Dan is cute. He likes to match whatever I'm wearing. Thanks to 6 years of marriage, we own quite a few of the same shirts. (Family reunions, Virginia shirts, etc.) This week I performed a mini-experiment. Everyday, before Dan came home from work, I would change into a shirt that I know he also owns. I took a picture of myself, and then sneakily would take a picture of Dan, too.

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

As you can see, he really likes to match me!

In other news, Afton's belly button looks pretty much normal now. This isn't the best picture but it now looks like this:

Instead of this:

It's like someone stuck a pin in it and deflated it or something. I'm glad it didn't take 5 years like the doctor said it might.

I've been practicing applique, as I said before. I made this rocketship a few weeks ago. Dan thinks it's too feminine, but I made Sam model it anyway.

Sam likes it when Dan throws him up in the air. He's on his way down in this picture.

I really hate that Daylight Savings Time is over. Sam wakes up so early. That means I have to wake up earlier than HE does so that I can be ready before he wakes up. The other day, I just wanted to sleep, so I hit snooze on my alarm. 30 minutes later I hear, "Hiiiiiiiii." I open my eyes and there's Sam standing in the doorway. The past two days, he's come into the bathroom while I'm getting ready for the day (around 6:45). It's such a bummer that he's up that early!

Thanks to Halloween, Sam has had his first lollipop. He sucked the stick soggy, and once it started to sag, he didn't really want the lollipop anymore. But he liked it while it lasted.

 This is how Afton looked the other cold morning before we went to the park: homeless. My sister would be ashamed.

 But don't worry, Candice. We made up for it by putting her in this ADORABLE outfit made by my very talented friend. Isn't that so cute? (And check out her pretty blue eyes...)

Yo Gabba Gabba has a little segment in it where kids make funny faces. Sam's been into that lately and asking us to make funny faces. Here's his:

Happy Halloween

Saturday was a pretty busy day around the Durst house, but we managed to get our act together to attend our ward's Trunk-or-Treat. There were a ton of cars there and we had a lot of fun. We'd been practicing "Trick or treat" with Sam all week long, but he forgot those three little words and reverted back to his shy self when approaching a car for candy. He would stand really far back and just kind of stare. Then I'd coax him into holding out his pumpkin and saying "Thank you." I think he said "Trick or treat" only a handful of times. He was so cute, though.

(The pictures are in messed up order but I don't feel like trying to fix it.)

He LOVED holding his candy-filled pumpkin and wouldn't let go. Once it got heavier, it was harder for him to manage, but he didn't care. It sat on his lap on the ride home and he carried it around the kitchen for a while, too.

Afton just wore a Halloween sleeper. And (wouldn't you know it?) slept through the whole thing.

We ran out of candy on Saturday and didn't want to give out candy on Sunday so we turned off most of the lights and lived like zombies in our own house. It was annoying. We noticed this year, though, that way too many parents DRIVE their kids around. Are you kidding me? You can't walk from house to house? Part of the fun was running from house to house, going as fast as you can to get the most candy. Now the parents drive around slowly while their kids canvas the street, hop in the car, and drive to the next street. I couldn't believe it. People must be getting lazier.

Pumpkin Patch

I took my kids to the pumpkin patch. I think this picture sums it up nicely.

A Morning in the Life of a Superhero

0800 hours: Eat a healthy breakfast.

 0802 hours: Practice an entrancing gaze.

 0900 hours: Converse with sidekick about combatting evil. Form a plan for the rest of the day's events.

 0902 hours: Practice loopy gaze.

 0930 hours: Exercise calves and practice leaps. Also practice crazed gaze.

 1000 hours: Attend community event. Mingle with the people. Hug a bear.

 1003 hours: Run into your old friend, Woody and cheer him up because he looks sad. Compliment his hat.

 1015 hours: Listen to a story about pumpkins. Then give a presentation about proper Halloween safety.

 1040 hours: Pose for pictures with old friend, Mr. Dragon.

 1100 hours: Take clothing to Goodwill. Proceed to crawl on your hands and knees through the store while your superhero mom cringes in disgust.

1130 hours: Visit Target and bring smiles to people's faces.

1200 hours: Eat a superhero lunch of (what else?) peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, yogurt, and water.

1230 hours: Watch "Cars" while taking a breather on the couch.

1250 hours: Change into civilian clothes. Practice a stealth crawl.

 1300 hours: Nap time!

Finally Caught on Camera!

Close...

 Closer...

Almost there...

Got it!

We keep getting letters in the mail from the homeowners association about various things we need to fix or else we will get a fine. First, they sent us a few letters concerning our trash can being in plain view.

Give me a break. You can hardly see it. (I originally took this picture to show our giant dead tree which we have since removed.)

They're still sending those, but in addition to that, now they're on our case about our weeds. We know we've got weeds, it's just that Dan's been really busy w/ work stuff, I have a newborn to watch, and we're waiting until the weather gets cooler before we plant things/weed our garden. Back off, people! I wonder if one of our neighbors is complaining about us or if someone drives around slowly finding issues with each house...

Sunday Afton turned 2 months old. She gave us a present of sleeping from 9pm until 6:45 that morning. Usually she's been waking up around 5, but we think it's because she wakes up when Dan turns on the shower. Since it was Sunday, that didn't happen! Since she's been doing so well, we moved her out of our closet and into a room of her own. She woke up this morning at 6:10, ate, and is still sleeping at 9:22. Very exciting! She's started smiling more, but we haven't captured one of her big smiles yet.

But she usually looks like this:

Sam and me reading a book.

And a preview of Sam's halloween costume. He got to wear it to a party this weekend. He loves it. Sometimes he puts it on just because. He wanted me to take pictures of him in it while he ran around.

Bye for now!

Have you ever ridden a camel?

I have. My dismount left something to be desired. I think I pulled a muscle. Not only that, but apparently several people from church saw me trying to get off that thing...