Halloween Costume Party and Playgroup

Yesterday was Jack's Halloween Costume Party and Playgroup. The little ones were so cute in their costumes and it looked like a zoo with all the different animals (dragon, giraffe, floppy bunny, butterfly, and of course Yoda).

Watching DoodleBops

Jack rarely sits down long enough to read a book or watch television but every once in a while he climbs inside his inner tube to watch DoodleBops or Backyardigans (mostly because both of them have signing and dancing in them). In order to get super comfy, he decided to pull his socks off !

Halloween Party at the Zoo

On Saturday we went to Lincoln Park Zoo's Halloween Spooktacular and Jack wore his Halloween costume. He is a dragon :)


At first Jack really liked his costume and wanted us to take his picture (he actually loves to get his picture taken and tries to say "cheese")
After a few minutes, though, he didn't like the hat any more and wanted to run around without it!

A Visit from the Grandparents

Jack's Grandpa Ed and Grandma Pam came to visit this weekend and Jack had so much fun! Of course they spoiled him rotten and when they left Jack cried :( They must have used some magic on Jack because they somehow managed to get him to sit still on the couch for longer than 10 seconds!

Learned a New Trick!

Jack discovered last week that he could remove his clothing whenever he wants. For some reason, this gave him great pleasure and made him VERY excited!

Pumpkin Patch

Here is our little "Jack"-o-lantern!Yesterday was our big adventure to Indiana to go to County Line Orchard. Mommy and Daddy have gone to this pumpkin patch for the past 5 years and were so excited to take Jack back this year. Look at how different Jack looks from one year ago!

This year Jack was big enough to ride the "Moo Choo" with Mommy and he LOVED it! We rode around the farm and through the apple orchards.

County Line Orchard also has an awesome kids farm and Jack was so amazed by all of the animals. He thought the goats were pretty interesting until one of them tried to eat oats out his hand. For some reason that made him cry :(

Jack thought the rooster was fascinating and kept wanting to stick his fingers inside the chicken coop.

Daddy and Jack "drove" the big tractor, which Jack thought was so cool!

The kids farm also had "Peter the Pumpkin-Eating Dinosaur".

Mommy and Daddy were so excited for Jack to pick out his pumpkin. First he got a picture with his face inside a pumpkin. Then Mommy and Daddy let him loose to pick out a pumpkin. He was soooo excited and immediately picked up the perfect pumpkin! He was not interested in any other ones and just carried his new "toy" around the pumpkin patch.

When we got home, Jack was still so excited about his pumpkin. He put it inside a box and then crawled inside with it!

After dinner, Jack got a special treat...an apple cider donut!!

Jack's Playgroup

Jack hosted a playgroup today and was so excited to share his toys with all of his friends. He loved having all the kids over to play and Milo loved all the attention he got too!

Helping Daddy

Jack thinks that the refrigerator is fantastic and makes a bee line for it whenever someone opens the door. Yesterday Daddy decided to clean out the fridge and Jack decided to help.

Jack's First Haircut

Mommy and Daddy finally got over their fear of cutting Jack's hair and yesterday the whole family made the trip to Snippets. Snippets is a very cool kids hair salon where the little ones get to sit in cars and airplanes and watch cartoons, all while getting their hair cut. Jack didn't seem to mind the haircut at all and in fact, he loved it when the stylists started tickling his face with the brush.

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After!

UVA Homecoming

Jack experienced his first UVA homecoming this past weekend and he had so much fun. Mommy and Daddy definitely think they have a Wahoo in the making!

Jack got to hang out with Mommy's sorority sisters and loved playing with the champagne corks.

He also loved Jayne's yard because there was tons of space to run around and get thrown around!

Our friends from Chicago Matt and Meghan came to Virginia with us and we had so much fun together. Uncle Matt LOVES to play with Jack, especially if it involves chasing each other or playing hide and seek.

Before coming back to Chicago, we got a family picture in front of the Rotunda.