M's latest hobby

M has recently figured out how to work my camera. However, he often holds it backwards, thus taking self-portraits rather than pictures of the things he intends to take pictures of. Here are a few from his recent photo sessions.

Halloween

We had a lot of fun with this year at Halloween. McKay was just old enough to understand it a little bit. We got some Halloween books from the library, and McKay is still asking to read them every day. We got a really cute book called Boo by Joe Fenton about a little ghost. We recommend it.

McKay was his favorite thing in the world: a construction worker. He was delighted to carry his tools around!

Anson wore a pumpkin shirt that I found in my box of McKay's baby clothes. It worked nicely for keeping him warm since it was a cold night.

It was fun to watch McKay this year. He got Halloween, and carried his pumpkin bucket around the whole day until it was time to trick or treat. He even broke it, so I duct taped it back together because I wasn't going to go back to the store to get another one. Oh, well. (notice the hammer he carried around in his pumpkin.)

We thought this was a pretty funny costume. The guy dressed as a homeless person and his sign says, "Will work for candy." We saw him bumming candy off some of the older trick-or-treaters. It was pretty funny.

Anson eying McKay's loot. . . .

Some Pictures of Anson and McKay

Here are some random pictures of Anson and McKay from August, mostly for Grandma to enjoy.

Softball tournament

In August our stake had a softball tournament that Burke played in. He was a bit rusty this year since he hadn't played for over a year, but he managed to get a couple of good hits toward the end, and even got a home run!

McKay had fun playing in the dirt with his trucks.

And, well, the baby slept. But he was only a month old. What else do you expect? Actually, we all came home and slept.

A Day in Cincinnati

The day after Burke finished finals, we headed down to Cincinnati for the afternoon. We made a stop at IKEA so I could get my stools for my music class.

From there we headed to the Newport Aquarium across the river in Kentucky. McKay was in heaven! He was so fascinated with all the fish and has talked about sharks ever since. It was an AWESOME aquarium. If you ever get the chance to go to Cincy, don't miss the aquarium!

Following the aquarium we caught a Cincinnati Reds game. The stadium was so cool! Luckily we won in the bottom of the ninth (after 10 pm), so we could watch the fireworks (that didn't start until after 11!) and get home (at 2 am). McKay stayed up for the entire game and fireworks show afterwards. Needless to say, he crashed sitting upright in his stroller on the way back to the car.

We had such a fun time and have decided Cincinnati is one of our favorite places we've been.