Evolving Archerisms

Archer is at that magic age where he's a total brat one minute and says something cute and endearing the next. I don't doubt that this is by design, otherwise people would abandon their tantruming two year olds at the local zoo. He's been talking up a storm for a while and I've been able to follow *most* of what he's said. But now he's getting clearer. He's also getting more clever. The things that kid says! He literally makes me LOL every day. My favorite, he still calls himself "Achoo" and calls Will "Whoa". Those pretty much rock. I don't care if he's 21 and still calling himself Achoo. But he has gone from calling Aunt Jill "Nene" to calling her by her actual name of Aunt Jill. And Uncle Matt has gone from being "That" to Uncle Matt or just Matt. It's kind of sad when he loses the nicknames. He is also getting pretty good with Grandma and Grandpa, as well as "friend" which I make him call other kids at the park. I prefer friend to some of the other names he might come up with (yes he says cute things but he's still a stinker). "Tito" has developed into kitty and "Arf" has turned into dog. He's got a lot more animal names down, instead of just using their animal sounds. (bird, not tweet; sheep, not baa; etc) He went through a short stage last week of calling Keith "Wobot" (robot). He's now back to Daddy, at least for today. AD also likes to declare himself a "nunny goose" when he does something funny. :) I love that. And because he must be contrary, if any of these comments make me laugh too much, he'll loudly declare, "Hey, no nunny!" Oh Archer. (As you can see above, he's also really into taking pics and saying "cheese!")

Hauntingly good times

We had a fantastic Halloween this year...and quite diverse, if I do say so myself. Will was a Jedi Knight (what else? the obsession continues) and Archer was Bob the Builder (or as he calls it, Bob the Boodoodoo). Both looked really cute but Archer's costume got the most comments. People loved it, probably b/c he was wearing a Home Depot hard hat and apron...quite popular with the locals. Two people even took his picture! Who knew construction was such a popular job!

We actually had an extended celebration this year. (more celebrations = more candy!) We started with a visit to the Haunted Aquarium at the Scripps Aquarium La Jolla. We got to see all the sea creatures at night and also trick or treat throughout the aquarium. There was even a live band and both boys really rocked out with the blow-up instruments.

On Halloween night, the downtown Coronado businesses had trick or treating all along Orange Ave (the main drag in Coronado). The boys and I scored quite a bit of candy along the way. We really didn't need to go trick or treating after dinner because we were already on a sugar high but we were meeting squadron friends so we forged ahead! Both boys loved going house to house. Archer even threw out some "tick or teat"s along the way. Will definitely took the lead this year and ran from house to house with his buddies. Neither wanted to go home until their candy bags were full. We just about accomplished that. As you can imagine, several days of hyper behavior followed.

Now that I've eaten all the good candy (Dots...yuck), it's time for our next adventure. We're headed to Disneyland for a long weekend. Yay! The boys have never been and Keith and I are excited to show them around (luckily they have no expectations either. Phew!) Check back for Disney pics soon.