Visiting Kiersten

Last Friday, Dylan & I headed back to my home town to visit some family.  We went to Aunt Joan's house to visit with her, Nicole & Kiersten.  Dylan enjoyed playing outside on their swing set.  He was very excited to climb the ladder to go down the slide.  He is quite coordinated now because he went right up that ladder like he was an expert, lol.

Dylan had a blast playing both outside on the swing set & inside with the abundance of toys.  Dylan really likes Kiersten.  He is always very sweet to her.  When it was time to go, he gave her hugs & kisses. My camera wasn't quite fast enough to catch the actual hug & kiss but I got Kiersten's expression immediately after, ha ha.

We had a very fun day visiting the girls!  I love my little princess!  She is such a doll and growing up faster than I could had ever imagined. I thought they grew up fast when they are your own but I recently changed my mind.  They grow up much faster when you don't see them everyday.  Kiersten is a little over 5 months old already!  Wow...that went SO fast!  Next thing I know, she'll be walking!

Reading on the Couch

Geo Tracks

So the Geo Tracks world started at Dylan's 2nd birthday.  Great-Grandpa Gallagher bought Dylan the airport tower & plane Geotracks set.  Dylan loved it immediately...as did the 29 year old boy who helped assemble it.  We bought him the bridge add-on for the plane & the world grew a little more. And a special thanks to "Uncle" Brad & Austin because Dylan just inherited an enormous Geo Track train set from these generous boys.  It is huge!!  So here are a few pics...

First of all, Dylan has not been feeling well the past few days. This did not stop him from playing with all the new train stuff that Daddy & him spent the weekend putting together.

The first thing (mostly the only thing) on Dylan's agenda the past couple days involved trains.  I couldn't begin to guess how many hours both of these boys spent playing with the plane & trains this weekend.

Even when he's feeling crappy, he still has to jump on his bike for a quick ride.  I don't know if he honestly grew a little more or figured out a way to keep his feet on the pedals and now rides it like a big boy too!

So Thank You so much Brad & Austin. Dylan now has a big Geotracks train set to go with his Geotracks airplane. Our living room is a little crowded at the moment but both of the boys love it, ha ha!

Geo Tracks are great! They can simultaneously entertain a 29 & 2 year old for hours on end. The box may say 3 & up...but they never put a limit on "up," ha ha.

Fall Days

Dylan & I have been trying to enjoy as much of this temperate Autumn weather as we can before the much colder weather gets here.  I love taking pictures this time of year.  There is so much color in everything.

Dylan balancing on a ball and checking out the leaves on the ground.  He's a goof.

Dylan spends a large amount of his time outside running.  Consequently, he also spends a good bit of time on the ground.  Yet, he still finds it quite amusing to run up and down hills or back and forth through the yard, ha ha.

Lots of Leaves

For a kid, one of the greatest parts of Fall, is the abundance of leaves on the ground.  We collected quite a pile of leaves and Dylan was running through & jumping in them!  I thought I would share a few fall fun pictures.

Dylan, Grandma Gray & Daddy playing in a big pile of leaves.  As you can see from the background...there was not a shortage of leaves. They all fall at once and suddenly everything is covered in a blanket of brown.

Dylan crawling out of the pile...leaves in the hair & all!

Halloween '09

Dylan dressed up as a skeleton this year for Halloween.  Last year, we just stayed home for Halloween.  Dylan dressed up as Elmo & handed out candy to all the kids that stopped by. This year, he went trick-or-treating!! Kipe was going trick-or-treating in Mercersburg on Sunday so we decided to tag along with the whole gang.

Dylan had fun!  He was great the whole night. Even though he was shy for most of the night, he walked up to a couple houses by himself! He was definitely not scared of anything. This surprised me because I would think that some of the Halloween stuff would be extremely creepy if I were 2! But anyway...he had fun & came home with a pretty decent pile of candy.  He even got to stop at Uncle Barry & Kelly's house to say hello & grab some more candy of course, lol.