Why oh why didn't I order Christmas cards when we had family pictures taken????? Oh I remember why. I had this great idea for a picture that of course Noah will not let me take. I have spent the last week trying to get one normal picture. Obviously, it is not working.
Eli was reading one of my recipe books on Friday night, and all of a sudden he decided that we needed to make cream puffs. I'm not sure why he picked cream puffs since he has never had them, but they are one of my favorites. We didn't have time to make them on Friday, and then Eli was sick all weekend. We finally made them tonight. What a treat!
Eli had the stomach flu on Sunday and has been laying on the couch for two days straight. Noah kept trying to crawl in with Eli today, so I had to get him his own blanket to lay with in the chair.
I put this big gate around the tree hoping to keep Noah from destroying it. It took him all of 5 minutes to figure out how to get in there. I know how to fix it; I just haven't done it yet. He has been leaving it alone for the most part. He likes to stand on the other side and puts toys through the gate holes.
Jake, Luke, and Eli spent 45 minutes throwing this toy in the trees. They were getting very creative about how to get it down when it would get stuck.
Noah doesn't seem to mind that he poured more sand on himself than in the bucket.
Joel was in charge of movie night last night while I helped Jennifer paint. What a good husband; he even remembered to take a picture. Eli and Grace sat in this chair the whole time and watched "Meet the Robinson's". 
Eli found his new love...mazes. We went to an apple orchard that had a corn maze. I think Eli could've spent the whole day in there. I bought him a book of Halloween mazes and he went through every one of them over and over just tracing with his finger. 
So, Noah is in that terrible stage where he's down to one nap, but he could still use two. Today, he woke up early plus he hasn't been feeling that well, so I put him down for a morning nap. He only slept an hour, but he WOULD NOT sleep in the afternoon. He played in his crib for 2 hours before I gave up. This is how I found him (notice the nuks, blanket, and shirt on the floor). Needless to say, he was sleeping by 6:45 tonight.
Eli was so excited about the books he and Grandma got from the attic tonight. He had to read me TWO before bed!!!
I finally got my camera back. YEAH!!! This is pretty much how it looks from where I stand during the day. I guess it's mostly just when he's hungry or tired, but I think he's always hungry or tired. If he isn't on my hip or trying to get there, he is usually either standing on or climbing on something else like the table, the back of the couches, the big lego container ...
