched it.

We went to the festival my friend Katie and her daughters Briton and Amelia. Briton is 3 years old and the love of EZ's life. EZ doesn't really like the girls his age in nursery and he seems to be attracted to Briton's maturity I guess. She finds his boyish charm amusing. Anyway here is a picture of her petting the cutest little pig.

After seeing how much EZ loved petting the horse we decided to give the pony rides a try. I was even more hesitant about this sense he barely enjoys carosel rides, but again EZ proved me wrong and had a blast. It was all he could talk about for days.

I loves this shot of EZ's hair blowing in the wind and in this next one I have no idea what his gesture means, but I love it as well.

Zoo Fun

So I mentioned we got to go to the zoo while we were in Dallas and it was a blast. I love Austin, but my one complaint would be that there isn't a good zoo. There is a wild animal preserve/zoo type place but its almost an hour from our house and not very big. The zoo in Dallas had tons of cool stuff for kids. EZ fell asleep right when we got there, of course, but soon woke up and was so excited to see all the animals from Diego. This one stretch of exhibits I swear was straight from the last couple episodes of Diego we had just watched. I guess there is some value to that show. They also had a neat petting area where you could even touch birds. EZ of course didn't touch any of the birds, but he seemed to like getting close, which is a big deal for him.

For me, the best part was EZ getting to show off his sun glasses.

Here is EZ doing to the Robot and below is EZ doing his best modeling pose. He cracks me up.

Back in March we mad EZ ride a carousel and he hated it, but this time he warmed up to it. Poor John tried so hard to get a good picture, but that's tough on a moving, spinning object. Right after this picture the man in charge stopped the carousel to yell at me and make me get off the horse. Oops.

Summer Fun

Here are some pics of the end of our "summer fun." Mind you it's still like 85 degrees out, but it's getting cold enough at night that the swimming pool is a bit too chilly. Especially, since me, EZ and Netta are all kind of particular about how warm the water needs to be. Netta didn't get to do much swimming since EZ can't swim on his own and juggling the two of the would have been impossible, but she did get to dip her feet in a couple of times to check it out.

I love this bathing suit and I am pretty proud of myself, because I got it for a dollar. Technically it's for an 18 month old so she could be wearing it for a while. I know I mentioned her fat arms earlier, but I just can't get over it. On a day to day basis I don't necessarily think about it, but when I see pictures like this one it is almost unbelievable.

It was hard to get a good picture of Netta and EZ together, but I think this one turned out alright. I especially love the look on EZ's face.

Say Cheese!!!

New Toys

We recently busted out the jumperoo for Netta and got her an exersaucer. She is getting so strong it's freaky. Hopefully she can work off a few pounds. There are some really cute outfits she never got to wear, because she got too fat too fast. We call her Fatty McFat Fat. I promise not to call her that once she gets old enough to remember. I don't want to give her a complex. So here she is enjoying the jumperoo. I think her face says it all.

EZ really likes Netta's exersaucer. He had a hand me down one, which was nice, but not as fancy so I think he is a little jealous. Poor EZ instead of getting all the new stuff like a first child should we were students and he got tons of the garage sale stuff and now Netta is getting the good stuff. Oh well he'll survive. If you notice EZ's great pose, that is him taking a picture. He does it almost everytime I say "Say Cheese." I will have to stop saying that so I can get some normal pictures. I like this pic showing Netta smiling up at EZ. I am amazed how much she loves him. She gets so excited whenever he gets close to her. It's so cute.

And finally here is Netta showing just how much she enjoys EZ and her new toy. And of course the mysterious rubber bands around her arms.