Halloween

We dressed Russel up as the cutest garden gnome ever! We sewed his costume ourselves and were so proud of it.

With Dad and very pregnant Mom. He probably doesn't look so happy because we're not trick-or-treating anymore. He caught on to it fast and had a blast. At one house the girl who answered the door had to run back upstairs to get the candy and Russel was crying and banging on the door while she was gone!

With Grandma and Grandpa Caswell and Great-grandpa Benoit. At another house we stopped at, they had dogs and little kids, so Russel invited himself right in. I guess he wasn't feeling too shy that night!

With Nana and Pop-pop and trying to rip that beard off.

Ben's friend John gave us a hard time about not dressing Russel up as something scary, so this one's for him.

Now that is one SCARY GNOME.

Daddy Got a "Cycle"

I don't know who was more excited, Ben or Russel. Yup, Ben invested in his first motorcycle this summer! We found a great deal and it gets 70 miles to the gallon, so he rides it to work everyday. It's always a treat when Russel gets to hitch a ride around the driveway! Now every time Russel hears a motorcycle go by, he gets excited and says "cycle".

I Found It!

So yeah, I haven't posted in forever because I haven't gotten around to finding the cord that lets us upload pictures from the camera to the computer, but today I finally found it!

Let me recap the lost time, starting with our summer adventures!

These are out of order, but in this one Grandma and Grandpa Caswell took us all to a Paw Sox game!
Russel liked the music, but got restless after a while, so we changed him into his PJ's and he ran around the whole stadium dancing and entertaining the crowd.

We spent most of our time living with Ben's parents and Russel loved having Ezzie the dog there with all of us.

He also loved the garden. I'm not sure how many of the poor plants he picked before they were ripe. I tried to stop him! Sorry!

We always had so much fun at the beach. Russel would even come in the water with Mom and Dad. He liked it, but you could tell he was nervous too!

Father and son sandals... too precious

Nana and Pop-pop Wilson took us all to the zoo!

The giraffe was the first animal he saw and it was right next to us! If you look close, you can see the pure joy on Russel's face.