Progress

Today Colton ate his entire lunch by himself--with a spoon.  I didn't feed him a single bite.  In fact, I wasn't even paying attention.  I came back to find his entire bowl of soup gone and him making the sign for "more".  I don't think he understood why I was so excited, but he really liked all my clapping.  (I fear he may have been extra focused on this meal since I made the mistake of giving him Lucky Charms for breakfast.  I thought it would take him a while to discover that the marshmallows are the only part of that cereal worth eating, but it turns out that wasn't the case.  I don't think he ate anything but marshmallows starting with bite one.)  Oh well.  Now that he's well on his way with a spoon, maybe there's hope that he'll someday learn to say "mama".

Note: This picture is technically from several months ago.  We discovered that Colton really liked spaghetti, and clearly, he fed himself quite a bit that day as well...

I have a muscle

Those of you who know me well may recall that I gave up exercise from 1996 - 2002.  In fact, I actively campaigned against it.  It just seemed so stupid to go running for no particular reason.  If you're playing a game then fine...but exercise just for the sake of exercise--I was completely against it.

Well, it turns out that I was wrong.  Exercising is not such a bad thing after all, and I've actually been doing it regularly.  This is officially my new favorite picture of myself.  Doesn't it look like I have a muscle?  Watch out cousin Ted,  you're not the only one with sweet biceps now!!

Since Justin didn't have to work on Columbus Day, we went to Cox Farms for some Fall festivities.

Like posing behind a plywood car...

...and sliding down giant slides.  (Nothing says "I'm glad Columbus discovered America" like giant slides and cheesy plywood cutouts.)

All this celebrating really makes a man thirsty...

...and tired. Thanks, Cox Farms, for a wonderful day!

Restoring a little sanity

We may have gotten there late, and left early, and seen or heard pretty much nothing in between (it's hard to work your way into a crowd pushing a stroller)...but we did our best to help restore a little sanity to our great nation.

(It looks like Colton was on team fear...The cheering from the crowd may have terrified him a little.)

Live long and prosper

Since Colton didn't seem to have much input on what he wanted to be for Halloween, I took it upon myself to choose his costume.  I looked through dozens of cute little animal outfits, but nothing really jumped out at me...until I saw the mini Spock outfit.  I had to have it.  I mean, Colton had to have it.  And if Colton was going to be Spock, it only made sense for Justin to be Captain Kirk.  When young children (who are apparently not aware of the existence of Star Trek) asked me what we were supposed to be, I simply answered: "We are voyagers on the Starship Enterprise..."  Good times.

When I told Justin we were going to dress like star trek, he insinuated that I had made a very nerdy decision.  Well, if that is the case, I think nerdy is the new cool.