I'm a big kid now!!!

It's a little personal but Max is peeing in the potty!!
On October 19th Max peed for the first time in the potty! We thought at first it was just luck but he has since gone in it many times. I think he saw Sonja using the potty and thought "Hey! I can do that!" Some times he forgets to get himself all in (if you know what I mean) and gets a little on the floor. After he does it he jumps up off the potty and waves his hands in the air and yells "AYYYY!" It's pretty funny. On Mondays, Max's speech therapist comes to our home. It was close to the end of his session and suddenly, Max whips down his pants and pull ups and sits right on the potty (we keep the potty close these days) and proceeds to pee right in front her! He did his usual "happy pee pee dance" and she applauded along with us! It was a little embarrassing but thank God she thought it was cute too. She was pretty amazed! I'm not sure if this means he'll be trained anytime soon but it's a start! I think it's pretty good considering he just turned 2!!!!! Good job maxie boy!!!

Trick or Treat!!!!

The peanuts!!! They had so much fun on Halloween. A few days before, our local Walmart had a Halloween parade. We decided we would take the kids. They had people walking around with treats handing them out to all of the trick or treaters. At the different departments (sports, photo, etc) they were giving out treats too. As you enter the store, they had a guy there taking pictures of the kids dressed up in the costumes and they were developed and you could pick them up in the evening. Max and Sonja thought it was pretty cool.

Our sweet little angel Sonja. I fell right in love with this costume when I saw it. You can see it has feathers on the trim and halo and also real feathers on the wings which Sonja was thrilled about. Intermixed with the feathers was irridescent pieces and maraboo feathers. It sparkled like little diamonds, even in the dark! I figured, what better costume to have with a soldier than to have an angel watching over him!!! Everyone commented on how cute they were and especially on how beautiful Sonja was. Many also got the whole "angel watching over the soldier's" thing too!

We took the kids to the streets otherwise known as "Halloween Row" in town where people really get into it. Many people sit out on their porch and hand out treats. There were "haunted houses" and of course Sonja wanted to see what they were all about. Sonja and Max weren't even afraid! As a matter of fact, they would say "HI!" and wave to the people dressed up as monsters etc. I think watching Scooby Doo is the reason they are not afraid. They pretty much know that there are people under the costumes. We saw many of our friends on our journey and then before going home we visited family.

They were so excited because people were giving them CANDY!! Sonja would say "Come on! We have to get some more candy!" They used their best manners and Max was saying "Trick or Treat!" too!

Max couldn't stand still any longer. He's a man on the move!!