Cunkins

Some of Clark's Utah "cunkins" (cousins) were in town this weekend so we met them in Spring for playtime at the park today. We're not traveling for the holidays this year so we were glad for an opportunity to get together!

Smart. Good boy. Helper.

The other night as I was reading Clark a book before bed he said to me: "Smart. Good boy. Helper." I suppose he was reminding me of all the things I often tell him he is. It was very cute. Here's my little helper bringing me some clean laundry the other day. It's nice to have such an enthusiastic delivery service while being 7 months pregnant!

Happy How-ween!

Clark was a little "sayer" (sailor) for Halloween this year.  I opted out of making a costume this year since I already had this sweet little vintage suit. 

I thought we needed a hat so I did make that, sans pattern, which was no small feat. I ended up with 2 hats in the end: one too small and one that fit.

The week before Halloween I had Clark help me do a Halloween craft. He didn't enjoy getting his hands and feet dirty so we made just a few prints before he requested to be cleaned up. I made his artwork into a garland that I hung inside so he could admire his handiwork. He loved pointing out the black cats and ghosts all week.

We took Clark trick-or-treating in our friends' neighborhood on Halloween night. He was all practiced up with his "kuh kuh tweet"s (trick or treat) and "Pup-pup How-ween"s (Happy Halloween).

Just like last year, he seemed to enjoy passing out candy more than getting his own. When there weren't any customers he'd stand anxiously and say he was "wait" for "more kids".

We went to just a few houses since it takes a 2 year-old quite a long time to walk from door to door. He was much younger than most trick-or-treaters and got a lot of "awwww"s, and "so cute!"s.  

We enjoyed all the festive yard decorations on our walk

and made some new friends.

Clark enjoyed collecting candy in his bucket, but isn't old enough yet to realize or care what is in those bright little packages. So far, Halloween is a fun time to wear a "cah-coom" (costume), see "puh-pins" (pumpkins), and be with other kids outside at night. Sounds good to me!

Card Coverage

Things can get a little creative around here on Friday afternoons...

Pumpkin Patch: Takes 1 and 2

On Sunday, before we sat down to watch General Conference, we took a walk around our local arboretum. I noticed a pumpkin patch there and lots of families taking pictures so the next day I took Clark there to follow suit. We showed up to find exactly...one pumpkin left. doh! All was not lost because Clark enjoyed climbing the bales of hay and marveling at the single pumpkin.

Yesterday we got together with friends at another pumpkin patch--one that still had plenty of pumpkins. Clark was too energized to sit still for pictures but I documented some of his antics. 

It's been awhile since I've tried any type of photoshoot with Clark and this week I discovered my child has a strong aversion to looking at a camera, let alone holding still or smiling for a picture. These outtakes pretty much sum up the few minutes we attempted to take any sort of posed shot: