It was bound to happen

Jaden found where the scissors were hidden and cut his hair. It was a smaller chunk noticable, but not too bad. Unfortunately, he decided to cut his little brother's hair too, and that didn't turn out as well. Poor Logan has the craziest hair anyways with his double cowlick and now the front of his hair is butchered. We buzzed his hair pretty short today, but Jaden had gotten so close to the scalp that there is still a big hole in the head. Lucky for Logan he gets to show off his new look to everyone in the Holt family this weekend at his Uncle Mark's wedding!

This is during the attempt to fix the whole. You can't see it very well in this picture, but there is a big hole right on the top.

Half Boy, Half Bear

I've decided that is the best way to describe Logan these days. I think the boy would hibernate all winter if we let him. He seriously wants to sleep all day and night and when he is awake he merely growls for some food then heads back to his room.

I'm not quite sure how he managed to get his arm loose during the night. I think he just wanted to show of his muscles.

Maybe he sleeps all day because when he's awake I put those boys to work!

We went to our last football game of the season on Saturday. The boys and I didn't stay long because it was cold and rainy (and because our football team is horrible). We had a good time while we were there though.

Jaden was pretty excited about the cougars scoring a touchdown. In fact I think the entire stadium was extremely excited...it's been awhile. Jaden kept cheering "GO COUGS" and got lots of laughs from people around us. He then went on to yell "GO BYU"over and over, he didn't get quite the same reaction that go around. It's confusing for a kid to have to cheer for two cougar teams.

Halloween

Halloween was a success again this year. Jaden had picked out his costume over a month ago and has been dying to finally wear it. On Thursday we had our ward Halloween party after the party we jumped into the car and drove to Yakima for the weekend. Friday the kids were able to go trick or treating around my parents neighborhood and go to their cousin's ward Halloween party. Needless to say we have an abundance of candy around our house now. The boys do pretty good at not asking to eat it all day...if only I could keep my fingers out of it!

Right before our ward party Jaden spilt a 4 inch hole in the seat of his pirate pants. I considered not sewing them back up, showing his underpants seemed like a pirate thing to do.

Our cute little dinosaur

Scott and I have decided that in the future we need to invest in a couple of adult costumes so we can start dressing up with the kids. We found a pirate costume at my parents house that I think was worn by several of us kids when we were about 10 years old. It was a stretch but I think Scott pulled it off beautifully!

Getting ready to head out the door to score a little candy.

Practicing first at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Logan did a pretty good job at carrying his own little bucket around.

Spiderman vs Pirate

A little bit of this, and a little bit of that...

Logan walks around the house all day with this refrigerator magnet toy. He loves to push the button and dance to the music. Usually he is carrying it up next to his ear, so we call it is little boom box.

Jaden and I made some Halloween cookies the other day. This kind of task is really hard for me because as it turns out I don't have a lot of patience. Jaden had a great time and the cookies were delicious so overall it was worth the time and mess.

After church on Sunday the sun was actually out so we decided to head out on a walk. Jaden got himself dressed. Kinda embarrassing, but I figured it was pretty obvious that I didn't dress him this way.

I decided that this year instead of carving pumpkins that I would let the boys paint theirs. Logan actually only took a few crayons to his since it was late and he needed to be in bed shortly after we started (doesn't he look great in his Christmas jammies). Jaden however did love painting his pumpkin. I just realized that I didn't take a picture of his masterpiece after it was complete, I'll have to post that later.

So this is our daily newspaper that covers both Pullman, Wa and Moscow, ID. I just think it is hilarious how small it is. There are ads rolled up in there too.

Proud Mama Moment

I took Logan in for his one year check up a few days ago. The appointment was coming to a close and the Dr. mentioned that they could give Jaden his flu shot at the same time they gave Logan all of his shots. After he left and we were waiting for the nurse to come in with the needles I had to quickly tell Jaden that surprise although we are here for Logan he gets to be poked at too. He didn't seem to get too upset when I told him, but I was mentally preparing myself to haul two bawling kids out of the office.

When the nurse came in Jaden asked her who was going to get a shot first and she replied that it was up to him. Jaden looked her right in the eyes and said, "I'll go first, so I can show my little brother how to be brave." He hopped right up on the table and took it like a man, I don't think he even flinched once. I was so proud of Jaden for being such a good big brother. Despite all the pulling/pushing/tugging he does, Jaden really does love Logan and takes such good care of him.

Our little birthday boy

It's really hard to believe that my baby is one! Logan has grown up so quickly over the past couple of weeks and really has transitioned into a boy rather than a baby. We had a little party for Logan and he really enjoyed being the center of attention. My parents were able to come over for few days to help us celebrate which added to all the fun.

What little boy doesn't like to get a coat for his birthday? Well maybe it's not as fun as a little bike or a new toy...but Logan still loved it!

Logan enjoyed playing around with the cake, sticking an occasional bite in his mouth. We were surprised that he didn't end up very messy at all. He usually does more damage than that during a typical lunch.

Videos...

Jaden was helping me cook the other day and he wanted to create his own special drink. He spent a long time deciding what should go in it, and mixed it all very thoroughly. Jaden thought it was the best thing he had ever tasted. Here is his recipe:

2 C Water

2 T Milk

2 Tortilla chips

Diced red onion

Pear slices

Who can resist a spaghetti shot?!

Logan has figured out this walking business, he is also getting close to standing up on his own without a hand or a wall.

Of course if we are filming Logan, Jaden just can't wait for his turn. Here he is showing off his dancing skills. This boy has soooo much energy!

After dancing it was football and chest bumps