Land Shark

Levi has had a small (read LARGE) fear of sharks ever since a certain someone rented Soul Surfer for them the day after Mr A was born in an attempt to keep them occupied while we recouped. Well for about 5 weeks he was OBSESSED with the idea of sharks and shark attacks and the ocean and never swimming and bloody armless teenagers. So, in an attempt to help him understand that sharks are nice and harmless and don't live in the bathroom, we had him watch this video.

We were rolling and he was crying.

In one last attempt to help him to be at least remotely ok with sharks I suggested he dress up as a land shark for Halloween. I wasn't sure how I was going to pull it off until I found this costume.

That should do the trick.

Mr August

Cannon teases me because I call August "Mr August" like he's the man of the month on a pinup calendar :) He is so cute! Sadly there aren't too many pictures of him, this one was from the beginning of October!

Jessie had a baby!

My good friend Jessie had a baby girl last week and I was lucky enough to be a part of it! She had an amazing homebirth and documented it beautifully on her blog. I know I say it a lot but I don't think I can ever say it too much...homebirth is the BEST! Jessie was a rockstar throughout and is such a strong woman. I think that we are lucky as women to be able to do such an amazing thing. Our bodies are incredible. I really can't wait to do it again in a few years!

Check it out.

http://theholders.tumblr.com/

Laughs

Mr A started laughing about a week ago and it is darling!!

PS sorry Can I lied, I'm showing a bunch of people.

PPS the laughing starts at 1:00

Our 'lil road trip

We took a roadtrip to RI, Boston and PA! Excitement central I know. We hadn't been out of the city, other than quick trips to the midwife, since June and we were dying to see some country.

Daddy and August in Providence which was a really cute little town ( I call him August now, everyone else calls him Evan, we'll see who wins in 20 years when he can choose for himself muahaha)

Bahston

PA! Of course after we went to our farmers house for a customer appreciation lunch we had to go to the Hershey factory for a tour. They never mention where the chocolate is actually made....probably China.

Oh cute little August/Ev-man. These were taken when he was 5 weeks. Hopefully I will post some more pictures of him before he goes to college.

They have a little tour that I have been going on since I was a kid and my kids love it.

Hah! He was in awe of the chocolate making process.

Dang Gina! Now that is a candy bar!

Good little workers....now gimme that chocolate!

Crazy Town USA

Crazy #1 today is 11/11/11 whoah!

Crazy #2...this guy. Yes he is wearing a women's shirt with puffy sleeves.

NYC should be renamed. And the craziest part....no one even gave him a second glance.

Playing Hooky!

I was given some tickets to a Yankees game that got rained out and rescheduled 5 months later! I decided that a Yankees game was important enough to pull Elyse out of school for. The weather was gorgeous and we had a blast!

At only 3 weeks old he did pretty well, even though he's probably deaf and learned a few choice words I'm glad he could experience baseball at such a young age.

Fencing!

Last month I bought a Living Social deal for 4 fencing lessons for $45!! It was too good to pass up. Elyse was thrilled and of course she loved it!

Haircut

Someone is not too happy! After I dragged him kicking and screaming into a salon, and he got his haircut by a very nice straight hairdresser, he said "Hey, that wasn't so bad!"