Halloween

So I haven't done a post in a long time, but I have a good excuse.  I really wanted to post a video of Taj riding the ponies and the blog would not let me upload it.  After 10 trys it finally accepted it.  So make sure you watch the 20 sec. pony ride video because I wanted to keep things in order.

Ok now on to Halloween.  Mike had a great idea for a Halloween costume for Taj and I couldn't find the pieces to put it together.  He wanted Taj to be Nacho Libre.  Hysterical!  Hopefully we can pull it off next year.  So instead he was an awesome pirate.  It was so fun watching him run around with his sword and bucket of candy.  And of course my favorite part is his mustache!

Here is Taj with his buddies Ellie and Shane.  Sooooo cute!

Ok this is one of my favorites.  Taj was so happy to be with his fellow pirate Jayden.

Taj and Marley loving their lollipops. Taj was so sticky.

Swords

So our sweet neighbor margaret introduced Taj to swords.  It was instant love.  I am seriously amazed at how natural it is for boys.  He had never seen a sword in his life and he new exactly what to do with it.  Margaret handed it to him and he immediately bent his knees and began to chop the air with the sword.  It was so funny.  We both had a good laugh.  The only problem was he loved it so much he wouldn't let it leave his side and had to go to bed with it. 

Taj absolutely loved the pony ride at the pumpkin patch.  It is so cute how he held onto the saddle and enjoyed the ride.  Of course we had to let him do it twice.  So fun!

FHE Pumpkin Patch

This ended up being such a fun night! Taj had a great time and we loved being together. Mike has been really busy with work lately, so this was a nice escape for all of us. Taj's favorite thing was by far the ponyride. We let him do it twice because he loved it so much. I am going to try to download one of the videos. so cute!

We had the privilege of having my sister Stephanie, her husband, Martin and three boys here to visit.  They had a great week at disneyland and at the end of the week they came to stay with us.  It was so fun to spend time with them and hang out at the beach.  Thanks for such a fun visit.  We love you guys!

Here is Taj with Jame, Isaac and Luke at the end of Huntington beach Pier.

A few more of Taj's favorite things.  Again things I am sure so many of you can relate to.  He loves to pretend talking on the phone. And of course I think it is so cute. 

He is also in the copying phase.  Lately he is doing everything Mike and I are doing.  He always sees us open the garage with the keys, so the other day he walked right up and started to do it himself.  Just a couple minutes ago Mike had the hiccups so Taj pretended he had hiccups to. 

So we have the cutest neighbor ever named Gavin and Taj is obsessed with him.  He seriously wants to be Gavin.  We know this because everything Gavin does Taj wants to do.  If Gavin is riding his bike, Taj must ride the bike too.  The other day Gavin was skateboarding and he had to get on the skateboard.  He would cry so hard every time I took him off of it.  I got so tired of pushing him on it that finally I just stopped and he was almost as happy just standing on it.  He just wants to be like Gavin.  And...hopefully if we are lucky Taj will be a happy, fun loving boy just like Gav!

ok this one cracks me up because he is totally  yelling his boy yell/grunt that means go faster.

Taj has started making the craziest faces.  We have learned this kid can make some dirty looks when he doesn't get what he wants.  Hopefully I can capture it one of these days to give you the full affect.  Here he stood up and knew he wasn't supposed to.  So he started to scowl at me for telling him to sit back down. 

One of my dear friends, Sue, gives Taj so many great toys when her kids grow out of them.  This is the latest donation to the Taj toy room. He loves this toy and loves playing with cars.  It actually keeps his interest longer than 5 minutes.  Which as many of you know is pretty amazing for a busy toddler.

Taj started a toddler tumbling class with some great friends in our ward.  It is so fun to watch all the kids dance and have fun.  As I heard one of the workers say, "it is a baby disneyland."  It really is a lot of fun.

Dad actually made it one day to play with Taj. They both had a blast. 

Taj and teacher Gail.