We've been having the most gloriously beautiful fall weather this past week.  What an amazing holiday weekend it was!  We spent Black Friday getting outside as much as possible with a trip to the playground and a picnic in the park.

The fake smile is not quite as cute as a real one...

Cecilia was very excited to be climbing!

We tried to picnic on the grass but it was SUPER wet, so we ended up on the basketball court. 

And John Paul spent most of the time exploring the area...  I heard him saying, "Dorothy, this is how you sit on a bench" while he got up and down from the bench.  Someone might be watching too much Sesame Street...

Cecilia wasn't going to let anything keep her from the sparkling apple cider!

Not even Dad!

Grandma took Cecilia walking while Dad and John Paul played basketball with a soccer ball...

And when they got tired of that, she was ready to play with the ball by herself!

The kids got VERY dirty.  And when we got home, we made sure to do some online shopping so our Black Friday would be complete ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I am thankful for...

A set of 3 carpeted stairs.

Because Cecilia can climb up and down to her little heart's content.

And even if she falls, it's not a long way down, and it's padded.

And it allows for the perfect ledge to drum on Aunt Sister's head!

I am also thankful for the fact that Cecilia prefers peeing on tiled floors to carpeting.  Much easier to clean up!  Although when she sits on the kitchen stool to pee, it makes for a much larger mess...  Maybe it's time to start trying the potty?

If you give a 2-year-old a camera

He's going to want to take some pictures...

Then he won't realize he has already started pressing buttons.

He'll point it up to his face to make sure he's aiming it correctly.

But he'll get it to close to his mouth.

He'll try again, thinking it must not have worked because the picture has already disappeared from the display.

Then he'll bring the camera to his mom, blinking rapidly because of the constant flash, asking for help.

And she'll see that he has already succeeded in taking 7 "self-portraits."

Diaper

Andrew:  "John Paul, did you poop?"

John Paul:  "Just a wittle turd..."

Splashing

Yesterday the valve fell out of Cecilia's sippy cup during dinner, spilling water on her tray.  At first she was rather dismayed, until she realized the splashing potential!!!  This actually made for easier cleanup for me, so I was fine with it.

Unfortunately, in the absence of a sippy cup this morning she decided to improvise.

I got her diaper off and she played in John Paul's room for a while until she evidently felt the urge...  She crawled into the bathroom and I found her splashing happily in a puddle.

Of her own pee.

Awesome.

So someone took a morning bath today!

I'm hoping she forgets about this by tonight...