A new and interesting way to go down the steps

Waiting for the tractor to start

Outside in the front yard - it was freezing!

What Jack had been waiting for since last summer

E-dog with Uncle Mikey

He looks like a little garden gnome

I was a little slow on the uptake so this is everyone's back - including Eamon - waving to me on the tractor

Eamon started getting really sick about this time.  I think we took him to the doctor later on this afternoon and turned out he had 2 ear infections, the first ones in his whole little life.  He was so miserable.  He had a stuffy nose and a cough, too.  He would cough so much and so hard that he would vomit.  My poor poor baby.  I felt miserable knowing that he felt miserable.  Little did I know what the future had in store......

Testing out this new invention called "mittens"

On an acorn hunt

We're embracing the South Carolina lifestyle... children and dogs riding the back of old pickup trucks.

Play on a neighbors playhouse

Weee!

My fall outdoor photo-shoot

Playing with something he's not supposed to

See this acorn in my hand....?

...I'm gonna eat it.

Squishy faces

Contemplating the life cycle of the oak

The woods are so pretty

Greeting our guests - Lindsey and Ms. Vicki

Just hanging out on the floor in the kitchen.

Time to make cookies with Mimi... he LOVES baking.

How to make cookies according to Jack:  First you roll out the dough

Next:  sprinkle generously with sprinkles mostly in one spot.  Headlamp necessary.

Finally, inspect the cookies closely with the headlamp and scream until you eat more cookies than all the food you ate all day.  Done!

Laughing at his brother... or the dogs.  Same thing.