Phone Pictures (October)

At the end of last month we decided it was finally time to tackle shoe tying.  Ethan did so well and is getting faster and faster.

In the above picture, he practiced on my shoe, and in the one below, he tied Alan's.  :)

I went to the fabric store and Jared practically climbed into the fleece.  When he came out, he said, "Mom, it is really comfy in here."

Hooray for a playroom and the moments when they work together!

When making cinnamon rolls over Conference weekend, Jared got to play with a piece of dough and he was tickled about it.

I may have doubled the frosting and consequently, they were doubly delicious!

We got to go to a birthday party at a gymnastics place and the boys really enjoyed jumping and sliding and jumping some more into the foam pits.  Jared was hesitant at first, but couldn't get enough.

Ethan was a wild man and obviously the camera couldn't keep up at all.  :)

Alan and Ethan built a tank out of some scrap wood.  It is really cute.  They love doing projects together.

Ethan gets very into his pretend play.  :)

My parents are in Houston quite a bit now with my Dad's job and so the company got them an apartment.  We had a day off of school and it was so fun to get to go play with Grandma Joan and check out the new place.  The kids had so much fun playing "Hunt-n-Seek" (hide and seek with a flashlight), showing their tricks on the yoga mat, reading stories, exploring the area, having lunch, etc.

The apartment complex has a pool and even though it was a really rainy day, the boys had to try out the water.  Jared decided to try it out a little more right after this picture and got wet up to his middle before I grabbed him.  :)

Alan went out of town for a week so we had a picnic in front of a movie night.  I was really disappointed in Wendy's fries.  When did they change those and why did they do it?

After eating we moved to the couch and I tried to take a picture to send to Alan.  :)

Jared is a lover of stripes.  :)

He also uses the slide for all kinds of things.  In the picture below, he told me he was running on his treadmill.