Jack likes singing and dancing today. Earlier he was boogeying with Dora the Explorer, and here he is singing a new song...

And congratulations to my cousin Jamie & Whitney for their new little girl Olivia!

Yeah for a big boy bed! Curtis converted Jack's crib into a toddler bed on Wednesday. As you can imagine, Jack loves it. He is so excited to sleep in his "big bed" and to be able to get up on his own. He does not like the dark, so when he gets up he comes straight to our room and no where else...at least yet. This morning he wanted to play in his bed with his pillow and covers. And then Jack said to me, "Cheese. Picture." So I took his picture.

And this picture is pretty indicative of Trystin's week....

Max is a tripod! Well, not exactly, but he is working on mastering sitting with the help of his arms.

And Jack likes "pee-ah bah." For those not fluent in toddler speak, that's peanut butter.

"Why don't you eat clowns? MOO!" Well, the joke isn't exactly supposed to go that way, but that's the way it came out when Trystin and Jack were trick or treating with their friend Chloe. Jack the cow had a great time trying to keep up with the big kids running from house to house. Of course, he couldn't keep up for long and had to come back to Big Jack's house to hand out candy while Trystin and Chloe raced on for more goodies. (For the record, you don't eat clowns because they taste funny).

Max is venturing into the domain of solid foods. Saturday was his first day to try rice cereal. And today he just gobbled his second bowl of cereal right up. Tonight at supper Max was studying each of us intensely to see how we ate - I think he thinks he's ready for more solids already!

Curtis shocked his coworkers with his pastry skills on Thursday. He told his coworkers about an apple pie he had made at home, and no one believed him, so he promised to bake another and bring it in for everyone to try. Curtis being Curtis went all out - the pie was a carmel apple pie decorated with apple and leaf cutouts and a sugar coating to make it sparkle. The pie didn't last long at work, and everyone now realizes Curtis can bake.