The Playground of the Future

Peter came to visit me at work the other day. The building where I work is brand new, super cool and has this really neat park right across the street.

It is sort of like the Playground of the Future, don't you think?



I really, really, really didn't want to walk in the sand. Peter really, really did.


"What is this place?!"

I had no idea what this big silver ball was for, but Peter discovered that it spins around. Awesome!

There is also a pond with some ducks. Very cool, and very hard to keep Peter out of the water.

Hats

Peter got a surprise new hat from Grandma Dorothy. Look at that Mister Cool in his high chair.

Please ignore the giant finger in this photo.

Here's Peter in another hat that Nonnie gave him.

It's red with a football on it for Nebraska. Notice that it's tough to get a picture of Peter that is not blurry now that he is on the move all the time.

What do you think of your hat, Peter?

Bubbles!

Peter has a new favorite word...

New Shoes!

Today, we went to this cool store in Beverly Hills to buy Peter his first pair of shoes.



You might think it's kind of weird that Peter is almost 15 months old and didn't have shoes until today, but we have done pretty well with soft shoes or socks, and I wasn't really looking forward to the expense of buying real shoes every couple of months. Now that he is walking all over the place, I figured it was finally time to bite the bullet and get this little boy some shoes!

You can see there was quite a selection.



Peter waited patiently for someone to come help us.

This nice woman was so helpful. Here she is measuring Peter's little feet.



Looks like a size 5 to me.


Here's an assortment of the shoes we tried.




The white Adidas sneakers were classics, but a little too summery. Maybe another time.

Peter tried some others in darker colors.



Afterwards, we went to the park to try out the new shoes.



"I love my shoes, Mom! I can't even stop walking long enough to let you take a picture of me."

Super cool, right?

Happy Halloween!

Tonight, we went over to a babygroup friend's house to celebrate Halloween with a bunch of the kiddos from our class.


We tried for a group photo. See if you can find the most unhappy baby in the group.


It was much better when Peter didn't have to pose for photos and could just play with other people's toys.


This is Peter's friend, Lauren. She was dressed as an angel. Sweet.



Dylan was the party hostess. Here she is telling Peter how to jump on her trampoline.


We went trick-or-treating in a really cute neighborhood. All of the houses were decorated and it was packed with people.


Who's that in the banana costume? Hot stuff!



Peter got really good at trick-or-treating. He loved taking the candy and putting in his bag.



Here he is showing off some of his loot. Just wait til next year when he figures out that there is something inside those little packages.

A Spider Visits Imaginary Forces

Since Halloween is also the birthday of Imaginary Forces, there is always a fun costume party there to celebrate.



Peter was pretty excited to put on his spider costume, can't you tell?







There were some other fun costumes, like Brett and Joan, who went as Popeye and Olive Oil.



I'm not really sure what Chip is supposed to be here...?



Little Zach is dressed as an astronaut. Cute.



Brady, who is the same age as Peter, dressed up as a monkey. Check out the pic of us at this party last year.



What a fun party. We can't wait for trick-or-treating tomorrow!

Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch

Today, we went to Mr. Bones, the popular celebrity pumpkin patch, which happens to be right by our house.



The paparazzi section is behind that orange fence. Follow this link to see who they were photographing at the same time we were there. Surprisingly, it wasn't us.


Peter did a trial run in his spider costume for next weekend. He kept the costume on for almost 3 minutes while taking a cart ride with some friends.

It is much more fun to climb around than to wear a costume.

Exploring with friends, Alexandra and Eyal.

There was a petting zoo with goats, sheep, chickens and ducks. So cool!



"Hi, goat!" Touching the goat made Peter laugh.

We tried really hard to pet this sheep, but she kept moving. Darn it.

Alexandra is mesmerized, and maybe a little scared, of this chicken.

Eyal is about to go after a chicken, too...

Peter loved all of the pumpkins.

Here he is sitting among the pumpkins, just like last year.

We let Peter pick out his own pumpkin to bring home. He did a great job picking the perfect pumpkin.