Team Work

Yay for us all working together! Ignore Dillan's weird face and notice that Hazel is standing under the table at dinner. What could be going on?

Dillan is feeding her rice! Both of them really love their rice tasks!

Rice + My Kids = Happy and Messy

Look at that cute boy! Our pumpkins took a lot of team work. Hazel slept. Kyle did all the scraping out and carving. I cut my finger before getting the lid cut out. Dillan described and modeled the faces he wanted on the pumpkins. I translated Dillan's words and faces into faces on the pumpkins (a.k.a. artist).

Yay for teamwork! They turned out great!

Kyle and I have been together for 5 Halloweens. This is the first time we have carved pumpkins. Mostly we like going to the pumpkin patch.

Dillan thought the pumpkin "guts" were gross. He wouldn't touch them with his hands, just a spoon.

I visited my family for a week, giving Kyle extra study time in Salem and me extra help with the kids. Seeing family is always great! (Yay team work again!) That's Shelly and Danny, my brother and sister.

This is Hazel at 9 months! She had so much fun pulling out all the books. Then she was surrounded by books, stuck, and crying because she didn't know how to get away.

Hazel's first box adventure. She loved it. There is a lot of playing with boxes in her future!

During General Conference Dillan made Witches Hats for the neighbors. It kept him busy for almost an hour on 2 different days! What impressed me was he didn't eat any of the ingredients.

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Sorry, bad cinematography. I think the adorable Dillan makes up for it.

Germs

Me: Dillan, you should wash your hands after you go potty.

Dillan: They're not dirty. There's no poop.

Me: The dirt is too small to see.

Dillan: See!? They're not dirty (holding out his hands for inspection).

Me: There is bacteria and germs on your hands.

Dillan: I don't need to wash my hands. They're not dirty.

Hazel then reaches out and touches his hand.

Dillan: Hazel's touching my germs!

Me: You better go wash!

He was finally convinced and washed his hands. Hee hee hee!

Dillan Funnies

As he walks out onto our back porch:

"See you next day!"

"See you later, crocodile!"

"Patriot Day"

This is the Field of Flags in Salem. We had a very nice walk around the park, peaceful, respectful of our nation. The governor had some soldiers their with some sort of artillery for taking down airplanes (I'm guessing here). That was interesting, especially for Dillan. I am reminded what a big deal it was 10 years ago and that my kids will never really understand, just like I don't really understand the Iron Curtain or the Cold War.

I'm glad we're all alive and that the United States is still free. I'm grateful for this country, that it allowed Jesus' gospel to return to the earth and that I get to partake in it. I am so blessed.

Hazel chased a toy in there and then ended up on top of it, so she couldn't even play with it! She has started trying to get to toys by herself, before she had to be coaxed along to crawl.