A look at where we've been the last month...

Who knew a pumpkin could be soo cute

this is a frequent view from my door...:) B&V finding treasures in their secret forest

So so great! :)

The  gift of the year by our very good friends here in VB. They had a tricycle not being used, and were so incredibly gracious to surprise Benjamin with his first set of wheels and a certificate of ownership at our door. :)

This picture does not capture his ridiculous excitement :)

And this was B&V for the next week...round and round and round our square 

they had a lot to discuss :)

I can't tell you how much I hate slugs, and how much entertainment they provide my eldest...which makes me kind of love them...:)

even Violet will sit still for a while to watch them:)

BOZ video and ice cream cones...it doesn't get much better!

such a ham!

can't take his eyes of the dvd

"oh videt!"

Benjamin now has a "favorite" puppy, penguin, bunny, 2 lions and sometimes more...If he had his way, they would come EVERYWHERE with us

I have not made great bread yet...It has not saved me money yet...it hasn't even added to our health factor...But the looks on these two faces the ENTIRE time I'm making it (especially big brother!) makes it worth wasting all those ingredients :)

Its like grown up play dough 

what fall looked like around here

Joel's big bird

middle of the Alton Brown process

Violet turned 2! (I'll write more about that soon!)

She had a very simple, last minute pink party

she LOVED being the star of the show

She needed a little help blowing out the candles

We happened upon some Starbucks treats for the this little princess...and you thought university food pantry only had tuna and green beans!...(well, I guess that's mostly true...:)

Our 5 1/2  yr old helper :)

her new slippers and barrettes

some of her birthday loot

christmas has arrived!

Well, there's more wordy updates to come, but hope you enjoyed our picture summary!
Merry Christmas Season!