Fun dip and baseball-Henry.

Aunt Jenni sent me some Fun Dip for Halloween. It was great.

I started eating it while mama ran upstairs to get the camera and when she got back, I announced that I had already eaten the stick.

So I had to finish up the dip with my finger. Thanks Aunt Jenni!Mister Paul and Miss Susan came over for supper. I adore them and showed off by taking off my clothes and showing them my baseball skills.

I'm really going to start a revolution in the Majors with the vertical swing.

Here I am in action.

Our civic duty fulfilled- Henry.

Mama thinks it's important that we understand how important it is to vote. So this morning, we decided to take advantage of early voting and headed down to the community center to cast our ballot. Little did we know, everyone else thought it was a good day to vote and the line was over 2 hours long. Regardless, mama said we were staying, because she doubted that the line would get any shorter before election day. We waited in line and three good things happened to us:
1. People felt bad for us and let us cut in front of them, shortening our wait to only 1 hour and 45 minutes.
2. Mama bought us animal crackers from a vending machine to keep us occupied. (Mind you, she didn't ealize the wait was so long, so we literally went into this fiasco with just a stroller and a nuk for June.)
3. Mcdonalds for lunch! mama says it was a reqard for our good behavior, but we really know it was a reward to herself for managing two kids in line for two hours.

And after it was over, we even got stickers.

Now that our civic duty is over, mama said we aren't going to watch any more campaign adds and asks that Barack Obama and Kay Hagan please stop send flyers to our house. We couldn't fit them all in the recycling bin this week.

Don't forget to vote!

Tonight-Henry.

Juner continues to have problems sleeping. We think it's a combination of two things. First, every time she wakes up, mama and papa always find her sitting up. Tonight she was up on her knees at the edge of the crib. Mama read that when babies reach developmental milestones, like crawling, or pulling themselves up to a sitting position, they often like doing it so much that it interferes with their sleep. Next, mama was desperate enough to start doping Juner with Baby Tylenol and Oragel. Turns out, her hunch may be right. While slathering Oragel on Juner's gums, she thought she detected a new tooth. But she didn't want to turn on a light to see, as she just wanted June to go to sleep already.

Here's a new skill in action. She really wants in that bathtub.

We like how June keeps her thin waist despite huge legs and big belly. Maybe we've been fastening her diapers too tight.

In addition to the mad amounts of candy I've been raking in, I've also amassed a respectable collection of fake tattoos. Mama didn't feel like fighting when I insisted on putting more on this afternoon. I have a pirate tattoo to commemorate the best Halloween ever. (Whenever I se a skeleton, I insist that it is really Henry with sunglasses on.) June also has a frog tattoo because she likes her costume so much. You can also see that I have a princess tattoo as well. Mama wants to sneak in and write "Mom" underneath it, but I won't let her.

Do you need tickets to the gun show?

And finally, my firetruck tattoo. With all these cool tattoos and my old school Bengals shirt, I am really looking good.

Another Halloween Party- Henry.

Today we got to go to school for a candy party!!!! I love candy!!!

Juner and I dressed up in our costumes and posed for a picture before we got into the serious candy collecting. They had a photo booth just like at prom. Though mama reassured us both that we won't have to take each other to prom. She thinks we'll be able to find dates or at least con our cousins into going with us.

JB mostly crawled around on the floor. We gave her a pretzel to keep her from eating hay.

To earn candy, I had to perform feats of skill and strength. Easy stuff for the Dread Pirate Henry.

June tried her hand at bowling.

Later, I conquered my fear and climbed the big inflatable slide. It was great!

I ended up riding down it three times!Finally, I got to decorate a cookie. Since mama was making me wait until the end to eat my candy, I inhaled this in one bite before she could stop me.

We had tons of fun- especially mama. She loves a good festival.

We didn't even wait until we got home to dig into our booty. Mama let me have some as soon as we got outside. I picked the mini M&Ms, which become quite messy when you're trying to shovel 50 in your mouth at a time.

Juner fell asleep on the way home. Not surprising for a little girl who decided she was up for good at 4am. Mama decided this must not be the baby she ordered and is on the phone trying to trade in for a better baby that actually sleeps.

But once we got home, Jurey turned on the charm.

Where's that little frog going?

Every pirate needs his trusty frog companion.

Here's my best pirate face.

I told June that she really had to be cute to ensure mama didn't get rid of her. this is what she came up with.

Pumpkin Project- Henry.

Every year the students at Wake Forest host the Pumpkin Project, where under privileged kids get to come in have a festival of their own and trick or treat in the dorms. Lucky for us, the faculty is also invited to bring their families. And mama even convinced me to wear my pirate costume! (It took many promises of candy to get it on.)

Juner and I got our picture taken with the Demon Deacon.
Then we went off to play games. Mama loved this game the most. You stomp on a balloon until it pops. Perfect for a two year old.

Next we dug for dinosaur bones like Curious George. But I am a pirate, so I didn't uncover any bones; I uncovered pirate booty- a gold coin. Then I got to trade my coin in for candy!

Finally, we headed over to the cotton candy machine. I had to eat fast so mama wouldn't take it all. She loves cotton candy!

Church Fall Festival- June.

This weekend, we hung around the house and got things cleaned up.

While mama and papa did their tidying, I copped an attitude with my "No autographs please" t-shirt (Thanks Miss Megan).

Then I switched it over to cute with the new t-shirt Aunt Jenni sent me. Henry even likes it because it has candy corn on it.

Later, we had our pick of church festivals to attend for supper. We chose the one where Henry goes to Preschool. It was a great festival with a petting zoo, bingo, bluegrass music and free will donation chili dogs and Cheerwine! We had a great time.

I went in to the festival looking pretty and petite, but came out looking stained and heavy thanks to the chili dogs.

Mama intended this to be a video of me dancing to the band, but I caught sight of her plate and decided I wanted it more.

Henry stayed away from the chili dogs and instead devoured two plates of baked beans. (Mind you, we ate supper before we got to the festival.)

After the baked beans, we headed into the gym where they had three huge inflatable play areas for kids. We tried to get Henry to go up the slide, which looked easiest, but he refused.

So instead we tried to get him to go through the inflatable maze. they asked if he was three, and we lied and said he was, then threw him in as fast as we could. He actually handled himself well.
Then he even made it up the stairs and down the slide.

GG artwork-June.

Our GG Grandpa is pretty handy with a computer and he put together these collages for us. We thought you might enjoy them.

"Sweety Britches"

"Little Boy"

"Huggy Babe"

Our hammock- Henry.

Now that it's the end of October, papa decided it was a good time to get the hammock out. Don't ask me why.

We had a good time trying to get the hammock to balance, but I wanted it to fall over, so I wasn't much help.

Today, mama was distributing too many kisses. I told her to stop kissing my face. When she asked where she could kiss, I decided the only safe place was "in my hair." Isn't 2 too young to tell your mom to stop kissing?

We even attracted a little frog in our hammock.

Mama says that I must be teaching Juner how to push her buttons. Mama says she can tolerate a lot from babies, but one thing that really gets her is when babies bite down on a spoon and refuse to let go. I told June it really irritates her when you smile with the spoon in your mouth. She did a pretty good job even with just two teeth.

June continues to make me look bad when it comes to eating. But it all evens out. I don't eat, and June finishes my lunch. (Call me Oliver.) We're very excited that she's transitioning away from baby food and on to table food. Last night, she dined on broccoli and sauteed apples and pears (in a molasses-soy sauce-vinegar sauce) and tonight she ate two bowls of curried pumpkin soup. (Mama had to brag- fancy nights like these rarely happen twice in a row. Back to hot dogs tomorrow night.)

But no matter what Juner and I do to bug mama, it doesn't matter, because she is now the proud owner of a-

-food dehydrator. Seriously, mama has been pining for one of these for a long time. She's even considered buying one. But she knew if she waited long enough, the right opportunity would come up. And it did- she got it on Craigslist for $5! This is going to be he best ever! Beef jerky! Fruit leather! Apple chips! Thisis really going to open doors for us into the chewy tough food world.