Wow.

Learning about scat

Montana

Owen & mommy took a quick trip to Montana over Labor Day.  So much fun!  We visited Brett & Nikol & their pup Monty in Missoula and Maria & Scott and their menagerie in Florence.

A boy & his dog

Pumpkins & puppies

Aunt Sarah took Owen and his new dog Victor to the pumpkin patch this week.

Cooking lessons

Owen likes to help Paul in the kitchen

The wonder of a car wash

Shamrock Run

The annual Shamrock Run in Portland is a big draw - over 35,000 runners this year!  Paul usually does the 15K, but this year it was a father & son Leprechaun Lap for him!

Owen made lots of friends while waiting for the train downtown.

Owen gave out A LOT of high-fives!  Here, he's cheering on the 8K runners at the start line.

More cowbell!  An appreciative high-five recipient gave Owen a cowbell.

Leprechaun Lap start

At the finish line!

Future doc?

Owen tells me he wants to be a construction worker when he grows up (he also wants me to be a construction worker).  But he's recently been having a lot of fun checking my blood, giving me shots and putting bandaids all over me.

Sweet dance moves

I was trying to not make Owen self-conscious by filming him, but his dance moves had to be documented.

Tis the season

Dizzy drunk

What are you thankful for, Owen?

Halloween T. rex (of course)

And some non sequitur purple vampire teeth

Swim lessons!

First week, tears.

Second week, hesitation.

Third week, can't get enough!

What the boys do while I'm traveling

Bye bye Milla

We will miss Owen's first girlfriend, neighbor Milla, and her parents. They're off to new adventures in Cincinnati.

First big boy haircut

I took Owen to The Modern Man barber shop. Earl was kind enough to oblige.

Future soccer star (no question mark here!)

Owen & I went to the park this morning and happened to stumble upon a girls' soccer team (ages ~10yo).  Owen wanted to watch and I was amazed that he actually watched almost the entire game!  He asked the girls if it was OK for him to play with one of their spare balls and we had fun passing, trapping and learning to dribble.  Proud mom here :)

Future skateboarder?

Owen was absolutely obsessed with the learn-to-skateboard exhibit at OMSI's Makers Faire a few weeks ago.  I could only take a brief video, in between chasing after him to make sure he didn't break himself (he seemed bound & determined to do so, but managed to escape unscathed!).  For the past 6 months or so, he has been telling us he wants a dinosaur skateboard when he grows up...  Looks like he means it!