Forward Motion....and more fall fun!!!

Cohen has been scooting backwards on his belly for a little while now and we've been trying to catch it on tape because he looks so cute - almost like he's doing the worm or some break dancing move. He's pretty fast at it but it really makes him mad because he wants to be moving forward. Well, we caught it on tape plus a little bit more..Can you believe that we actually caught on camera, his first time SCOOTING FORWARD!!! It's a bit more of a snow plow then an army crawl but we'll take it. He keeps his face down on the ground the whole time and I have NEVER wanted new, clean carpet more than I do right now!!! He's done it a few more time and hopefully will get that head up and use it more often soon!! The video is a little long but hang in there...we're so proud of him!!!




There are two more adorable( in my totally unbiased opinion) videos at the end.. can you tell we got a new video camera? ")

We've typically gone to Boo at the Zoo every year. The member night got canceled due to rain, on our one other free night we were all still a bit under the weather and we didn't have another free night to go so we improvised. We set up our own Boo In the Zoo with animals all around with treats for the boys. We made good use of our millions of animals and even had a reptile house!! It wasn't nearly as exciting but the boys both loved it. In fact, we played "boo at the zoo" a million times over and over and over( you get the point) again!!

Waiting in the bonus room for the Zoo to open...








One of Cort's favorite Halloween hobbies...lining up and counting his candy!!


There's a pavilion here complete with a little train. We sort of forget about it and don't go very often but we did, rather last minute, remember about their Enchanted forest night and squeeze in yet another fall activity!! It was really cute...they had games, costume contests, a petting zoo, bounce houses, a fairy tale character trail to get treats, and a "spooky"( i use that term very loosely) train ride. It was fun!!





riding the train...






This one is from our church's trunk or treat, where this is basically the only picture i got to take because I was busy with two demanding little ones and blowing up balloons!! It's one of my favorite events of the year though..so fun for everyone to come out together!! And this is one cute little puppy, if I do say so myself..





Every year since we've had kids, the whole pumpkin carving festivity has been a bit overrated. We always think it's going to be a ton of fun but somehow it has always been riddled with little time, fussy kids, and just one big mess!! Well, this year, pumpkin carving tried to inch it's way into our life as one of our favorite fall activities!! Cort was super excited and let his imagination run wild with it all and was quite the little pumpkin goo( our families official word for it) scooping worker bee, and Cohen, while at first seemed uninterested put on quite a display for his love of messy things and being silly!! Plus we had to pay a little Disney tribute!!!




The still shot of Cohen enjoying the pumpkin goo( see video at the bottom for live action - notice we threw more towels down in the video!!))

Cort making his own pumpkin seed concoction( see video below)

Trying to get Daddy to eat the above concoction, complete pumpkin seeds, water, apples, M&M's, bread, and grapes all "cooked" in the oven( not actually turned on:))...trying is the key word here.




Cohen enjoying the pumpkin goo...this is one small glimpse of his love for pumpkin goo



Cort cooking his delicious dish!!