GETTING READY FOR HALLOWEEN

Mason wanted to decorate for Halloween and we don't have any decoration and I don't want to spend any money so we made are own. He loved making them and glueing them. He was so excited on what he made.

Mason was trying to put Chase in the photo with him but Chase wasn't wanting to stay so Mason just helped Chase stay.

On Friday Oct. 7 was Darren's day off and so we decided to carve pumpkins. Mason was excited to do that but he just did not want to put his hand inside the pumpkin because he didn't want to get them dirty and slimy. So he is just pretending to put his hand in for the photo.

But then Darren told him he was being like a girl so he thought about it for a while and then all of a sudden he stuck his hand in. So I had to hurry and took a picture because we weren't sure how long that would last. He told us he wanted to help get the seeds out so we could make pumpkin seeds.

He was waiting his turn to stick his hand in. (Yes he still hates to wear clothes but this time he had them on and took them off so they wouldn't get dirty)

This is the finished product. Mason took the camera and took the photos of the pumpkins and was very proud of himself. He got to help Darren do the pumpkins by drawing and even a little carving.

These are the funnest looking pumpkins but Mason thinks they are awesome and so that is all that matters.

We took them outside and Chase didn't know what to think. He kept looking a them and wondering what they were and he would take the tops off and he even tried laying on them.

We were able to sit Chase down and get a photo with Mason for Halloween 2009.

This year Mason asked us if he could be something different from last year because He was a pirate. He was a pirate in the same costume for 2 years because he just didn't grow to much. So this year he is going to be a Ninja Turtle because we got it last year for $3.00. Chase will now take over the pirate costume for this year. (The way things are going Chase will only be a pirate for one year.) Mason is also so excited to go Trick or Treating that he says things in his prayers that he will be able to go get candy from trick or treating and be a ninja turtle and not a pirate. He has such a good memory that he can remember everything from last year. So we hope that this year will add up to last years memories and be good ones for him. Happy Halloween!

WHAT IS NEW WITH CHASE

CHASE has discovered COOKIES! He is a big fan of them, that he goes to the cupboard that we keep them in and will cry by it trying to open it. So that we will give him one. (Since he doesn't talk to us.) Mason had a cookie as well and hurried and put it in his mouth before I could take a picture of him. I told them they had to sit down and eat them. So Chase sat down right where I handed him the cookie and then Mason went over to the wall and so Chase followed. Chase loves his big brother and does everything he does.

Chase wearing Mason's helmit while on his car. Mason had just finished riding his bike and laid down the helmit when Chase put it on and wanted to wear it.

Chase Loves to sit in the dump truck as a chair. This time he was playing with the stethoscope. He will wear it all around the house.

His eczema is getting bad that his diaper bothers him so he is always pulling it down and I just wanted a picture of his fat buns.

He is growing so fast these days. He is going to be 18 months on Oct 14 and He is not talking much at all but understands everything we say. He will blabber and scream but he just doesn't want anything to do with words. He weighs 30 lbs and is 33 inches tall. He loves to sleep with a blanket and a little pig. He loves music and has his own favorite songs that play on the radio that he will shout different things out when they come on. He loves to copy Mason alot and when Mason isn't nice, Chase will scream at him and then if there is no response, Chase will then try to bit him. Just to get his attention. Chase is changing everyday and we are enjoying his growths.