The boys doing the usual, protesting WI being taken over by national interests, paying to speak through Gov Walker, who have no stake in the lives of WI citizens.
The boys checking out a teamster truck up at the Capitol.
Fresh off a haircut, or should I say 3 haircuts. Dad is quite the barber.
Jonas is at sports class on the far left stretching with his classmates.
Halloween was once again an awesome event. The cow produced many moos and collected quite the candy haul. The spaceship pilot wowed the public with the nimbleness of the spacecraft maneuvered through the neighborhood, state street, and in the cover of darkness. Niles was awesome at following Jonas's lead. Niles was knocking on doors with full force and saying trick or treat....than in a pronounced motion shoved his bucket out to the unsuspecting benefactor of candy. He often was able to get a double portion. The pumpkins turned out great; a a Jonas train, a Niles owl, a Mom bat, and a Dad Carbon Dioxide ppm global warming indicator that is way to high (389 ppm....oh well to late who cares about the current Earth!) Its great to go out and see and talk to the neighbors, a great community building event.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Gigantic wooly bear discovery! After dropping him off in the neighbor's yard the wooly bear found his way back to our front door. What a connection Jonas must have made.
3 boys in a box, isn't the box supposed to be a toy box? The best toys are not intended to be toys.
Jonas giving Cory a ride on his four wheeler. Ben is close behind. The kids had to put on hundreds of miles so far this October. Need to change the tires soon.
Soon enough Haloween will be here. This is the stage 7 of the Jonas costume creation. Obviously it is going to be a rocketship.
As the leaves fall the boys continue to sprout. Niles puts multiple words/vocalizations together to communicate and Jonas facilitates with patience and guidance.....(most of the time.) It has been fun to watch them grow together as Niles always wants to do everything that Jonas does. We've had a wonderful time enjoying the most wondrous and simple things in life and I hope that can continue forever.
Jonas had an amazing 4th birthday. This was by far the most excited and proud he has been about having a birthday and growing up. It is beautiful to sit back and picture year by year all the amazing changes that kids go through, especially when they are your own. I hope that the proud anticipation of Jonas growing up crawls along simply because we love the kid so much. Thanks to everyone that helped him grow up to this point, wouldn't change a moment.
The boys had a great time at Bay Beach in Green Bay. Niles got a chance to get on some rides by himself and Jonas was enjoying the last fleeting days of being a 3 year old. Niles loved the rides so much that at the end of each ride there was an instantaneous cry, but luckily his big brother came to the rescue everytime as Jonas would rush out of his car to comfort Niles and get him out of his car, bug, boat, etc..
Jonas and Niles took a trip with Cory and Ben up to the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum on Monday for a steam train ride. Normally the Museum runs their diesel trains, but for just this week they had a little steamer running. We had a great time riding the train, listening to its cute whistle and watching it spew black smoke from the funnel. Afterwards we looked at all the restored train locomotives and cars at the museum. Some of them were very intricately detailed and beautiful. The boys had a great time!
