Today's Toby

Enjoying being rich with candy.

Toby was less sure about the tent. But he thought it was great fun to stir up an electrical charge by crawling back and forth under the curtain.  

Sharing the riches while getting cozy for a video. Shout out to Jordan from Dad's work for the super warm Argentina blanket!

Once again Cotton made the kiddos Halloween dreams come true.  Meet the Lemmings from 'Grizzy and the Lemmings'. Head over to Spencer's to see Grizzy and his lady bear friend.

Toby's 3rd Grade Halloween Parade.   

Excited for Halloween!  

When your friend joins you to read books at the library...  

You can tell he's on track to be a teenager because he insists on wearing shorts when it's cold outside. (Though, at least he wears pants and a winter coat to school.)  

If you come at the Mama, you best not miss.  

Well, at least these kids get to go to the polls often. Usually early with dad and on election day with mom.   

Enjoying Spencer's bedtime show.  

Enjoying a snack and some Story Pirates.   

Sometimes I wonder what percentage of the library's book we will have read by the time these kiddos graduate.   

Running some football routes in the livingroom.  

Adding the stamps, return labels, and (of course) stickers to Mom's letters.  

(Reposting this to the right blog.) Sweet. Sour.  

Enjoying a brief Monday morning hike amongst the fall leaves.  

An early morning drive to drop Mom off at Pen  Station meant we got home in time for a beautiful sunrise.   

Possible we're getting tired of daily pictures..   

Any corner with a book can be a book corner.   

When you're cold on top and hot on the bottom.  

Did we mention how fun it is to do homework? (For the record, not very.)  

Toby had off from school today.  It was a pretty good day. Complete with bouts of excitement, moments of confusion, and some eye-rolling. Not too bad.  

We're working on learning how to compromise and negotiate. This weekend, to be sure everyone remembered what was agreed on, we wrote it down.  Tonight, I'm happy to report that it paid dividends. Everyone remembered the terms.  

  Giving Spencer a hug goodnight.

With a grin this big, there must have been a joke about poop (or other similar topics).  

When eating crackers, you must hold them with both hands to ensure they don't escape.  

Packing up his bag for school.  

Sometimes finding something to play together is impossible and sometimes it's so easy.