Costumes For 3 Years

For fun I wanted to post Miles costumes for the last three years. The most recent photo of the "pirate" costume is from this year. It was taken several weeks prior to Halloween right after we bought his costume. So there will be a lot more actual Halloween pictures coming after tonight. He is soooo excited to get "CANDY". It's funny how well he can articulate that word!!

Duck - 2006:

Giraffe - 2007:

Pirate - 2008:

Happy Halloween

Toy Boy

Occasionally, in the mail, we will get catalog circulars. They are usually because of internet orders we have made in the past and now we are unfortunate enough to be on some mailing list. Recently we received the Fisher Price toy catalog for this season. I remembered how much Miles liked looking at the pictures last year, so I set it aside for him this year as well.

I guess liking it has been an understatement. It has become an extension of his arm. He sits for 30-40 minutes at a time just looking at the pictures. He talks about them to himself and us, points to them and of course references favorite pages often. Last night, my mom brought over the Toys R Us catalog and Miles insisted on taking it to bed with him. If I hadn't snuck it away from him when he was sleeping, he would have woken up with it. It is almost safe to say that it is a decent substitute for having the actual toys........pretty much!!

Here are a few pictures from bedtime and a short video clip. The video came out very dark because his room is dimly lit and at one point it goes to black because he heads out into the dark family room looking for his Dora cash register. Unfortunately it was the best I could get.

More Pics From The Patch

Here are just a few more from our pumpkin picking yesterday:

Let's go!

Tyler and Miles

Helping Nana pick out a tiny one!

Pumpkin head

Hugs for Nana


Jack-o-lantern grin

The cows always gravitate toward the fence when the pumpkin patch is open.

Pumpkin Patch

This is the second year we went to the pumpkin patch by our house. This year Miles went with his friend Tyler. Miles picked out a tiny pumpkin for his room and we got a medium and large one to carve for outside. Here are pics from last year and this year to see how much he's grown.

2007:

2008: