A little more September and August

The drawback of being a bit behind on a chronological blog is that sometimes you forget things.

Like this fairly major event:

Thomas started preschool!

Ed and I got to attend as well the first day, and it was fun to see how excited he was! The preschool is at a church a couple miles from our house, and he goes two mornings a week. He continues to love it, literally bouncing in his car seat on the way there. He has come home with some neat art projects and new songs, and is learning to write his numbers and practice writing his name.

Is this the face of excitement or what?!?!

Also in September, Ed's Uncle Dennis and Aunt Donna came to visit while on a tour of Michigan. We took them to Eccentric, where Dennis tried out a flight of beer.

Aunt Donna made the boys personalized foam jack o lanterns. (Their names are carved into the mouths.) The pumpkins were a huge hit, but the little battery-operated votives that go inside were arguably an even bigger hit. The boys drag the votives (and sometimes the pumpkins) under blanket forts, and I frequently find a random votive light turned on and stashed under a bookshelf or in some other hiding place. Amazing battery power on those things!

And we had a cupcake redo for Jojo's birthday back in August. It wasn't all because I was dissatisfied with the turnout of the original cupcakes--I also wanted to invite the neighbors over, and this seemed like a great excuse! Spreading a little Jojo love...

 Jojo liked these cupcakes too!

 I decided to decorate a bit, and continued the fish theme from the cupcakes.

These were simpler, but so much cuter!