Fall Fun!

Well, Halen is still enjoying being outside. We have had some beautiful days to be outdoors. We got out his Thomas Bounce house and filled it with balls one day. We have been to the cider mill twice. Halen rode a pony and LOVED it! He kept telling the pony to "getty-up" Silly me forgot the camera both times. We also recently went up to the cottage for a couple of days. Halen's GG turned 89 last Monday, so we went to visit her while we were up north. When we were leaving I told him to give GG kisses and he did. He reached back and told me he wanted to hug GG too. He's only met her a couple of times, but seemed to really gravitate toward her. He wanted to push her around in her wheelchair too.

The other day, he was riding his fire truck on the patio. He pulled up to the basement window and said,"cappuccino please." Then he ordered himself some nuggies and fries. Then he took my cappuccino in the house and put it on the counter for me. So funny! I actually make cappuccino at home. I rarely order it out.

Halen is into washing his hands, especially after he eats. He always has to have a napkin during a meal because he does not like stuff on his hands. Spaghetti is an interesting meal. He thinks that once there is something on his napkin he should get a whole new one. I have to fold it so it looks clean again.

He and the dog have made a pact to drive me insane some days I think. They must secretly discuss which days to misbehave together ALL DAY LONG! The dog steals Halen's toys and Halen jumps on the dog. Funny enough though, Jager LOVES Halen. He gets very worried if Halen goes to visit a neighbor. He paces at the fence and barks & barks.

Halen's new great love......the movie Cars! I swear that I have had to watch it 30 times in the last two weeks.

I've included a new slide show of pictures. My favorite is Halen sleeping in the highchair up at the cottage. He was so warn out that he fell asleep mid dinner.

Halloween is coming!

Halloween is my favorite holiday. I am hoping that Halen will love it as much as I do. He is going to be Frankenstein this year. We are also planning on taking him to Green Field Village for their Halloween festivities. Yeah!!!

Thoughts

I have to say that I love watching Halen grow! He is funny and smart and SASSY! He hits the floor running in the morning and doesn't stop until bed time. His mouth runs as fast as his feet most of the day as well.
He"drives" his firetruck to the store for the newspaper. He goes to Ninos to get mom groceries. Sometimes he says he's "just gotta drive some place." He "cooks" us food all the time. We had pizza, pie, burgers and fries on Thursday. He made us all forks out of sticks to eat with too.
He loves to read and be read to. Thomas The tank engine is one of his favorite story books. For the past two years, my mother in law has sent him Ladybug, which is a new book of stories once a month. He loves when his special book from Grandma comes. We read it together and then he likes to go off by himself and read it all alone.

Vacation ,Vacation!

Well, summer is over......
We had great fun this year. Halen loved the pool and LOVES being outside. We spent the last two week of summer on vacation. Carl & I took Halen to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City and then we came home for four days and took back of to our cottage up in Leroy. (By Cadillac) We had so much fun. Halen loved the lake and getting dirty!

We went for some nice drives up in Traverse City and took Halen to lake Michigan and to a light house. Again, he loved the lake. He is just a fish. When we were at Great Wolf, he floated on his back through the lazy river. I was surprised at how much fun I had at the water park. Maybe is was just watching Halen have fun.

What's in a name?

I think it is so funny the names Halen gives to people.


Aunt Anita= Dita
Aunt Cathy= Cup of Coffee,Coffee or cof
Our neighbor Bonnie= Bon
He climbs the fence and can just about make it over to get into her yard. He loves Bonnie.

Summer is Flying By!!

Wow, summer seems to be getting away from us. I feel as though it just began and here we are almost into August.
Halen loves the warm weather, being in the yard and swimming in the pool. Or, as he says "the big wimmin pool!" He also like to ride around on one of his 6,000 cars or bikes. He parks them next to his toy box outside and tells me he's putting them in the garage. Uncle Tommy got him a mini 4wheeler for his birthday. He loves driving it, but he doesn't understand how to steer it yet. He is always stuck up against something.
Our dog is getting big quick. He LOOOVVVEEESS Halen. Even though they constantly steal from one another like brothers, Halen loves Jager too. He likes to give him treats and pet him. He also likes to sit on him and try to get him to wiggle.
We have been pretty low key so far this summer. Halen has seen fireworks 4 times though. He really likes them. This past weekend we went to Yale to visit my brother. It was the Bologna Festival. We went to the parade in town. Halen sat for almost 2 hours without a peep. All of his favorites were there. Fire trucks, tractors, trucks, motorcycles, go carts, etc..... He was in car heaven!
Also last week, we saw the Budweiser Clydesdales up at Rogers Roost. He still tells me about the horsies. It was really neat to see.
Along with the joys of summer have come some not so fun stuff. Halen has been waking up a lot at night. Probably nightmares(which are normal at his age) and he thinks that he doesn't need a nap. He also has become well acquainted with Time Out. My favorite is his latest saying when things aren't going his way. He tells me to leave him alone. What a stinker huh?
We will be having a big 40th Birthday party for Carl next weekend and at the end of August we are taking Halen to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City. I am looking forward to both events.