Wordless Wednesday-Self Portrait

Banana Bread

We had some overripe bananas and decided it was the perfect day to do a little baking! Jacob loved helping mash the bananas, measure the ingredients, and stir. He was so excited to see all of the ingredients come together and watch it go in and out of the oven. Maybe we'll have banana bread for a snack this afternoon!

Mommy's helper!

We added a little brown sugar and cinnamon on top of the batter before we put it in the oven. Yum!

Out of the oven, baked to perfection!

Big Boy Room!!

This weekend we put the finishing touches on Jacob's big boy room. He absolutely loves sleeping in his big boy bed and now enjoys playing and reading in his room as well!!

Happy Halloween!

Jacob was so very excited about Halloween this year! He helped Mommy pick out his costume weeks ago and we started reading books about Halloween at the beginning of October. He just couldn't wait to go to his cousin's house to have a little party and then trick-or-treat together!

Posing for pictures before going trick-or-treating

Lucy had to get in on the fun!

Showing the skeleton in the backyard who's boss!

Jacob loves to go trick-or-treating with Mim and Poppa!

Jacob really "got" Halloween and trick-or-treating this year. He loved going door to door and visiting with everyone (literally, he wanted to have a conversation with everyone that opened the door!). Jacob even became brave enough to venture to the houses all by himself and was so excited to bring home lots of candy!!

Undy 5000

In honor of Grandmommy, the Cox family gathered this morning at White Rock Lake to run in the Undy 5000. Today was her birthday and we felt it fitting that we all take part in this event to raise money and awareness about colon cancer. Both of Nathan's brothers were in town and while it was a bit chilly (notice the layers on Jacob), it was a great way to spend the morning!

Fall Festival

Last night we had a great time at our church's annual Fall Festival (even after an exhausting day of teaching third graders!!). This year, the theme was "Once Upon a Time" so all of the booths were children's books themes, right up my alley! Jacob was so excited to finally dress up in his Triceratops costume and had so much fun with his friends playing games, going in bounce houses and even going on a little train ride with daddy!

Jacob is obsessed with bounce houses of all shapes and sizes, so naturally we spent much of our evening trying all the different ones out!! It's even better when you get a piece of candy just for having a great time!

After all the fun in the bounce houses, we did get in a few games including this bean bag toss based on one of our favorite Dr. Seuss books "Put Me in the Zoo"

Jacob loved meeting up with his friend PJ

...and Katelyn, too!

Flashback Friday-Video Edition

It's hard to believe that our almost three year old was ever this unsteady on his feet!

October 2008