2 years and 9 months old! A departure from the usual sofa-bound monthly picture, but I’m happy with the way this one came out. Really happy.

A boy and his bug.

They had a sale, buy one get two free.

The boys made their first trip to the library tonight. Let’s just say they haven’t learned how to use their “inside voices” just yet. Thankfully, it was pretty empty so we didn’t get too many dirty looks.

We had the sofa bed pulled out in the playroom, and the boys had fun reading their Curious George books on it.

Linus and Miles were trying on potential Halloween costumes here. Only problem is, there isn’t a great third costume for Oliver! Ah well, we have time.

Anyway, I like this picture because it looks like they’re having a conference.

I cleaned up and organized the playroom this weekend, and the boys rediscovered some old puzzles. I put literally 75% of their toys in bins in the closet, and now they have just enough to play and not have every surface of the house covered in toys and pieces of toys. Ahhhhh….

George and the boys after the audition. We were waiting for the rain to slack off a bit so I could go get the van.

"Look Mom, here’s how you set the DVR to record Backyardigans."

Linus being a stereotypical guy.

I figured out how to get good, happy pictures of the boys. Tell them they can look at the picture of themselves on the back of the camera and then they’ll be all "CHEEEEEEESE!"

(This is Oliver, by the way.)

What can I say? Linus likes duck.

The boys somehow realize football season is upon us again. Whenever Miles sees a fleur-de-lis, he says "Go Saints!" Heh.

I call this one "Up to No Good".

(I shouldn’t have to tell you that this is Miles. The king of mischievous looks.)

Today we went to my friend Mandy’s house to play with her daughter Annabel (or, Tinkerbell, according to Oliver) and her little guy, Harry. All the kids had lots of fun painting and making a mess. Washable paint is your friend!

Hanging out with the gorillas at the zoo.

Hanging out at the pub, eyes glowing.

George showing Linus some cicada shells he found when we went on a walk this afternoon.

(Am I going overboard with the black and white? Not to worry, my Lightroom trial expires in a few days, so no more artsy-fartsy stuff out of me for a while.)

Miles and Linus in the bath, thus completing my trifecta of bath photos. I’m really going to try to stop now. Here are the other two.

Relaxing with Daddy on the sofa before bed.

Due to their obsession du jour (literally, they woke up this morning desperate for Curious George and the book where he makes pancakes) I agreed to make pancakes for the boys for dinner tonight. And (as I already posted on FB and was rightfully mocked for saying) DAMN, a griddle makes it a thousand times easier!