The leaves are beginning to change and the weather is perfect out this week.  We went to the botanical gardens down the street to feed these guys:

The goal is to drop it into their gaping mouths before the ducks can swim over and steal it.

 Davy is learning to play board games and it has been really nice to play a game with a defined goal and winner. We play a game we made up called "take away" with Rummikub maybe four times a day.  You fill up the holder randomly with tiles and call out which number you should both throw back into the box.  The one out of tiles first is the winner.  Sometimes it is the excitement highpoint in my day.

He has also stopped taking naps but still gets pretty tired in the afternoons.  One day this week he came to play right next to me as I was doing the dishes. We were chatting and I left for just a minute to find a completely still and softly snoring blanket.  He slept like this for an hour and a half.

 We carved pumpkins a little early because Stephen is going out of town for the next couple of weekends.  It has been really fun to decorate with Davy; we put up spooky bats and spooky spiders.

Danny is still a joyful baby.  
It has been fun to compare photos with Davy's baby pictures.

     Danny

Davy

Danny

Davy

Future baby names we are considering:  Donny, Dewy, and Dory if its a girl.