Joshua's Portraits

We finally had Joshua's 3 year pictures taken. Here is a slide show of the raw pictures.

Bunny photo

Joshua wouldn't sit with the bunny by himself, so I got my picture
taken too.

Happy Halloween!!

My how you've grown...

Each year at the pumpkin patch we've taken a picture of Joshua in front of the same sign. It reads, "This fall I am this tall." It's fun to see how just how much he has grown from year to year.

Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday Jeff, Joshua and I went to the pumpkin patch in Flower Mound. It was our 3rd annual trip to this patch and each year Joshua has had a favorite thing. The first year we went he wasn't quite walking yet, but he loved riding on Daddy's shoulders. He seemed to enjoy the bird's eye view he got by being so high up. Last year Joshua was enamored with the open space and just wanted to run and run and run out among the pumpkins. And this year it was all about the bounce houses.

After the bounce house, when we went out to the patch to pick our pumpkin he wasn't very interested in choosing a pumpkin to take home. But apparently pumpkins make great drums. Joshua probably drummed on every single pumpkin they had. He was on a mission. It was so funny and I tried to take a quick video of it with my camera and this is what I got. It was really windy, so the sound isn't too great. But you get the idea.




Here are some more pictures from our visit. We had a nice time and, as you can see, the weather cooperated for us.

My bookworm

One of the things I love most about the city I live in is the city library. I just can't say enough great things about it. It's beautiful, clean, has a great staff, fabulous children's section and their story time is top-notch. I know I sounds like a commercial, but I really really love our library.

Since the days have been so hot and humid this summer we've been going to the library about once a week. Joshua loves to pick his own books from the racks and bring them back to Mommy to read. Then he puts those back and gets new books and we read those. We'll typically do this for about an hour and then pick a few to check out and take home with us.

And during my mom's recent visit she came with us and I snapped this fantastic picture of them reading together.

Another toy recall -- Thanks, China!

On the same day Joshua receives his Thomas the Tank replacement trains, we learn of a new recall involving 80+ products. http://www.service.mattel.com/ Ok, we've all known about lead paint being a problem for a long time now. Lead paint should not be an issue! If the paint has lead....don't use it!!!

After visiting the Mattel website, I've learned that since our toys were purchased before May 1, 2007 they are not affected by this recall. But honestly that doesn't make me feel better. I've lost a lot of confidence in toy manufactures over the last few months. Yesterday, Joshua saw me open the package from the Thomas people and, of course, immediately wanted to play with the new trains. I hesitated before I gave them to him. I guess we can only keep our fingers crossed that the toys we're told are safe, are actually safe.