Karate!

So Josh is in Karate, some days he wants to be goofy and other days he just doesn't feel like conforming to the instructor's rules, but for the most part he really enjoys it.... I took the camera to class yesterday because I needed to video tape his forms so that we can practice them at home with him, he is having a hard time remembering in between classes. They are super cute in their uniforms..... I have also uploaded a video showing them practicing their kicks...




josh learning his white belt forms ^



the class practicing Roundhouse Kick (both sides), then an Axe Kick

monkey see monkey do

ok so i saw the cutest thing today..... jake was in the backyard with brooke and josh and they both were trying to throw the base ball up in the air to hit it right? the next time i look out, jake has a bat and a bat in his hand throwing it a few feet from him and then swinging the bat..... super cute!

we turned his crib into the toddler bed last night and put a rail on instead... i don' t think he realizes that he can climb over the rail yet, *knock on wood*, he will prob be transitioned into a twin bed in january sometime, after the craziness of the baby and christmas is over.

ahhhh...... 17 more days until we have three

Halloween!

what a busy day.... we started our morning off waiting in line at Dreyer Medical so that we all could get a seasonal flu shot......... Jake and I didn't make the cut, but Josh and Mark are covered! Then we headed over to Walgreen's Take Care clinic to have Josh's ear infection looked at, once at home we were all good and happy.

If you look really close in the background, you can see Jake trying to "eat" the gushy
mushy stuff that he wouldn't stick his hands IN the pumpkin to get out.

The boys wanted nothing to do with carving their pumpkins....... neither one of them would stick their hands inside, they both cried..... soooo we got them each a spoon and let them go for it, jake kept trying to eat the seeds and yucky gushy stuff (he wouldn't stick his hands in, but he will eat it?!?!!? I do not understand that child) and we cleaned out all the insides, Josh helped me draw the face and we cut it out. The second pumpkin we didn't even open, I just let Josh put on a tattoo face and that was that.

Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood, yummy, candy....

As for trick-or-treating, Josh was really excited to go..... until we actually went. The halfway through he decided he was too tired and bored, Jake was way into it though. He wanted to go to all the houses, except for the "scary" ones. He fell into step and knew exactly what to do. So to say the least, we only did half our street, but had fun passing out candy at the house.

Mark an I had the opportunity to go to a Halloween Party this year, we were pretty excited, we haven't been to a costume party since college. So we got all into it and dressed up, going as hugh Hefner and the Pregnant Angel. We had a lot of fun hanging out with friends and being the social butterflies that Mark and I are. The host hired a singer that sang all night, he had a playlist that we could choose songs off of, it was pretty cool. What was really funny, is that everyone kept asking me if I was actually pregnant. Everyone thought it was just part of the outfit. I have to mention that Mark's Playboy bunny robe came out awesome! I am so proud of it, patting myself on the back right now.
All in all it was a great Halloween and we can't wait until next year!