Northville Houses love Halloween

Some of the people in downtown Northville go all out for Halloween, there were big productions and tons of decorations (these are two of the many houses that did something over the top..."Extreme Makeover: Monster Edition" and "The Jungle Book"). There were thousands of people walking around (luckily the rain held off until 8pm).

Checking out the Goods

Time to sample the goods (even though we were doing that the whole time we were outside already!)

Pumpkins

Here we are working on our creations during the annual pumpkin carving fest (it's not really a fest, we just do it every year.) Dawson finished his pumpkin so now he's helping daddy.

Matches

Dawson wants to light the pumpkins, is it ok that we let him play with matches?

The Finished Product

Here are the final products, can anyone guess which one is Janet's and which one is David's?

This is why Janet never gets to nap

Dawson fell asleep on the couch today...this is one of the reasons I never get to take a nap. He and Jamie will never take naps at the same time...no matter how hard I try to time it. If Jamie is sleeping Dawson doesn't want to, or if Dawson is sleeping Jamie is awake the entire time. For example I was waiting to put Dawson to bed until Jamie was sound asleep, but the little bugger fell asleep on the couch and Jamie was still wide awake! Again, no nap for me! Oh well.

Great-Grandpa VanderLugt's Birthday

We had a get-together for Grandpa VanderLugt's 80th birthday in Kalamazoo this weekend. Here these are some of the pictures:

Great-Grandma VanderLugt

Great-Grandma VanderLugt and Jamie

Dawson taking a picture

Dawson telling us to say "cheese" for a picture. (I think he sees us taking pictures a little too much!)

Vos Visit

My sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Mike, and their 3 kids visited us last week. Here are 3 cute pictures that they took while they were here:

Megan and Jamie

Megan & Jamie (Megan is almost 3)

Jamisen 5 Weeks

Jamisen 5 Weeks Old

Surprise!

I just think this one is funny because of the look of surprise on both of their faces.

Look any different yet?

Does she look older? Maybe just a little fatter?

d&j

Dawson is getting better at holding Jamie (or at least keeping her from falling over.)

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Jamie is super advanced. She is already doing the motions to the "itsy bitsy spider" with Dawson.

Bathtime

Now that Jamie's bellybutton stump is gone she can finally have a real bath!

Baths make for good sleeping

Sleeping is a lot easier after a nice warm bath!

Dawson Entertaining Himself

Since Jamie's arrival, Dawson has come up with lots of ways to entertain himself. This is one of the normal activities...playing with his trains...the next picture is a not so normal activity, but it keeps him busy. That's all that matters.