November

We headed over to Towson on the first weekend in November to help celebrate Kate's 6th birthday.  This picture was taken from the second floor deck, showing the kiddos enjoying a picnic lunch.

Delaware Dudes waiting their turn for the bounce house fun before the Towson vs. UD football game.

 Ethan's first football game.  It got a little chilly from earlier in the day, so we bundled up!

 Trying to stay warm.  (They were quite excited that they could see themselves in the reverse camera on my phone.  Can you tell?)

 I got Ethan all set up to take a ride around the path in our woods in the jogging stroller.  He... hated it.  He was all smiles on smooth ground, but I think the roots were too much for a small one in a big stroller.

 Another football game.  I forgot his hat, and the weather was not the 60 degrees and sunny we were promised.  Nevertheless, bundled in a blanket and in my coat - he was cozy!  :o)

The rest of the crew at the football game.   

 Ethan is really coming alive with his personality lately.  He has lots of smiles and giggles, and these surprised faces.  Of course, I spent a good bit of time trying to get the picture when he wasn't blinking or moving, and I should have guessed why he got so still.  As soon as I took the picture, he peed on me!

 Major excitement ensued when it was tree decorating time!!

 Reeeeeach!!!

 Careful and meticulous...

 Some rare tummy time.  He did roll over for the first time for Mom-Mom and Dad-Dad a couple of weeks ago!

 The bigs helping me tear apart bread on Thanksgiving morning for yummy stuffing.

 Evan needed a break.  Three batches for those hungry Judys gets exhausting!

 Excuse Evan's mouthful... but we are enjoying our Thanksgiving day dinner at Mom-Mom and Dad-Dad's new house!

 The two smallest Judys - Ethan and Anna.

 Evan showing off his healing black eye - a bounce house injury...

 Judy family photo - missing Jas and Erica!

 My boys!

 Ethan sharing some smiles with Dad-Dad.

Catch Up Stuff

I finally got a hold of Dad-Dad's camera card, which held the boys' trip to Dover Downs in September.  This was Ryan's first trip, and he was over the moon!  Evan was very excited to show him around as well.  Here they are, scoping out the track before the race.

 A little race of their own up the stairs.

 Evan pointing out #95 to Ryan (Lightning McQueen's number).

 Small version of the Monster.

 Enjoying the race with Uncle Tim.

 Some quality time with Dad-Dad.

 It was the perfect evening for the Milford Halloween parade!

 There was a small fall festival in Greenwood, so we hit it up for some horse rides and face paint.  I'm not quite sure why they wanted "rainbow spiders" on their face, but here they are...

 And we had the perfect weather for Halloween night as well!  We were able to take our little pumpkin in the stroller around Caden's neighborhood so that Superman and Woody could trick-or-treat.

Evan turns FIVE!

Our super sweet and caring Evan turned FIVE last Friday, and he could not be more excited.  He is a little confused why his teeth haven't fallen out yet (his cousin Kate lost a ridiculous amount of teeth when she turned five), but he is playing soccer this fall and is very excited to start Kindergarten next year, where he will be in the same school as Daddy.  Evan also takes on his role as the biggest brother very seriously, always making sure that Ryan follows the rules and that Ethan has his pacifier. 

 

Evan is very into superheroes, so I made him a Superman cake

Ryan picked out a Superman figure to give to Evan for his birthday.   

 Then we headed to Bethany Beach for the weekend, where the bigs played some mini golf with Daddy.

 Pop-Pop splashing with Caden, Ryan and Evan.

 The boys got to pet a sting ray at Coast Day in Lewes.

 A Mommy and Evan walk on the beach.

 Showing off his new Cars jammies from Aunt Lina and Uncle Josh.  A perfect fit!

Silly in September

Ryan has become obsessed with play doh lately.  This was the first time we busted it out at our house (he usually gets to play with it at Halmoni's house), and he was so excited.  Can you tell? 

  Ethan's version of modified tummy time. He's doing pretty well at holding his head up, but I don't think he'll be rolling over any time soon.

Ethan loves to see his big brothers and gives them lots of grins and giggles. 

Ryan is sharing his dolphin with Ethan.

Evan and Ryan loved visiting the library and picking out books to take home. 

 Kate was dying for the boys to hop in her wagon so she could pull them around Mom-Mom and Dad-Dad's driveway.

 Both of the boys got legos for their birthdays, and Evan went to town building up the farm.  Here, he's showing off one of his customers and the back of their car loaded with "tomatoes and flower bouquets." 

Ethan loves to give us his dimple-filled smiles these days!

Ryan Turns Three!!!

I'm not quite sure where all of the time went, but our rarely-quiet, firecracker Ryan celebrated his third birthday last week.  I frequently call Ethan "Ryan" because it feels like he should still be my baby.  Yet, Ryan is proud to call himself the "middle man" now, is mostly potty trained (except over night), and is learning to write his letters.  He prefers to do most things himself, and while it scares me, he is usually fearless and ready to take on the world!  :o)

 

Ryan was very excited the morning of his birthday party - Pop-Pop brought him a special birthday boy crown, which he loved, and some Batman balloons.

Helping to make his birthday cake.  I thought a fork was a better option than the hand mixer... 

 The finished product for our shark-loving boy.

 A little pinata action.  Poor Sponge Bob...

 And time for some presents!  Don't be fooled by the tameness of the photo - the surrounding kiddos quickly inched in and offered their suggestions for how to unwrap the rest of his gifts.  :o)   

 Showing off his new Mickey jammies - a perfect fit!