The Fall

I have discovered Sam likes to be busy. I think I probably trained him that way. To avoid the stay-at-home mom insanity we almost always do one thing outside every day, even it it's just a trip to Target. So Sam started classes at our local rec center in September. He had a weekly music/movement class and art class the first quarter and is in a new art class and gymnastics type class the second quarter. He LOVES it! I would highly recommend Tots in Tow to anyone in the Portland area. And my fridge is covered in original artwork from Sam and is of course the best looking fridge in town as a result.

Other exciting fall events:

- An exciting date night to see the Art of Flight premier with Adam's brother. It was AMAZING! If you haven't seen it, check it out on iTunes. Adam's brother works for Red Bull and was in charge of marketing for the movie. I hope I have that right, his name was even in the credits, and of course we shamefully took a picture of it :) Adam wanted to get on a snowboard the next day. Thanks Andrew for letting us share this amazing event with you. And thank you Nate and Jen for watching Sam so Adam and I could pretend to be cool childless people for a night.

- We joined the Portland Children's Museum and have enjoyed many rain-filled days playing there. I even discovered a back road route and timed it as a 14 minute drive. I love where we live!

- Sam was the CUTEST owl for halloween. We went to two pumpkin patches in, a ward halloween party, and had a halloween potluck and trick or treat with friends. I think you can say I officially like Halloween, all because of my cute little Sam-man.

- Thanksgiving with the Pickell's. I am pretty sure it was the first time in 4 years I didn't cook Thanksgiving dinner. All I had to do was make potatoes. I LOVED it! We went to our good friends house for dinner. Everything was yummy and of course every time we get together with Nate, Jen, and Presley we always have tons of fun. Thanks again for having us!

- Sam's first movie. This is technically part of thanksgiving, but it deserves it's own bullet point. After dinner we went and saw the new Muppet movie. Growing up we'd always go see a movie on Thanksgiving. We had to change it up a bit and saw it after dinner this year. And I don't know if the 7pm show time had anything to do with it, but Sam only lasted the first half. And not because he was cranky. The boy just wanted to dance!! At first I let him dance by the doorway to the side of the screen, but then he wanted to start singing along, so we had to make a quick exit. He spent the next half of the movie running around the hallways making friends with larger than life Alvin and the Chipmunk statues. We even found an empty theater that still had the credits rolling for a Twilight showing and made a great dance soundtrack for Sam. This boy loves music!

Fall 2011 Pictures: