He's kind of a goofy little nerd :)
When I told him to come stand in front of the door and say cheese he insisted on sitting on that bag of sand (it sits in front of our door at night and protects us). Apparently he thought that spot would make a good picture- I guess he was right!
All the kids wore their costumes and then they went out to the corn maze for a hay ride and some fun on the slides. Jake took PW and I stayed at Brad's house and made some delicious peanut butter bars- mmmm. 
Polo thought he was all kinds of cool in his Captain America costume. Can you believe I only spent $1 to buy the platter that turned into a shield and 50 cents for that red pair of socks that turned into "boots"?? Everything else I had left over from other projects! It was actually quite fun making that costume and I was pretty proud of it. He was too ;)
Monday we went out to Grandma and Papa Afuvai's ward trunk-or-treat (thank heaven for these because I'm anti trick-or-treating!). He got to see hundreds (honestly, this is huge because it's the only one around) of kids in costume and he loved it. We saw lots of Batman, Spiderman, Skeletons, and even a mummy! He loved it!
His cousins came as a wizard, shark, dead bride, Mad Hatter, werewolf, and a vampire(she was gone already). I made super yummy wassail in the crock pot and it lasted for all the weekend fun! There were lots of treats and not so many tricks (though being parents of a two-year-old is pretty tricky!). We had lots of fun and Bubba really enjoyed it. Whew- on to Thanksgiving!
Happy Halloween to all! My apartment isn't set up for loads of decorations so this year I picked this particular corner for decorating. I will have you know that, including the price of the 3 pumpkins and 1 squash that you see, I spent just over $14. Minus pumpkins- under $10! Ah Ha!!I have counted myself among the crafty this year!! 
I saw a very cute pumpkin in a lace nylon stocking and it was beautiful. Well I went out to dinner with Ethnee and Emmalene to find that Eth was wearing purple fish net stockings that just happened to have hole in them. She purchased some super cute yoga pants and wore them home, leaving me with the adorable purple stockings with which to adorn my pumpkins!! 
I picked lime green, bright purple and black for my color scheme and moved from there. I bought some ribbon which went a really long way. The vampire dentures are a last minute touch!
This is our very own Skeletor, yeah Polo knows who that is!! He's been painted green but only because he had to match the decor in order to satisfy my very picky (haha- not!) taste.
A little about the flowers you see. One rose bud, with or without purple and or green glitter on the tips costs $1 at Wal-Mart. Sorry- but no! I found these old petals in my box of some dismantled flowers from who knows when. I painted them black then splotched them with purple and green, painted some straws black and glued them on using old pillow stuffing as the connector! Ok so this is the most ghetto, and the most creative of all my projects. I could have bought pipe cleaners but I just didn't have any more money in the budget. Oh well- they'll do for this year! Oh and those are pastel colored brads I found in my craft box!
These goblets I am proud of. They were $1 each at the dollar store and then I took some old pillow stuffing (I save this kind of stuff for weird things like this I guess) and rubbed it paint. Add a few ribbons, a spooky spider and flower- voila!
Again with the purple stockings but it made a good spider web. This green chair I stole from Bubba's room- it is breaking in one corner and isn't totally safe any way! I slashed a little paint on it and added my tulle-wrapped pumpkin!
The felt flowers took a long time to make. I had to cut out 18 black felt flowers and 18 green flowers and then sew them together. I then glued them onto little circles and they turned out very cute. 
The book pumpkin, though it doesn't really match, I had to add because I love books and no holiday can be complete without honoring literature from which it sprang! Any way- I took "The Comedy of Errors" and cut it, then stained the edges with a peach tea bag (yummy tea). Then I found this stick at the park and glued it on! I love it! Thanks for the idea Pinterest!
This swag was created because I had some leftover tulle and found some black tulle at my in-laws that would have been tossed if it weren't for my rescue! I weaved in some ribbons, cut it up to look "scary". twisted it and added some painted spiders!
I just had to shoot a close-up the bow in the middle. This green was leftover from a baby shower I threw with a jungle theme. It fit perfectly. 
And we bought a bunch of window stickers and Polo helped me put them up- he loves to look at them and tell me what they are. He likes to say, "Look it's a spider", then cover his eyes and say, "I don't like it". However, he loves spiders, he just thinks it's funny! But the web I created by cutting the leftover window sticker material- you know, the stuff that's still on the there once you've taken off all the images. So I cut it up and formed a spider web!
And a close up of my Happy Halloween banner made from sepia toned music sheet, rose and sunflower paper, extra Christmas paper, scraps, a long lost tube of glitter, some glue and then burned to a crisp on the edges. I had tons of fun with all my Halloween decorations and while I realize it wasn't necessary to post each picture individually I want to post some of them to my pinterest page! But I can say that it's only October 7th and I've already put away my decorating stuff. Yay!
We found this new park that has lots of trees around the playground so it's shaded and kind of secluded. I love it! And it has tons of open space for Bubba to explore. It has a bunch of trees that are perfect for climbing (at the age of 2- I guess I never thought it would start so early, but I must encourage it when I see it!)
And sliding down(his legs are always bruised from climbing one thing or another so I guess I didn't think twice about letting him slide down the tree!)
And it always has plenty of sticks that act as swords, guns and the like.It's our favorite place to go! We drop Daddy off at work and then hang out at the park til nap time!
My little guy is definitely just like his momma. He prefers the frosting over cake and can eat tons and tons of candy- like an entire bag of gummy bears before we ever get home (that's like 4 blocks away, not kidding!)We have to be really careful because if we give him sugar after dinner then he turns into an instant wild monster and will be up until midnight. Also caffeine is the absolute devil. I once gave him 1/4 cup of Mt. Dew around 8pm- (in my defense, we were in the car, on our way home, he was thirsty and it was all I had!)He stayed up until 5 am telling Jake, "Come on, Dad, let's go watch a show!" He's such a cheese ball!
While he looks like a total mess I have to make an argument in his defense- these were some of the very best cupcakes ever (yes I made them from scratch!) and it was hard not to get them all over your face!
"Whatta ya want" he now says in a very low and boyish tone, just to be silly. It sets us laughing. (He's copying us mimicking the John Lee Hooker song, One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer :)This particular green mess all over the walls was most definitely encouraged- it's baby wash, corn starch and food coloring! He also has green bath body paint that he puts all himself and claims that he is the HULK!!
Before I continue with the super hero talk I must mention his love for shoes. Here he is wearing my UGGs. No matter where we are, he will find a pair of shoes and try them on, walk around in them, and put them back. It doesn't matter whose shoes they are, what color, what size- nothing. He just has to try them on! Though his favorites are his cousin Jacob's crocs that have bad guys attached to them! Help us- we have a shoe fetish issue! 
Back to bad guys and good guys- he loves the Hulk the most and then the rest of the Avengers- though Captain America is quickly making his rise up the ladder. That's our planned Halloween costume for him this year- a mini Captain America- and yes he's very excited! I just bought a show featuring Super Man, Batman, and the rest of the Justice League. He loved that too, of course.
He enjoys fighting with baseball bats, plastic bowling pins, vacuum attachments, etc. He will fight us and then pretend that he's been hurt- which is pretty dramatic. He falls down, drops his "sword", closes his eyes and stays there for a bit. It's pretty hilarious and we love to play along! I even bought him a wooden sword at Swiss Days, and a marshmallow gun (that one was for me!). He loves both and is really fun to play with. We love him- and all his little frog, snake, snail, dog, whatever boyishness!
A glance into the distance with yogurt all over his face- of course most of these pics he has some sort of food or dirt all over him!
I know he's a mess- but look how cute he is- and his eyes look just like mine now- besides me coloring, that's his one Momma feature. 
Dipping apple slices and pretzels in peanut butter and chocolate for treats during the football game- of course he had to be naked for this because I wasn't about to treat chocolate stains!
This means he is concentrating really hard :)
Fire truck, jeans and a black turtleneck shirt- I had to snap this cuz it was just too Tommy Gavin ish and I loved it! Of course Batman's Robin is close by, I think Batman was inside the truck already.
Trying to share everything he had with Uncle D who so kindly shared his lap with all his nieces and Polo and shared his time to come out and play tickle monster, swing on the swings, watch Despicable Me, and put on an awesome fireworks show for us! They loved every minute of it!
On his 2nd birthday eating rainbow chip cake with rainbow chip frosting- forget the fork I'm using my hands!!
Telling me how much he loves me, probably not but that's why we take photos so we can add our own loveable captions!!
Perhaps I was too lazy to put clothes on him or maybe he just got out of the bath but for whatever reason, he was watching a show in his diaper. Normally he bugs me to get him dressed but this was one of those beautiful carefree days where all he wanted was to lay down on the floor naked and enjoy a show. 
In a Bronco's helmet (which we don't exactly love- Go 49ers!) probably saying this, "Down, Set, Hut Hut, Hike!!" He's good at that one- and then he takes off! He's such a sweetheart still and he's growing up so fast and getting so smart. We love him so much and we always find something to laugh about with him. 
These two people right here drove 8 eight hours to Denver with a 2-year-old little boy. They showed up at registration on very little sleep with a song in their hearts. They enjoyed the whole trip, the singing, the driving, getting to stay at Shae's house with his wonderful wife and kids, and especially the father-daughter talks and time spent together. Even though this girl didn't make it through to the next round, she's so glad her dad and the rest of her family encouraged her to go and supported her all the way through it. (On a side note her husband was extremely happy and grateful that her dad was able to travel with her as he could not this time around.) All in all this was such a good learning experience and so much fun!
This guy could be seen from the back of the line and Dad walked up for a better look!
This guy must have had 4 red bulls and 6 cups of coffee all before 7 am because he was crazy! He was running up and down the line, talking up the cameras, giving speeches and blabbing on and on to the local news channels. I never once heard him sing a song but amazingly he made it through to the next round (due to his extreme craziness I'm sure!)
And this chick was obviously "stoked" to be there :)
Hangin out with Papa at the playground by the duck pond- having the time of his life! Thanks Papa!
Refusing to take a nap by me and instead heading over to his table, motorcycle in hand, and crashing there by accident, due to equally extreme amounts of stubbornness and tiredness. 
Exploring the deep blue bath water on his belly. 
Constantly begging to "drive car" or "drive truck"- so persistently that few can refuse! Also- wearing some of his very own choices- snow boots and a golf hat!!
Showing off his new trick of closing his eyes and opening his mouth at the same time (thanks Uncle Brad!)
