thanksgiving time

Dare had so much fun at Thanksgiving with his cousins.  He played and played outside with them.  He is such a ball of energy and has no fear. 

I love the static hair!

And, shortly after Thanksgiving, he discovered the tree.  And how to wreck it.  And, mom wasn't mad at him...  Nope not at him.  Just his dad...who provoked the demolition of a five hour project of mine.  But, we've kissed and made up, don't worry.  In the big scheme of things, it does not matter.  Although,  my child still needs to learn how to leave "mom's balls" alone!

still lovin'

 still loving his bath time

 and any size or color of ball...loves 'em all

 

 not gonna lie, he loves being a "grownup"

(look at all those teeth!)

and loves "helping" daddy fix things... here he is helping when dad was changing out the garbage disposal for a new one.

sick sick go away

Although Dare has been sick since last Monday, and feeling pretty darn rotten, he still wants to be happy.  He loves his "amimals" so much, and we have played and played with them.  We have also read lots of books and watched "Signing time", played with blocks, and trains, and taken lots of baths.

 We've napped by the fire that daddy built for us

 napped on top of the ottoman (because that looks comfortable....) ;)

 Hung out on the couch with dad and watched football

And dressed to impress... his fedora and mommy's slippers (he chose the combo)

And, we've made silly faces.  Anything to distract little D from his painful, raw, open skin rash/wounds in his diaper area.   All because of some darn virus that has made acid water come out of his digestive track. 

store. jail. smart.

Dare playing with Auntie CC at the costume store.

 And in Jail on CC's stairs.

And, the ever so smart, studious thing that he is, helping daddy change the news channel one morning before going to Nannies for the day.

orchids at red butte

I met my friend Judith at Red Butte this afternoon.  There was an orchid show there that she was interested in seeing, and I have to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I never knew there were so many diversities and varieties of orchids.  It was very cool.  And insightful.  At some point, I may just try my thumb at one and see if it turns green!