Gymnastics Class 11/8 ***Updated with Video***

Nicholas had a fun time at his gymnastics class today. They had a "car wash" which involved a lot of bubbles. And, anyone that knows Nicholas, knows that he LOVES bubbles!!! So, he stood right in front of the fan that was blowing the bubbles. He got soaked, but loved it. Then, he did the monkey bars and hung all by himself. That is the video at the bottom of this entry. Other than that, he ran around like a mad man. I am so thankful for his gymnastics classes. It is so nice to have a place for him to run around and get his energy out.

We are flying home to Maryland for Thanksgiving this year. This will be Nicholas's last free flight. After he is 2, we'll have to pay full-price for him. It is very hard for me to believe that in a month my little baby boy will be 2 years old! I am not really looking forward to 5 hours on a plane with Nicholas. The boy can’t sit still longer than 5 seconds! Luckily, Grandpa Beckman will be on the other end to take over :0) I also plan on taking tons of new toys, Curious George DVDs, and a big bag of lollipops to try to keep him entertained. If you hear about a plane having to make an emergency landing due to an unruly toddler the day before Thanksgiving…you’ll know it was us ;0) We have a pretty busy weekend ahead of us. Nick’s friend, Noah, is having his 2nd birthday party. Then, Jackson & Nicholas have pictures with Santa on Sunday. I will be sure to take lots of pictures.

Waiting patiently for more bubbles

Catching bubbles

Nicholas & Miss Britney

Hanging from the Monkey Bars

Nick's 2nd Halloween

Nicholas had a super fun 2nd Halloween. I had been trying to get Nick to wear his shark costume for a few weeks before Halloween. He didn’t like it at all. He cried the whole time is was on. Then, I learned to bribe him with a “lolli” to get him to keep it on. They had trick-or-treating at John’s office on Halloween. An hour or so before we needed to leave, I had Nicholas put his costume on. He loved it! He was riding his zebra and running all around in it. He didn’t want to take it off when he got in the car. Once we got to John’s office, Nick wanted his costume back on. When we got inside, he was already saying “trick-or-treat”. So, after weeks and weeks of trying to get him to wear his costume and say “trick-or-treat”, he finally did both at the right moment. Nicholas loved trick-or-treating at Daddy’s office. Everyone loved his shark costume. I think he was the cutest one there :0)

We were thinking of not taking Nick out trick-or-treating since it was going to be so cold. But, since he loved it so much at John’s office, we decided to take him out. Even before we got out of the house, he was wild. He didn’t even have any candy; he was just high on the Halloween spirit. Once we got him outside, he was running so fast that he was falling over. He run up to the door and try to open it. When the people came to the door, he’d say “Trick-or-Treat!” and hold out his pumpkin pail. Then, he’d say it again and point at their candy bowl for more. Then, he’d start running to the next house. It was so fun to watch him having such a blast. If you listen real close, you can hear him say “trick-or-treat” in the video below :0) When we came in, he started handing out the candy. He loved his job. He even tried chasing the kids down the steps to give them more candy. Nicholas had such a fun 2nd Halloween :0)

The day after Halloween, Nick wanted to put his costume on when it was time to leave the house. We had to take his pumpkin pail with us in the car as a compromise. He even still says “trick-or-treat” when he takes a treat out of the bowl. He is already looking forward to next year!

Trick or Treating at Daddy's Office

Helping Mommy Scoop the Seeds

Drawing the Face

Nick's Jack o Lantern

Becky & Jackson

Walking to a House

Dragging Daddy to the Next House

One More Step

TRICK OR TREAT !!!!!

Here you go

Nicholas & Mommy

JACKPOT!!

Not Really Sure What He's Doing Here

Nicholas Trick or Treating

Aunt Missy's Visit

Nick's Aunt Missy came for a visit. She flew in on Sunday (10/28) and left yesterday (10/31). While she was here we went up to Snowbird. We rode the tram and played in some snow on the top. We also went to Wheeler Farm. We fed some ducks and saw the farm animals. Nicholas was really excited to see the ducks, but got a bit scared when the geese honked at him. He saw a little girl feeding a pig a leaf, so he decided to do it too. That is the video on this entry. We also went to MyGym and Nick stayed on the ball pit most of the time. We had a fun visit with Aunt Missy :0)

Sweeping at Snowbird

Being VERY Helpful

Chillin' on the Tram

John, Nicholas, & Missy on the Tram

Alex, Nick, & Missy on the Tram

Nicholas on the Tram

Feeding Ducks at Wheeler Farm

Nicholas & Aunt Missy

Nick Feeding a Pig a Leaf

Gymnastics Class

Nicholas had a blast at gymnastics class yesterday. The past few classes, he has spent most of his time in the ball pit. I was so excited that he decided to get out of the ball pit and do some other activities. Don’t get me wrong, he still spent a lot of time in the ball pit and shooting hoops (both of which he has at home). He really liked the rings last week, but I didn’t have my camera. So, I made sure to bring it this week. Nick is just chugging along. He is learning and doing more and more every day. It is so fun to have conversations with him. Last night at dinner he was asking for apples. When John and I offered him peas…he said “Apples not peas!” It was pretty cute :0) I can’t believe he is almost 2!!

They just added a video feature on Blogger. I took some video of Nick in the Trapeze and posted it. We’ll see how it works. If it works well, I will keep posting videos on here too :0)

Nick's favorite ball pit

Shooting Hoops

Bucket Ride

Hugging a dolphin

Ara & Nick

Big Slide

Pumpkin Patch

We took Nicholas to the "Great Pumpkin Patch" today. He loves pumpkins and saying "pumpkin". He had a blast running around and pointing to all the pumpkins. It was hard to get any pictures of him because he runs all the time. But, I am sure you get the idea of how cute it was ;0) We are thinking of going back for another pumpkin and some more pictures this week.

Nick's 1st Free Haircut

Nicholas got a free haircut at Cookie Cutters today :0) You earn a free haircut after you have 12. It is so hard to believe that he has already had 12 haircuts! Nick wanted the red race car today, but there was already a boy in it. That did not stop Nick...he tried to remove the boy from the race car!!! Everyone thought it was pretty funny. I was relived that the other boy's mom thought it was funny and not annoying :0) Since the red car was taken, Nicholas chose the pink car. Again, everyone thought it was pretty funny to see a little boy all decked out in camouflage sitting in a pink car. He was great during the haircut. He just laughed the whole time. We really lucked out that he likes getting his hair cut since he goes so much. The rest of the pictures are from today as well.

Nicholas in his cool pink car

What a nice haircut

Ahhh...just chillin'

" Nick was running!"

Climbing the ladder out back

Weeeeeee!

Striking a pose

Barking back at the neighbor's dogs

Finally Back Up & Running!

I am finally getting our Blog back up and running :0) I know that a lot of you have missed the Blog and seeing Nicholas grow over the past few months. We have a lot going on here and I couldn’t find the time to sit down and do the Blog. I will try to update you all as much as I can from now on.

Nicholas is doing great. He is so big and very fast. He loves to run around and climb on everything. He can climb up the ladder on the playground in our backyard all by himself now. He loves to play on his playground and especially loves to go down the slide! He also loves to play in his sandbox. It always results in Nick throwing sand all over himself, but he loves it. He loves to mow the lawn with his bubble mower and throw balls for Jackson. He would spend every waking moment playing outside if he could.

Nicholas also loves to read, play blocks, play cars, play his instruments, and play basketball. He cheers for himself every time he dunks the basketball :0) He also loves to watch “George” (Curious George). I guess it could be worse…he could like the Wiggles!! Even inside the house, he loves to run around and climb things. I think he’ll be climbing out of his crib any day now. Nick has become quite the little talker. He repeats pretty much everything he hears now. He is learning so many new words every day and can even say a few sentences. His favorite sentence at lunch today was “I’m so funny!” He was saying that as he was making a mess with his food. He can also name a lot of things that he sees around or in books. I am pretty sure that Nick is a genius ;0) But, then again, I guess we all pretty much knew that the day he was born!! HAHA I will try to update you sooner than 3 months next time!

Another one of Nick's well-balanced meals!

Smiling for the camera with a mouth full of bread

Nicholas loves "FLOWWWERS" :0)

Playing some "Cars"

Hamming it up for the camera :0)

He's so gifted, he can smile for the camera and keep playing his "Cars" :0)