Next Generation

Joel already posted some of our pics of block-building on his blog, but here are some more with the little man.

Joel had a great time building Manhattan…

Here are some pics from a while ago of E and his cousin finger painting with Grandma.  They had a great time!  (Sorry the quality isn’t up to our usual level…this was with my point-and-shoot.  But you get the idea anyway…)

And one more, just for the cuteness factor:

We had a little dinosaur this Halloween!  Joel was unfortunately sick, so he couldn’t go with us.  E and I had a splendid time anyway.  The first shot is of E when he first got his costume:

The afternoon of Halloween we had to have some way of keeping him occupied until it was time to trick-or-treat…

Here’s the back of the costume:

Yay, all dressed!

First stop: The Coffee Cottage, where they gave out free hot chocolates or apple ciders to kids in costumes.  Here he is waiting for his drink…

and trying it out!  Mmm…tasty.

We trick-or-treated around downtown and he got basically a full pumpkin’s worth of candy.

We went home for dinner and photo ops.

Then we traipsed over to his cousins’ place.  These two are next to impossible to get a photo where they’re both looking and have a pleasant expression!

I was experimenting with the flash, and when I edited these two shots I thought they looked cool even though it wasn’t exactly what I meant to do:

Darth…

Let the trick-or-treating begin!

Getting a little tired, but still gung-ho.

Also present were E’s cousins’ cousins and some neighbor kids (and their parents).

After a long evening…

E only had 2 pieces of candy all evening, but was up until after 11!  He had a great time…now it’s just a matter of getting rid of the candy without a hyped-up kiddo.  *sigh*  It’s a rough job, but somebody’s gotta do it!