We lost our very dear cousin, Mary, early this morning after her four year fight with cancer.  We are so THANKFUL to have enjoyed her AMAZING soul for 22 years.  We love you, and wish you peace, Mary.

Mary Catherine Virnig

April 19, 1988 - November 25, 2010

Imagine Museum!

Last weekend Jamie and I took Matt to the Imagine Museum in Everett.  This place is nuts.  They have all sorts of "exhibits for the kids to play in and on that it's pretty impressive. We were there for an hour and  a half and didn't spend time with everything.

We started the day with a little "coffee" Matt's first Hot Chocolate!

Not sure I can work this lid guys!

Ahh, Straws, a much more efficient system!

 All Done!

Then  we drove up the Museum.  Matt had been there earlier in the week, so a return trip was very exciting.

 Trains!

 They had a button that started the electric trains in the case.  Matt found it immediately.

Learning to fly

Ring around the...Duck?

Getting back to his roots, time for some milking

 Rack up the milk bottles

Time for a haircut.  I had hoped the old school barbers chair worked, but it didn't.

Taking tickets to the theatre

Not sure who the caped man was supposed to be, but he had great fun running around the theater stage.

 Time to make some pizza.  

Cutting pizza, serious business

Mmmm delicious!

We went up to the roof where they have an outdoor courtyard with big toys, musical instruments, and a place to dig for dinosaur bones.

Construction time!

Check out the scissor skills during craft time.

The finished product (Mommy helped a little)

We hit the water table room last, it's Matt's favorite.

This picture has nothing to do with Museum day, this is just Matt before tub time demonstrating how strong he is.

And I couldn't end this post with out thanking Tina, James and Isaac for the Fix-it Duck book.  We got it about 10 days ago, which means I've read it about 50 times, and Matt has asked for it about 150 times.  There is only so much Fix-it Duck book a daddy can take however!  It's the first thing he asks for every night when he hits the tub.

Jake

Trick or Treat!

We had a good Halloween weekend this year.  Matt is old enough that while I'm not sure he fully gets being dressed up like a monkey, he still has some fun.

Cousin Isaac and Auntie Tina helped get the season off to a good start with his new pumpkin paron.  He loves this thing, once it's on, it's hard to get him to take it off.

Saturday we went to Snoqualmie and did the Spooky train ride.  They had a few old piece of machinery that Matt could climb on.  Anything with a steering wheel or lever, he's all over it.

 I'm not sure I should be on this one...

 Yep, this is definitely MY seat!

Monkey Attack!

 I'm not sure what he thought of the actual train ride.  By the end I think he was ready to drift off to sleep, but he had fun with his Fam though.

 The hood is cute and all, but I can't SEE!

 Train ride with Unca' Raya'

This is cool! 

 Jamie and I as the Monkey's bananas.

Hanging Monkey!

After that we took Matt home for a good solid nap before Trick or Treating began.  With the boy asleep, Jamie jumped on some baking.  Check out the cupcakes!

On the way to the Mall to go get some treats, we stopped at Grandma and GranDan's.  Look what they did to that poor mutt!

I better get a treat for putting up with this! 

Matt was very excited to get to the Trick or Treating, he'd been practicing.

 GranDan helping him get his first treat.

Hanging with Dad and Unca Raya.

Who let the Monkey drive?

Look at that grin. 

Break time for some REAL monkey food.

Trick or Treat! 

We met up with Kate, Sandy, Karen, Ben and Ty while we were there.  They boys did a little trick or treating together.

Where's the fire lady?

 Every fireman needs a dalmatian.

 Why does Ben have a bottle of detergent?

2 generations of trick or treaters

When we got home Matt wasn't ready for bed quiet yet.  He did a lot of running around in his Monkey T and diaper.  Check out the spider!

Nice drool buddy.

On the actual day of Halloween, Matt and I spent most of the day working on the "Witches Brew" (a nice stout).  Then we did some pumpkin carving and had a good Halloween dinner, Mummy dogs and baked pumpkin.

If you're wondering if you can carve a pumpkin with an 18volt Dewalt drill, the answer is yes!

Set out the pumpkins.  Think I could get Matt to sit still for a picture?

Pretty spooky

Mummy Dogs!

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween!

Jake