Mama's little helper

I don't have time to write much this week, so this post will be picture-heavy. (Please, try to contain your disappointment.) This Saturday we are leaving for a two-week vacation to visit our families in Michigan, and I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to make it to various appointments and meetings this week while preparing for the trip. It will all be worth it, though, when we arrive and hand off the Bean to his fan club and sneak out the door. Cider mill, anyone?

One of the reasons DH wanted to have children is so that they will do the chores around the house. Specifically mow the lawn and take out the trash, the two activities that he dreads most of all. While it will probably be a few years before Bean is pushing the lawn mower, there are a few things he has been helping me with in the meantime.

Folding laundry...




... and cutting coupons.


He also helps me open and sort the mail. This week, he received two Halloween cards -- one from each set of grandparents. Evey checked to make sure there was no candy enclosed, which certainly would not have been good for a baby to eat. Good thinking, Eves.


To reward Bean for his hard work, we enjoyed a Halloween party at preschool today. He tolerated his monkey costume as long as he could chew on the chin strap. We had a great time, other than both of us being completely covered with little brown monkey hairs by the end of class.

Now it's back to the to-do list, but the end is in sight! T-minus three days...