The Big Two

Two years old. The terrible Twos. 730 days. Paul turned two last weekend and now he is exactly as cute as he ever was, he just knows more words. His latest word is "Ham." Fear not! We documented his big day with pictures. Enjoy!
Grandma Jamie visited us and we celebrated all week long. We visited the Desert Museum:

She sacrificed her feet so the mean ducks wouldn't bite Paul.

Paul insisted on sitting on every brass Javalina at the entrance.

 

 

 

We also visited the Air and Space Museum. Hundreds of planes, jets, engines, missiles...

Paul and Lee head to the Moon!

You don't want to ride on a plane that Paul is flying

 Paul's Birthday happened to coincide with the Pecan Festival this year, so we went there to get some treats, a balloon animal, a pony ride, and see lots of tractors.

Paul is way into tractors now.

All the fun of a fancy carnival birthday party, none of the expense or stress, I don't think we're going to do better than this for Paul's 3rd Birthday.

A Very Potter Halloween

We tried to fit as much Halloween fun in these past couple of weeks as we could. We went to the Stake Halloween Carnival:

Lee and I were assaulted by several young Hogwarts students.

Paul cheated at all the carnival games to get maximum prizes, but no one seemed to mind. We also had a ward Trunk-or-Treat which Paul enjoyed with a little help from his friend:

Not going to share that candy!

We went to Buckalew Farms with cousins Katie and Kasey to feed and pet farm animals, go through the corn maze, and ride in a tractor pulled wagon to the pumpkin patch and choose out a pumpkin.

Paul loved the goats and this turkey.

And to wrap it all up, we had a Halloween party and did some Trick-or-Treating. What a sugar overload!

I have no idea how many cookies Paul ate. I lost track.

Margo Poulsen and Paul Phillips

Professor Quirrell, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Dobby.

Now we have far too much left over candy and junk food, so please come to my house and eat all my sugar. Please.