Happy Halloween!

I took the boys around where we live tonight for some trick or treating! Jeff stayed at home to hand candy out. They got a lot of candy even though we only went to about 10 houses. One house that we went to the gal said to Rylan, "here is a bag of candy for you, one for your brother and here is one for your mommy." Rylan said to her, "how about one for my daddy too." She said that is a great idea and gave an extra full size snicker bar for Jeff.

Happy Cowboy

Grumpy Cowboy

A little Carstensaurus

A happy little dino

Carsten the stair climber...sort of

 "I learned how to climb up one stair, but then I got stuck there. When mommy told me it was a no-no I laughed and thought I was pretty funny!"

Family fun day

Here is a picture of Rylan and his friend Caleb who stayed with us last weekend! They really had a good time together, especially when I set up the tent and tunnel for them to play in! Carsten loves it too! We put him in there with Rylan and he just giggled like crazy. Their relationship develops more each day and we are excited to see them play together as brothers and friends!

Today was a day off from classes, so we decided it was time for our family to leave the campus and venture out for some fun together. We went up to Owen Sound (about 45 minutes away) to see a few waterfalls. We found the first waterfall, which was not really that amazing, but still fun. We spent time there letting Ry run around and we took some pictures of both boys there.

 Then we went looking for the second waterfall and stumbled upon this really fun park instead. Rylan was so excited to get to play at the park. The weather was perfect today which was awesome! It has been raining almost everyday, but today it was clear skies, gusty winds and about 60 degrees. Not bad at all. It was a very refreshing day, just what we all needed! (We never did find the second waterfall)

Glow Bracelets

They look harmless and fun don't they? Well I have a story to tell about these "fun" little glow bracelets.

This weekend our friends little boy Caleb stayed with us while they went to Toronto for a business trip. Rylan and him were having fun together playing in Rylan's tent and tunnel. I found a pack of these glow bracelets that our neighbor from school last year had given to Rylan on our pass through Waukesha. I thought it would be fun for them to play with a glow bracelet inside the tent. So I cracked one open for each of them and decided to let them each have another since they were loving them and wanted different colors.

I started to crack another one open when it split wide open and the contents squirted right into my eyes and on my face! I was immediately in pain and could not open my eyes. I called for Jeff to come help me because I could not see. He came running in and I heard Rylan crying. I wondered if the stuff had gotten on him too.

Jeff led me to the bathroom and reassured me that Rylan was only crying because he saw that I was hurt and he was worried. Jeff proceeded to flush out my eyes with water and wash my skin with soap. My eyes burned for a long time after that, but they are fine and I am much better today!

For the longest time after Rylan would ask be about every two minutes, "Are you okay mommy," "Mommy you okay now?". He was very concerned for me. He saw that my shirt was wet and he said, "Mommy you shirts all wet, you need jammies on, I will get you jammies," which he did! What a sweet guy. He kept rubbing my face gently and hugging and kissing me!

I love that I am surrounded by boys in this house. They all care about me and are so gentle with me. Jeff took great care to flush my eyes quickly and get my skin cleaned off. And Rylan of course was the concerned son. Carsten was sound asleep, but I am sure he would have sensed something was wrong and loved on me as well!

P.S. The package says, " Non-Toxic, if contents get into eye or on skin flush with water. Will not cause damage, but may cause temporary discomfort." (That was some serious discomfort!)

Real snow!

 I lied...the snow is back and it is now sticking to the ground. It is around 9:45 and this is what it looks like outside our back door! Beautiful huh?? A bit early for snow to be sticking, but we are in Canada and we do live in a snow belt, so I guess it should be expected, eh??

First snow fall

Today we had our first snow fall of the season.

It did not last long and it never stayed on the ground.

It sure was beautiful though. There is something about the silence and the peacefulness of snow falling that I never tire of!

Does this mean it will be a heavy snowfall winter? Some speculate that it will be...we shall see!

"I hit myself"

So you are probably getting tired of my Rylan conversation stories, but that is our life. Day in and day out, listening to this little man speak his mind. He cracks us up. I figure this is as good a place as any to document some of the funnier things he says. Anyway with that said here is what he said last night while sitting at the table by himself:

That was not nice of me.

What was not nice of you?

I hit myself.

He is such a goofy guy!