Eating habits

Lest you be deceived, this is not chocolate all over Calvin's face. Yep, they're black beans. This boy loves his beans!

Calvin pretty much eats whatever we are eating. He's not terribly picky, but you can bet he won't finish eating something if he doesn't like it. Some of his favorite foods right now are:

graham crackers (by far his favorite. I can get him to do anything if I promise him a graham cracker)
bread
eggs
pancakes
carrots, broccoli, lima beans, peas, squash
tortilla with cheese and black beans
apples, grapes, watermelon, bananas, applesauce
macaroni and cheese (homemade)

He's still not a huge fan of chicken. Maybe it's just the way I cook it. Who knows...

Halloween Fun

This weekend Trevor's parents and sister, Summer, came to visit us. We had a wonderful time with them and of course they had a wonderful time with Calvin! :0) He is such a good boy and has the sweetest disposition (well, he also gets into plenty of trouble and tests mommy's patience at times, but we love him just the same!).

Here is our cute puppy for Halloween! This was a Goodwill special that I got for $6 brand new. Calvin saw it in the store and kept saying, "dog! dog!" over and over again. I let him hold it and he wouldn't let go of it for the longest time.


Last Saturday our church ward had a Halloween party/Trunk-or-treat and we all had a great time. There were so many kids running around and Calvin loved all the commotion.

On Halloween night we took Calvin trick-or-treating to a few houses. He liked knocking on the doors and was pretty good about grabbing a piece of candy (or two), putting it in his bucket, and saying, "bye-bye!" He also wanted to go into the homes when they opened the door. I think he had lots of fun. I'm looking forward to the next few years when he really starts to understand how trick-or-treating works!


One reason Trevor's family came to see us was to bring the completed cross-stitch Trevor's mom made us. We can't get over how beautiful this picture is and feel honored to hang it in our home. It was originally going in Calvin's room, but we decided it needs to be hung in a more prominent place in our house to give it the respect it deserves.

The original painting is by James Christensen and is called "Faery Tales." There are 22 fairy tales depicted. We put Calvin next to it to give you some perspective. We love all the many bright colors. This is definitely going to be a family heirloom!


271,975 total "x's" which puts the total number of stitches at 543,950 (because every cross requires two stitches).


We also went to Stanford University yesterday because Summer had never been there before.  That campus is beautiful.

Man, am I really looking that pregnant at 5 months already?!?!

 
Here are some other cute/random pictures we took this weekend.

 
We are also discovering Calvin is mildly obsessed with dogs. Every time he sees one (real or not) he gets super excited. One time I went into his room to wake him up and I found him using his stuffed dog as a pillow. It was so sweet!