Happy Halloween!

Trick or treating at the neighbor's

No one home, but I found a watering can!

Pre Halloween-first attempt at the mustache!

The Frenchman....though he wasn't a fan of his baguette!

The Frenchman and the Piglet (Alex)

Thank you Auntie M for sewing the beret!

A Day of Culture

We took a trip to the Soundbridge Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center (http://www.seattlesymphony.org/soundbridge/about/) yesterday with Dash's friend, Fergus, and his mom, Adrienne. Dash had the chance to try out various instruments including xylophones, a keyboard, a cello, and a guitar. He had a great time and seemed to enjoy the big drum the best!

We also went to the Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum with the kids. Adrienne is a member so we were able to get in for free. We had to make a quick trip through the exhibit since the boys only had so much tolerance. But they did remarkably well. I just had to watch Dash as he wanted to try to touch various pieces of art that were within reach!

Afterwards we went over to Fran's Chocolates and had the best hot chocolate ever!

Our Little Picasso

Play Date with Alex

Getting into the groceries

Found a canteloupe in the grocery bag

Still playing with the canteloupe

Leisure time....Dash is playing on the phone

and Alex is catalog shopping.

15 Months Old!

Like his mom, he's a bit obsessed with cleaning!

I am not sure where to start with my update, since I feel like I haven't posted any text in quite some time. As you can see from the pics, Dash's training program is going extremely well! I will post the pics of him scrubbing the floor and cleaning the toilet later. Just kidding, lest anyone think I am serious, although Dash does enjoy getting his hands on the toilet brush. We have had to move it out of reach.

Dash goes in for his 15 month well child exam this Wednesday so I don't have a current weight for him but we think he is hovering around 28 lbs. He has definitely slowed with the weight gain but still has a belly and some creases here and there (he still has tan lines in his wrist folds). He is still heavy to hold for an extended period. Luckily he likes to walk now that he can!

Dash has starting really talking over the last two weeks. We don't know what he is saying half of the time, but he is making many different sounds, and we occasionally catch a word here and there. He generalizes some labels of things. For example, anything round is a "ball" (he calls an apple a ball). And apparently any girl/woman besides his mom is "Dora" (he was calling his aunt Dora all weekend....the little girl he shares our nanny with is named Dora). Dash seems to understand many more words than he can speak, and he can seem to follow simple requests.