Pre-Crawling

It probably won't be too long before Tor is crawling, since he's already aggressively reaching for everything that is even remotely close to him. He's had a few faceplants, which make him pretty mad, but that hasn't stopped him.

Finally a Picture

Finally got them to take a picture with their leaf turkeys which turned out very cute.  Jillian also wanted to hold the pictures of ladies in uniform she had colored for Veteran's Day.  Papa Ken got to attend the Veteran's Day Celebration in Jillian's room which made Jillian very happy.  Bridget held one of Jillian's pictures.

Clapping Boy

Tor is so easy to take pictures of as he smiles right at you, as opposed to Bridget and previously Jillian, who would look at the camera for 1 second.  Tor here is clapping-his newest feat.  If we say "Clap, clap" he will clap enthusiastically.  The Patty-cake rhyme works too.  I tried to get a picture of Jillian's and Bridget's turkey they made with the leaves but they were too busy playing.

Busy Playing

 Tor likes to sit in front of the bins with toys in them.  He always goes for the musical instruments bin and shakes them.  I've noticed lately that most of his shaking of instruments is with his left hand.  It's too early to tell yet but maybe?  Also lately he is grabbing the second shelf and trying to get up.  He was on one knee today so it won't be long.

The girls decided today to get out the Lego that they haven't played with forever.  They made all sorts of clever creations.  Both of them picked colorful fall leaves today to press to use in making a turkey tomorrow. 

Soccer Trophy

Jillian had her end-of-year soccer party at Mr. Bill's Espresso with her teammates and coaches. She was so excited to get her first-ever trophy. Here's a photo of her with her teammate Brooke.

Doggie Fun

Now that Torion is sitting up, Sophie likes to play with him.  He will grab Sophie so she comes from behind to try to lick Tor.  If Sophie licks his ear he will turn and try to grab her and she will run to the other side.  Once Tor got hold of her name tag and after that whenever Tor reached, Sophie would dart just out of reach.  They had a good time for quite awhile. 

Halloween Fun

 Tor was a farmer for Halloween.  His hat was too big so he didn't have it on for long.

 This bin of candy was won by Jillian at her school Harvest party.  She had to guess the number of candies. 

Bridget went trick or treating as Tinker Bell and Jillian went as Sleeping Beauty.  They made the rounds of everybody in Longview and then headed to Castle Rock.  They have so much candy!  They were tired kids at the end of the day.