I used to cut Drew's banana in tiny pieces (really, until just recently, just out of habit). Then I started holding it and letting him take bites... Now, he does it all himself (I just have to keep peeling it back). He's getting TOO big TOO fast!

Here he is lounging in his jammies before bedtime. He loves Dora the Explorer now and will sit still to watch it!

Last weekend we wanted to do something Halloween-ish...all we could really find was the Boo Bash. We weren't sure what we were getting into - but it was free! We watched all the little kids participate in a costume contest. Drew was a little afraid of the costumes and all the people and just sat on Chad's lap at first. But then he really liked how the crowd got to clap after each round and so he clapped and yelled "yay!" a lot. Then a little boy next to us started throwing a balloon back and forth with him, and that loosened him up. By the end he was dancing to the music the DJ was playing! He even saw some of his buddies from the Y and said "hi." Here he is at the beginning - checking things out still.

Drew has really gotten the hang of tormenting our cats...but I think the cats kind of like it. They can go upstairs (Drew can't get past the gate) or jump up on something high. But they stay within his reach most of the time. And I have to say that I am very impressed that our ferocious Charlie (if you've seen him play, you've seen how he can attack and play TOO rough at times) has never been aggressive with Drew! Drew might have deserved some aggression during this game though...

We tried to get Drew to watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown tonight...but he was more interested in reading his new books from Grandma and Grandpa. It caught his attention during the scene when Snoopy was pretending to fly an airplane - he liked the airplane sounds! Tomorrow night we plan on carving pumpkins and then this weekend we are trick-or-treating with some neighborhood friends, so I am sure there will be more to post later!