Thanksgiving part I

Before we headed down to Oregon for our family tour, we had a lovely little Thanksgiving celebration at home. It started with a snowy visit to the coffee shop, chatting with friends, then a day of cooking, movies and eating. Macadam, at first, looked to be revolting against Thanksgiving fare and then he went crazy for cranberry and the turkey leg, it was hilarious and surprising. While I always think we should do more throughout the year to remember how lucky we are in life, there are few holidays that match for tradition, coziness, love, and delicious food as Thanksgiving does. It's more and more fun as Mac gets older too, which makes me even more thankful for a happy, healthy and whole family.
More photos from family time in Oregon to follow!

Let it snow

We had three days of wicked weather here in Seattle. Luckily, we were able to stay close to home once it got really bad. The good? Snow on the ground and a little guy who loves it. Early Monday morning Macadam insisted it was tickling him and by Tuesday afternoon it was his snow, or rather, "my snow." What's the point of anything if it can't be yours alone. At least to a two-year old, everything is his:).

Here are some shots from yesterday afternoon and bit of the snow had melted, as well as a walk on Sunday which had him getting prepared with his cold weather gear.

Funny faces

Last week we celebrated Rob's birthday and during our birthday breakfast of waffles and strawberries, Rob and Macadam decided to work on their lion imitations.

Happy Halloween!

Macadam patiently handled his costume and won many a heart around Ballard today. Actually, more laughs. He was asked many times if people could take photos of him and with him, very cute. He and his friends had a blast together and I have to say, it was so much fun to watch him enjoy all the tradition and frenzy of it all. Once he figured out that people gave you candy if there was a bucket in your hand, watch out. He was loving it!

Here was the inspiration (in case you haven't seen Nacho Libre):

He wanted nothing to do with a mask so it became his candy bucket cozy.

Squash, rain, fun

A couple of weekends ago we made our annual trip to Bainbridge to a sweet little pumpkin patch. We went there even before Macadam came along and it's quickly become a tradition. Before venturing into mud, we ate some yummy food and enjoyed spending time with good friends. It's so cute to see Mac react to our plans. I told him we were going to the pumpkin patch, "Yay!" I told him and we were going to see Aunt Marissa and Uncle Ali and that got a, "Yay!" plus two arms in the air. So cute!

More festivities

After celebrating Mac's birthday with his friends, we entered a weekend of non-stop family and friends. In addition to getting to see all his grandparents, Macadam also got to see his cousins, Aunt, Uncle, Olivia and Ryan as well as have an extra play date with his buddy Jack. He had so much fun, and was spoiled to the nines. It was so nice to have so many of those close to us celebrate him!

It's still slideshows galore as we get caught up, but there's some very cute moments caught on film.

Really, he's two?

 We are almost in a constant state of disbelief around here that Macadam is two now. Every age and stage has been a favorite for me but this new age of super chatty, super active and super opinionated is easily vying for one of the best yet. Macadam constantly has us in stitches with his humor, conversational skills and undying desire to do things "by me" which is Macadamese for let me do it on my own. The independence days have arrived as you can get him to do practically anything if the alternative is you carrying him:).
September 3rd marked his second birthday and it wasn't but within a week where it seemed he was saying new things, more things, and just all around blossoming. He loved getting to celebrate with a few of his small friends and then individual time with grandparents (will post those photos soon).

Some of Mac's favorite things at the ripe old age of two:
Trucks - mainly garbage (garbee) but not terribly discrimantory
Horses - everything can be turned into a stick horse
Music - guitars, his new keyboard, castanets, you name it, such as a parent's head, is a musical instrument
Feed the Frog - his favorite band, which plays at the Ballard Farmers Market
Sports - football, soccer, basketball, all sports. He dragged me six blocks the other week just to go to his favorite sports bar (slightly frightening) aka our favorite family friendly happy hour spot which plays sports
Hugs and kisses
1,2,3 - Go! - A fun game which consists of him running back and forth between the kitchen and living room or any space really
Tuck tuck - being tucked in
Please and thank you - seriously crowning achievement on the parental list for us right now
Little Bear - recently edged out Elmo for favorite weekly tv time
Shoes - I think it's hazard of Rob's job but this kid knows shoes and loves wearing them:)
Stalling tactics - he knows what's coming and works out ways to delay such things as bedtime, diaper changes and leaving fun places
I'll post more pics from the weekend soon!