Nana's Playhouse

Nana recently remodeled the kitchen in her condo, which means...Danny has his own playhouse made of cardboard appliance boxes at Nana's house. Woo hoo!

Just out on a stroll in my wagon!

Pig Pickin'

On Saturday Alan from Jimmy's office had a birthday pig pickin' - a first for our whole family - and we had a blast! Danny greatly enjoyed the big boy toys including multiple kinds of balls, a scooter, a John Deere Gator, a swing set and, the grand finale, an adult-sized trampoline. Needless to say, Danny was so tired when we got home he barely made it through the bedtime routine.

Just a mama and her boy 

Catch!

Oink oink

Ball control

Danny liked the trampoline, you think?

Mom, have you seen this thing???

Barefoot kickball

Oh and an added bonus the Heels beat NC State! Must have been the jersey. Must have been...

More Halloween

Halloween 2013

I hope everyone had a great Halloween yesterday - we sure did! We decided to do dinner, drinks and abbreviated trick-or-treating with Mike, Britt and Phoenix the alligator. Danny was the big bad wolf. He liked riding in the wagon with his buddy, but collecting candy not so much. He much preferred littering the acquired candy overboard. Mike had his nice camera out, so more pics to come. For now, here are some cute ones from my phone.

Chilly, Mountain Vacation

Late last week I took Danny up to the mountains to visit with my dad and family, as well as my Grandma who was in town from Ohio for the week. And then icing on the cake, Ali came up from Chapel Hill too! It was COLD, like 16 degrees in the mornings, and it snowed one night. In Danny's words, brrr...

Proof

Needless to say, we played indoors for the most part, only trekking out to pick up some apples at a local orchard, a quick grocery trip and dinner at Stonewalls in Banner Elk. As I expected, Danny thoroughly enjoyed my dad's long hallway and the bookshelf at the end. I seriously couldn't be more proud of how well he did in the car with just me for 6 hours - slept good and then otherwise entertained himself.

Cheese

In my late Grandpa's favorite chair

Uncle Mac

Lunch audience

Apple thief

I'll have a filet and glass of cab

The Outdoorsman

I don't know if it's the beautiful, slightly cooler weather or just Danny being a little boy, but he's been absolutely loving playing outside lately. Running around on the beach and our yard is great and all, but his favorite is the little porch off our living room in this condo. In and out, in and out, shut the door, open the door, yell at passing dogs, jabber with our neighbors, in and out, in and out, shut the door, open the door, repeat.

Morning Session

Lounging in our make-shift patio furniture

When will daddy be home???

Knock knock