Although raking leaves isn't my idea of a fun way to spend the afternoon, I do love that the many trees around our house mean that I have all the fall colors right outside my door.  Here's how it has looked all week:

Then we woke up to a surprise yesterday morning:

It's melted now, but let me tell you that little man was NOT impressed.  When I first opened the door and showed him the snow, he cried and ran for my arms.  I took him out and got this reaction:

Mama and Daddy aren't big fans of snow either.  It's going to be a long winter for our whole family....

Last night we had a Halloween Carnival at our church.  I have been so excited to put little man in his costume, I knew he'd so cute.  And he didn't disappoint!  He was the most darling dinosaur ever and although all the noise at the carnival was a bit overwhelming for him, he enjoyed fishing for chocolate, eating a hot dog, winning a cupcake, and finding his little friend.  :)

My baby loves balls so much.  He finds them everywhere.  Anything that is circular causes him to shout with enthusiasm, "ball!  It's a ball!  It's a ball!"  It's become a fun game to try and figure out what "ball" my little man is seeing at any given moment. 

Finding these balls outside of Target made my little man happy for the entire shopping trip.  So thank you, Target!

Little man has now discovered the joys of stickers.

(I know this last picture is disappointingly blurry but he's got a sticker "beard")

This weekend when Mama decided she needed to get out of the house for a while, our family went to the mall.  We forgot little man's stroller but luckily he's still pretty light and carrying him wasn't a hardship.  :)

The mall has a fun play area for kids and we let little man run around and play for a while. 

I think we might be spending a lot of time here in the winter when it's too cold to play outside!

Have I told you that my baby is also a puppy? At least, that's what he seems to think....

The other day while at the store, little man decided he wanted to play peek-a-boo.

He grabbed that scarf off a nearby rack and began pulling it over his face and telling me, "boo!"  Such a cute boy.

We've made some more Halloween decorations!

Little man was in charge of using orange crayons to color the pumpkins in.  He may not have gotten the whole thing but....I think any artwork he does is just the best!

I've discovered that my baby can sing more than just Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  After hearing a song by Colbie Callait on the radio the other day, he began singing it to me.  He also sang an N*Sync song that he heard me talking about one day. 

Oh and he likes to use the kitchen whisk as a microphone.  What a doll.

Little man is still trying to find ways to get outside on his own.  The other day he took my keys off the table and tried to unlock the door.  He's just too cute!