DOWN!

Easton's big thing right now is to do "touchdown" (hold his arms above his head as if signaling a touchdown). I'm sure you can imagine where he learned that! Anyway, he does it at random now. It's so darn funny. But lately, he's been doing it when he gets to the bottom of stairs too. He makes it all the way down, then throws his hands up and yells "DOWN!" This is the first I've seen him do it on the slide, and I'm so glad I left my camera on long enough to catch it on video. Cracks me up!!!

Frucks and Combines

We went to Osborne after the wedding on Saturday night, mainly because it was closer. But also because we'll be back up north all of this next weekend for Opening Pheasant weekend. Easton and Elwin took naps and played while Grammy Dene and I sewed a purse. We (mainly SHE) finished it in a couple hours, so we had some lunch and headed home.



On the way home we decided to make a couple pit stops in Beloit, as it was a beautiful day and seemed a waste to be in the car the whole time. So we stopped at Carrico's and looked at frucks (tractors) and combines. Apparently looking was okay, but touching didn't go over quite as well.

Another weekend, another wedding!

This weekend we went to Beloit for Elwin's cousin Jerry's wedding. Easton had a good time dancing and running around with cousin Kayla and the million other kids there. We were all pretty wiped by the end of the day! We made a small attempt several times to get a photo of the 3 cousins (Easton, Kayla and Cayden), but never got that accomplished. Hopefully at Christmas...



Finally remembered to take a photo of Crystal and Earl with baby Cayden. He was a very good sport for being passed around to as many people as he was! And of course, he tolerated Easton's hugs like a trooper!


Right before we left, so probably not the most flattering point of the day! Should've taken this one in the afternoon!

Silly Drummer Boy

Easton is a silly, silly drummer boy.....kinda.... If wearing the drum on your head counts! This is a favorite activity these days. Last night he brought me a sand bucket, and was very upset because it wouldn't fit down over his head! He brought it to me like I could do something to fix it! Sorry kiddo!

Football Game and Spooktacular

Vernie and Dennis gave us their tickets for the game this last weekend against Colorado. We had a great time. Easton made friends with the people around us and got to practice his touchdown motion. Although, when he was really getting into it, no one was scoring! But it was still fun to watch! And we won! Can't get any better than that! Oh yeah, unless you get to take a mid-game nap!



After the game we took Easton to the zoo for Spooktacular (trick or treating). We didn't care much about the candy, as we don't really feed him much yet. But we'd never gone to the zoo with him, and it was a nice day. Manhattan Zoo isn't huge, so we saw about everything in an hour. According to Easton, everything we saw was a kitty-cat, including the wallabys. I think he enjoyed the little monkeys. They were about the only animals that moved much while we were there! And we did see a baby chimp too! Hopefully next summer we can go to a bigger zoo.



This video is from last week sometime. Easton is really into all sorts of cars and trucks right now. Basically anything that has wheels. Even if it's foam and stationary, if he realizes it's a car, he'll drive it around! And hauling things is even better. (He gets that from his Daddy!)

I got a new camera today, so maybe I'll be a little better about taking pics and posting....MAYBE!

Early October

Here's a few photos from early October. We've spent a few evenings at the park, since our days finally seem to be calming down a bit now and we actually seem to have time to go. So on the nicer days, we try to stop by for a few minutes. The sitter has a new slide at her house that they play on inside, and he is LOVING that! So at the park the other day he told Momma and Grammy Dene "go down". That was the first time I'd heard him say 2 words together like that! He's much better about going down on his bottom now, but sometimes he'll even surprise ya and go head first! He's even mastered the big slide at the park, and even waits til you're behind him to climb up!




Easton gets naked time for about 5 minutes after a bath or shower. We're certain he's peed in the shower, so one would think he would be good to go for at least 5 minutes! Right? Well, so far that's proved true. But one day last week he hadn't even been out for 2 minutes, when he peed on my blowdryer on the floor in my room!!! Thank God he missed my shoes! And luckily I have a backup blowdryer!!! He sure does enjoy this "free" time though! We can't let him run around in only a diaper anymore, cuz he knows how to get that off! So it's 5 minutes after a bath and then the pants are back on. Darn Mom and Dad!

Pictures from the farm

This last weekend we made a trip back to Osborne. It was a planned trip for my 10 year high school reunion. We did, however, end up going back a day early for my great uncle Math's funeral. So on Saturday, after the reunion lunch, we made a trip out to Uncle Math's farm. We got to see the house that my grandma and her brother and sisters had grown up in. I thought it was in surprisingly great shape! Easton had fun playing in the grass. It was a little tall and kinda hard for him to walk in. But he enjoyed himself anyway.

Oh, and before anyone emails to ask...those are mosquito bites on his head! Those buggies just love to nibble on him.






On the way back to town we decided to detour out to Uncle Ralph's farm, as he mentioned he had some new baby kitties. He also has a couple turkeys...one is rather large!!! Easton had a great time trying to chase the turkeys until I distracted him with the sighting of ducks. He chased those instead. Mom has some not so great memories of being chased by Grandma Sigle's turkeys!!!





I'm pretty sure Easton needs a baby kitty, but we really don't want another cat in the house. Ellie wouldn't like that. She's kinda a one-cat cat. Maybe someday we'll get an outside kitty...