Birthday Time!

Just a couple of quick words along with a few pictures. (I really ought to go get Logan up from his nap. It's 5pm. Yikes!)

Logan showing his excitement (ha ha) for his Little Einsteins Rocket cake. Logan is a BIG fan of this show, and I think we've seen every episode - multiple times! The other night I started singing the theme song, and I was shocked to hear him sing the words to entire phrases. He got a Rocket sticker/coloring book for his birthday along with some mini figurines and a Rocket book where he gets to find things on each page. He gets really excited when he sees violins or trumpets. (BTW, every stringed instrument - guitar included, is a violin to this guy.)

Logan enjoying his cake. I do have to say that my cake-making tradition may be drawing to a close. I know I've only made two, BUT...we don't even like traditional cake all that much. (Obviously Logan enjoyed it all right). We ate it this night and then threw the rest out. I'm wondering if, in the future, I can talk Logan into cheesecake, pie, crisp, donuts, or any other yummy treat besides cake. We'll see.

Logan enjoying the "scooper" that he got from mom and dad. Gma Peterson is in the background. Logan was super excited to have grandma, grandpa, and Jackie join us for his birthday celebration.

Playin Legos with grandma.

Trying on his new bike helmet. It'll be interesting to see if we can get him to wear it. :)

Logan likes Thomas, but he definitely was NOT a fan of this costume. As you can see, it's too long for him. I ended up getting a safety pin and pinning it up a bit. But, it worked for the few minutes that we went trick-or-treating. He loved his "Halloween bucket" and getting treats, but he wasn't shy about letting us know when he was ready to "go home?"

We decided to carve one of the pumpkins before dinner on Halloween night. Logan thought it was pretty fun.

Our Last Little Fun in the Sun

We had a fun last little 'summer' stint in FL this past month. Garrick took a job presenting for a school district there, and Logan and I couldn't help but tag along. We spent 1/2 a day at Disneyworld for "Mickey Mouse's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party," went to the beach twice, got to watch both Jake and Sydney play in their soccer games, and had a great time just hanging out with the Weatherspoons. We had lovely weather while we were there and came home to a freezing cold house. (We had turned off the heat while we were gone.) Then we woke up to snow on the ground the next morning. Fall/winter are officially here.

We were a little surprised by how brave Logan was. We rode Dumbo twice, and he seemed to like it. He especially liked the Small World ride and driving the cars around the race track.
Logan driving the race car. I had to take over the driving for a minute or so in the middle of the ride, just so that we could have a break from being jerked back and forth. :)

Jake and Sydney showing Logan the 'cool' features of Minnie Mouse's kitchen - popcorn popping in the microwave and a cake rising in the oven.

Meeting Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

My first time at Disneyworld (or Disneyland for that matter). So happy to meet the characters!

Logan having fun at the beach.