A Dog and His Boy

This little dog is quickly becoming Jonny's best friend. My sister got it from her mother-in-law, so it's kind-of a "hand-me-down" dog. He's about a year old and has some pug in him and I don't know what else. Chris and Jonny have decided to call him Mac. I don't really care for little dogs, but Mac has grown on me. He's really good-natured and lets Jonny try to ride him and pull his tail. Jonny has always liked to play outside but now that Mac is outside, Jonny would spend all day outside if I let him. Jonny's favorite thing is to run across the yard with Mac running behind and then turn around and zip the other way.

I like having Mac around because he stays with Jonny while Jonny plays outside. That way, if I can see one of them, I know where both of them are!

Halloween, part 2

This is Jonathan's real Halloween costume. He picked it out when we went costume shopping. We tried it on at the store, but he wasn't too sure about it when we put it on Halloween night. He just stood there with his head, eyes and arms hanging down for a while--truly a "hang dog" look!

It didn't take his daddy too long to get him laughing though and he wore his costume without trouble for the rest of the night.

We went trick-or-treating with Aunt Shannon's family and her friend Kendall's kids. Jonny understood trick-or-treating a lot better this year, especially after watching the bigger kids. Jonny carried his treat bucket all night long and wouldn't let anyone touch it, even when it seemed like it was getting too heavy for him.

We walked around the neighborhood for about an hour so when Jonny got too tired for walking, he rode on his daddy's shoulders.

Halloween, part 1

My mom's ward had a Harvest Dinner Saturday night, followed by games and a Trunk or Treat for the kids. I forgot to take Jonathan's costume with us so we dug through the box of costumes left over from when my brothers and sister and I were small. That's why Jonny ended up being a little red devil. The costume was too big so we just used the cape and hat. Jonny wore the cape all night but he didn't really like the hat so he pulled it off pretty fast.

Jonny with cousins Rowdy, Kassidy and Mary and below, with Tucker.

The Nest

My laundry basket has become Jonathan's "nest" or so he calls it. I'm not sure where he got that from, unless it was from watching Dinosaur Train on PBS. It's about a family of dinosaurs and they live in a nest. Jonathan drags the basket all through the house and either sits in it or plays under it with his toys. Jonathan has invited us to join him in his "nest", but alas, we don't fit!

The nest is good for eating snacks in. (Jonathan is eating one of the last cucumbers from our garden.)

The nest is even good for watching Sesame Street!

Making Cookies

Whenever I get out the mixer, Jonny thinks it is his job to drag over a chair and take over control of the speed. When we were mixing up some cookies at Grandma's house, Jonny needed to help, of course. The only problem was that Jonny wasn't used to Grandma's mixer so he turned up the speed all of the way and we ended up with flour everywhere! Jonny wasn't quite sure what to think!

Climbing Out of Bed!

Yes, Jonny has learned how to climb out of his crib! He doesn't usually let me watch him climb out, but I finally caught him. He puts a leg up over the side, lifts himself up and over the side, then rests his feet on the mattress and gets down. Let me tell you, this climbing out thing is definitely making naptime and bedtime troublesome! It used to be really easy to get Jonny to go to sleep at night, but now we spend an hour or more playing the game of Jonny climbs out of bed and we put him back in. We have a rail for the side that will convert the bed into more of a daybed/toddler bed that we are probably going to put on soon. It will make it easier for Jonny to climb out of bed, but maybe it will make bedtime easier, too. Hey, we can always hope, right?

A Slide in our Yard

Our new yard is pretty bare and doesn't have a lot of things for a two-year-old boy to play with yet, so we bought this used playset for Jonny. It has two slides, a tunnel and a little door. Jonny has convinced his daddy to go down the slide with him several times, but all he can convince me to do is go in the door and sit in the little "house" part!

Jonny is pretty particular about the door and makes sure it is always shut!