Forts and More

This has been the Thanksgiving break of fort building. Corbin (with some help from mom and lots of help from dad) has built forts out of cushions, forts out of blankets, forts out of chairs and forts out of boxes. He has built big ones, little ones, and in between ones. He has eaten popcorn in his forts (that was a surprisingly huge hit) and he has hid in them sucking on his brothers binky. It has been a ton of fun! And Cole thinks they are super great, too! 

So some photos-

As you can tell, Cole still needs some directions on the windows vs door thing. 

Also, you probably noticed that Corbin's sporting a new look. He got his haircut last Wednesday. I really like it but I did get a little misty when they cut it. It was a good 4-5 inches in the back - all those curls! But it's already easier to take care of. He says he likes it - "I sure do!" is what he told his grandma. 

Some of those photos --

And a couple cute Cole photos just to keep things a bit more even --

Checking himself out in the reflection. 

Newest skill - cleaning out drawers. 

Reaching for the phone when I was trying to take pictures. 

Celebrating that he had finished his third bowl of pasta! Yum!

Back to work tomorrow. Bummed. It's been a nice break. 

Fun facts

Just some important (well, kinda) tidbits about us --

Corbin currently loves apples. He can eat 3 or more a day at times. He eats them all the way to the core - sometimes beyond if we aren't watching. 

Cole is currently walking with the use of the fire truck riding toy. Just a couple weeks ago he would push it and then fall because he couldn't catch up to it. Now he can walk all the way across the room with it. 

I went to the eye doctor today. First time since high school but I have been getting these headaches and decided to rule out my eyes. Well, that didn't work. So I will be sporting a new look - glasses! - soon. (So what shape of face do you think I have?)

Tom bought a new GoPro camera this past weekend. I am sure he is itching to use it. If you have any ideas, let him know!

Corbin is really into superheroes and ninja turtles lately. In fact, when asked at school about what he is thankful for right now he said "superheroes and soldiers."  I think that second part is from my talking about Veterans Day with him. 

In Costco on Saturday cole and I were stopped twice by people telling me how beautiful he is. They seem disappointed that he doesn't smile at them much though. He is definitely slower to smile than Corbin was, but he will stare anyone down. He also tried to grab one woman's earrings - they were big and pink and sparkly. Perfect temptation for him. 

Corbin does not like to be a little boy. If being compared to bigger kids, he prefers to be called "medium."

Cole loves to shake the maracas that I got for Corbin when he was about Coles age. That makes him grin! He tried to replicate the sound with his Cheerios container in church on Sunday. I enjoyed it, but Tom shut down his musical venture. 

Tomorrow is my last day before thanksgiving break. It is nice to have a 2 day week and a 5 day weekend.  :)

Tom is so great at playing with the boys. They wrestle, play superheroes (or ninja turtles) or build forts. Or a million other things that make them all laugh and laugh. (He says he wears them out for bed - sometimes I think it's the opposite!)

And here are some recent pics-

This last one was 15 minutes after my alarm had gone off.  How could I possibly tear myself away?

Trick or Treat

Halloween is definitely Corbin's kind of holiday. He got to dress up, interact with a lot of people, eat more candy than he should, and it lasted a few days. Awesome!

First there was a day at the pumpkin patch for school. (2 weeks after we did the same one) it was a fantastic muddy day that somehow didn't rain for them while we were there. Tom got to go with the boys. 

 Here's Corbin enjoying it fully. 

See photo in last post for results. Thank goodness for the extra change of clothes the teacher knew to have us pack. 

 That night we went trick or treating with cousins. Corbin can't believe the good fortune of having a day where you just knock on someone's door and they give you candy. It is almost too good to be true!

Sorry this post took so long. I have had it mostly done for weeks. Ugh.