Mid November

Andy's favorite past time is emptying all the stuff out of this drawer. Repeatedly.

At 11 months old he finally agreed to drink a bottle

tricks

Practicing some writing skills

I got a new hair cut

Jill and her friend Brooklyn. They had a "friendship feast" at school. Her class was pilgrims and the next classroom over were Indians.

Jill and buddy Travis

Speaking of buddies

We love reading. Cooper has become obsessed with super hero books. We scour the shelves every week looking for one we have not read yet.

Football with Daddy

Afternoon fun once we were back from camping.  We have really missed having a yard, but at least there is this green space by our townhome that we can run and play on.

 

Camping at Watkins Mill

11/8/2013-  We took advantage of probably the last possible day to go camping of the year and went out to Watkin's Mills. It was a last minute decision and pretty exciting. We got one of the last spots but had a good time. It was colder than we expected and a good "learning" experience. We will try to be much more prepared in the future.  At least the kids were excited and had a good time. In the middle of the night we woke up to hear something scurrying around our tent. I was really spooked and woke Tucker. He got up and tried to scare whatever it was away. It made a real impression on Cooper. He has been talking about it for like 5 months!

Coop and his Daddy roasting marshmallows. We had to work real hard to get this fire going!

Jilly and I

The awesome hair that comes from a terrible fitful night of naps in our freezing tent : )

Cooper wet his pants multiple times during the night. We ran out of pants

He had to wear his sisters pants home

Powdered doughnuts for breakfast!!



Cute little Camper peeking out of the tent!

Trying out the panoramic function on my phone. Our view walking to the bathrooms from the camp site.

Growing Boys

These pictures are from the start of November 2013.

 

Silly man- still such a ham and always looking to make us laugh



Coop is beyond obsessed with super heroes

Andy has become quite the busy body. He is about 11 months in these pictures. He has his always happy demeanor even when big brother and sister toss him around. He loves any attention he gets!

He loves getting in cabinets just like Jill used to.

Jill loses her first tooth!

In the fall (2013)  Jill started complaining that her front bottom tooth hurt. Upon further inspection we discovered that the bottom two front teeth were starting to come in and those baby ones were still in the way. After a lot of wiggling Jill was so excited to finally lose one. She had been waiting YEARS to use that tooth pillow she made at cousin camp with Mumsy, Garrett, and Gabe. The permanent tooth filled in pretty quick!

Fall FUN

Fun on the swings at Canterbury Park

Cooper was much less interested in having his picture taken

Jill has a new interest

Halloween and other fun

Jill had a day off school for a parent teacher conference so we joined some friends for fun at Penguin Park. Cooper loves this giant swing.

Pretty sure this was at trunk or treat- Andy used Cooper's old costume.

Our friend Krista wrote and planned a murder mystery night for all of us. It was awesome! We had it at an old abandoned house that a member of our ward bought to "preserve." Pretty sure some of the nearby houses thought we might actually be murdering someone.

Cooper was Tuck's stand in hometeaching companion

The kids had a blast with pumpkins and everything Halloween

Captain America and a heart. I was lucky enough to be assisting with the heart.

Costume parade at school.

Ready for the trick or treating!

Out with our neighbors/friends.