potato stamps

For the sake of taking a quick shower I decided to entertain Max by letting him paint with some old nail polish that I don't use anymore. I gave him a piece of paper and he painted in my bathroom where I could check on him as I showered. He really had a blast playing with all the different shades of pink so I decided to do a real paint activity with him using non girl colors.



These are potato stamps and they are supposed to be a sail boat and a train. Carving the shapes into the potato was a lot harder than I thought.




Next time I'll use more colors and I think I'll attempt making some simple animal shapes.

Max is so good with his little sister Isela. He is so affectionate and is genuinely concerned when she cries. He always wants to help taking care of her. I am still surprised that he has not exhibited any jealous behavior as of yet but I'm so grateful for that.
I am super thankful for Tia Patti and Tia Teresa who came out to help me the first three weeks. Max misses his Tias and always talks about going to the park with them. We'll be seeing them again in the next couple months.

Strasburg Railroad

Earlier this week we went to the Strasburg Railroad and museum with some of our friends. Max was so excited that he kept saying choo choo!










Max is such a fun kid. We can't wait until we head out to California to spend time with our family and friends.

Halloween

So on Halloween night I decided that I would make a Meal in a Pumpkin. After an hour and a half of baking...this is the result:

Its basically ground beef, sausage, rice, peppers and creamy goodness! All mixed in with some sweet pumpkin pieces. Yum!

Then we headed over to our friends place where we met up with all our other friends and went Trick or Treating.
Here's everyone except Max:



Max dressed up not as a lion or Chubaca but as a MONKEY! Also pictured: Max's friends Nathan and Kyrie.


This is the first house Max went to. By the end of the night Max was saying Trick or Treat!


After an hour or so we called it a night. Max had a blast!

Pumpkin carving and Max's favorite things

Blair had some free time from his studies so we decided to carve and paint pumpkins. Can you believe that this is only my THIRD time doing this? Yeah. I've lived in the states most of my life but my family just didn't do those things. For example, the first time I had steak was when I was dating Blair. Crazy! Hopefully I can do a good job of blending the cultures for Max.

Max was using his super strength to take the top off the pumpkin.

Success!

Blair getting a little creative.






There are a few things that Max loves to do. He loves to shake his pointer finger and say "No no no!" in a very cute sweet way. (Thank gooness he hasn't figured out he can yell out NO.) He also loves to do what his dad does, hence thess pictures:
Max when he was 6 months old!

Max sporting his dad's iPod.

Lastly, he loves to jump on our couch.

Next week: my last day of work for a little while! Yay. Max and I start a swimming class and "All about me" toddler class. I'm looking forward to spending lots and lots of time with Maxime. Good news: Looks like theres a good chance that we'll be in Utah and California for Christmas AND we'll be going back to California for Spring Break!! Awesomeness.

Harvest Festival

We took Max to Linvilla Orchards this weekend.
It was a lot of fun. They had really good
apple cider and their prices are reasonable.
We'll be going back next weekend to do the
Witches' hayride at dusk.

We've been pretty busy lately. Max has been spending a lot of time with his friend Kamila. Blair has been busy with student council and his studies. I've been running around all over southeastern PA working and now I might be getting two other jobs. Yikes!



Max and his gafas

I'm getting big!

steak monster

peruvian parties are always fun!


Yes, he is wearing my shoes.

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