Painting by Fingers

We had our first foray into finger painting yesterday - what a mess! Mateo and Mommy both had a fun time sliding the paint across the paper and squishing it between our fingers. When we'd had enough, we hung our beautiful works on the clothesline to dry. Now that I think of it, they're still out there! Luckily it's a lovely warm autumn day...

Pumpkin Party!

Mateo took a stab at pumpkin carving when the local library held a Pumpkin Carving Party and bake sale this past weekend. Alysa and Sam are offering advice (thanks, girls!). Daddy did most of the carving, but Mateo initiated the masterpiece by drawing the face.

Hat Weather

Gabby Karen bought Mateo a cute fleece hat and mitten set for the cool weather season. His initial reaction? "No hat! No hat!" As you can see, he has warmed up to the hat - look how fast it makes him go on his motorcycle!

We're still working on the mittens.

Out to Lunch

Mateo and Mommy treated ourselves to lunch at one of our favorite spots - Cafe Wren. In the photos Mateo seems to be a little skeptical of his sandwich, but in reality he gobbled it right up!

Artsy Fartsy

Mateo and Daddy pose in front of Mommy's winning entry at the inaugural EarthArts Fall Salon. Mateo's favorite part of the evening was slyly pilfering things from the food table, particularly a container of black olives of which he ate at least half. :-)

(photo by John Bailey - thanks, John!)

I've Got Rhythm

Mateo seems to have a real knack for keeping a beat - he loves music and really enjoys pounding on his drum (and various other objects: plastic bins, the furniture, our companion animals) :-) His favorite song is HeyYaNah from a Music Together class we took when he was ten months old.

Party Time!

Mateo had a LOT of fun playing with Jonathan and Connor at Jonathan's 2nd Birthday party in August. We first met Jonathan and his parents in Guatemala in February 2007 - they were a tremendous help to us and we're so glad to know them. Thanks guys, and nice party!