Say Cheeeeese!

Here's Parker taking of photo of me taking a photo of him.

And here he is trying to find the image on the LCD. I think he might need a bit of an upgrade for that.

Edited to add: LOOK AT THOSE MITTS! Huuuuuge!

Wake Up, Papa! Wake Up!

My mom had a workshop at Wool Tyme so while she was working, Papa came for a visit! For some reason Parker thinks it's hilarious when people sleep, and he thinks it's even more hilarious when he wakes them up by yelling, "Wake up!!!" and jumping on them. Here's Papa fake sleeping and Parker jumping on him to wake him up. I'm pretty sure I used to do this when I was little, too. Do all kids think this is funny? Actually, it kind of is. :D

Playing At The Thomas Store

Need an easy way to fill in time? Go to Chapters where they have a Thomas train table in the kids' section. If we don't have anything planned and feel like getting out of the house, we'll go check out The Thomas Store (as Parker calls it) and hang out for an hour, playing with the train table and reading books. Parker didn't feel like napping today so we went out in the afternoon before dinner. Here's some video of Parker playing with the trains:

Pointing out the two octagon shapes (stop signs) and also informing everyone that Thomas and James are coming.

Lots of trains end up going backwards.

All the trains end up going over two amazing bridges (he kind of mumbles, "amazing bridge!" towards the end).

Turn Left! Turn Right!

Since we go out a lot in the mornings, we've been working on the difference between turning left and turning right. So for the last few days Parker has been walking around the house going, "Turn left! Turn right! Turn left!" as he goes around corners. He's also really into construction because there's a lot of it happening in town right now. There are some new houses going up down the street and there's a Shoppers Drug Mart going up down town. When we're looking to kill time, we just hang out and watch the big machines working. Parker calls them "boom booms" because of the sound they make, so he's always going, "Huuuuuge boom booms!" He's also really into this song (although we listen to the Raffi version, but it's pretty much the same):

No More Frain Fracks!

Parker has an obsession with train tracks, but for the longest time he wasn't pronouncing the T-sound properly and it would always come out as, "frain fracks". The other day he randomly decided it was time to pronounce them properly. Goodbye frain fracks, hello train tracks!

Also, Parker has some weird quirks and strange habits that are probably almost entirely our fault. One of them that's kind of funny is to sing a naked song when we take his clothes off to get changed or go in the bath. It's basically this song about mangos but replace the word mango with naked. And imagine a little boy doing a funny dance while singing it.

Happy Hallowe'en!

Here are some photos from Parker's adventures trick or treating tonight! It was a short trip to just a few of the neighbours' houses, but he really liked ringing their door bells and yelling, "TRICK OR TREAT!!!" in their faces. After he put his shoes on, he sat on the step (which seems to be his new thing) to pose for some photos.

I had to ask him to stand up because he kept wanting to sit.

Checking out the stash of Play-Doh that we had on hand for other trick or treaters.

Walking to the neighbours' steps.

Walking away from the neighbours' steps.

Even though it rained all morning and some of the afternoon, it ended up being a fairly nice night! A bit windy, but good for Hallowe'en.

Parker has a mild obsession with mailboxes. So when he realized we were headed in that direction, he thought it would be a great idea to offer the mailbox a treat. He kept holding it out and saying, "Here you go, mailbox!"

And here he is, visiting his friend.

Special thanks to Dustin for hooking Parker up with a Rice Krispie square, one of his favourites! As soon as we got home he was digging in his bag to find it so he could eat it in his mouth, as he likes to say.

All in all it was a super Hallowe'en! Har har.

Crawling Through A Fort

I finally copied a million old videos from our camera to the computer, so here's a quick sample before I go to bed. It's Parker crawling through a fort in the basement while Mommy chases him!

Lemoine Point

I had a shoot at Lemoine Point this morning so April and Parker came to meet me for a hike when I was finished! It was crazy nice outside considering it's the end of October, so luckily we were able to get a good hour or so of hiking in before the weather gets worse. Here are some photos:

Parker running around in the big, open fields.

"Come on, Daddy!"

Parker has grown a lot in the last few months (he's about 3 feet tall now) but when you see him outside in the open you realize how tiny he still is! Can you find him in this photo?

We told him there were ducks so he kept saying, "Where'd the ducks go? Ducks? Find the ducks!"

"I SAID NO COMMENT!"

Overlooking Collins Bay.

The elusive ducks!

A lot of the leaves have fallen but it's still really scenic!

Parker is really into bridges right now, so when April said we were walking under a bridge of leaves and trees he thought that was the best thing ever.

There were tonnes of friendly birds, including this guy.

Taking a pit stop to pose for a bench photo.

The birds are so friendly, they'll come and eat food right out of your hands!

Parker riding on my shoulders and eating a "Meow Meow Bar". There's a cat on the wrapper so that's what he calls them.

Hooray for fall colours!

Feeding more birds! We actually ran into Scott, Gemma, and Milo who were also out for a walk and feeding the birds (along with Nate, Laura, and new baby Oliver)! It was a good day for a hike.

Here's Parker being cute while waiting for birds to land on his hand and eat.