draggin' out the fat pants!

first, on a side note, we tried potty training again on friday. it started out well...(suddenly, he's modest- he felt the need to hide behind his beloved box of "kahk-ehs")

we didn't make it past the morning! he sat well on the toilet for a good while, then when nothing happened, he got back off and proudly strutted around in his new dinosaur-print training pants. for a minute. then he pee'd on my leg. i think he KNOWS he's supposed to go in the toilet and even though we don't get mad ("oh look, you went potty!! next time the potty goes in the toilet" and that sort of thing), he was frustrated. wanting nothing to do with a new, clean pair of trainers, it was back to diapers. maybe tomorrow we'll give it another go.

meanwhile, madi broke out her "fat pants"...
... plenty of room for fat!
(if there WERE any)

yup.

oh, and she's got an outie!

never really noticed it, since her diapers are just long enough that they usually sit right over her belly button and kind of squish it in.

with the chilly weather bombarding us, it was time to bundle madi up too. she doesn't keep anything tucked around her, so no cheating for us! out of curiosity (and desperation to save a little $), i pulled out the snowsuit that mom got for her, the one she wore home from the hospital. it still fits.

yesterday we went to chris and al's for some crafts and fall fun... it was a blast!

thanks again, guys!

daddy made a stop in waupaca at swiderski to look at something, and when he didn't take cole in with him, a small tantrum ensued. cole threw george in anger (george, he didn't mean it, i swear!), and george made a cool landing. cole thought it was funny...

oooh, glue!

cole lasted about 5 minutes with the crafts- longer than i though he would! he had fun 'gluing' things together.

however, he was thrilled to see the jack'o'lantern project to the end! he did the picasso version and used all but one sticker. good job, colie!

after the indoor projects, we all headed outside for a photo and then dug for candy in the haystack. madi didn't get into the picture- she stayed warm inside with granny ruth.

for quite awhile, the concept of the candy search completely eluded cole- he happily attempted to bury the tossed-aside letters!

eventually, though, he tried his hand at it. between running down the hill and wandering around the yard, he dig a little scavenging.

for the first time, levi got to hold madi without her bursting into tears.

yay, levi!

after the third day without a nap (thursday and friday, cole reFUsed to sleep), cole was exhausted. he fell asleep mere minutes after we left chris and al's!

bath-time this morning...

...pizza this noon...

...playtime this afternoon, after naps. yes, cole napped!!

madi's not really pulling herself up to standing yet, but in her defense, it's sock weather and we have wood floors. not a friendly combination! but, if we stand her up and stay real close, she does pretty well!

love her eyes.

they take your attention away from the owie on her head.

daddy learned a lesson today: even if cole's out of the house, the basement door still needs to be shut, because miss squish is on da move!

she's fine- two minor bumps on her noggin, and the crying only lasted a minute.

she's tiny, tough cookie, she is!

cole's vocab is still growing by leaps and bounds; he's repeating things he heard days, even weeks ago. and he also sings "old macdonald": "ooh fahm, yi-yi-o"!

they grow too fast...

*sigh*