A friend of mine has one of the prettiest trees you could ask for this time of year in her front yard. You know the kind that boast those bright, bright yellow leaves with touches of red in them. Well I couldn't pass up trying to take a picture of Ben underneath it. Of course I forgot to get a better picture of the actual tree while talking Ben into a semi-smile or pose if you will, but you can tell by the leaves on the ground that the tree is perfect for Fall.

Our church puts on a great thing for Halloween called Trunk or Treat in their front parking lot, in which our members go all out and decorate their trunks and dress up in costume to hand out candy to anyone who wants to bring their children by. This is the second year we have done this and I actually look forward to it because so many of our members are soooo creative and Ben just loves it! Last year Ben went as Yoda, but this year he went as Darth Vader. Does that say anything about his evolving behavior changes? Well...let me just say that he is a normal almost two year old who is learning mountains of information everyday, but he is still sweeter than sweet and steals my heart with every smile and laugh. Anyways, Ben disregarded all the chocolate candy (to our later disappointment when raiding his candy pail) for any kind of sucker he could find, which made for a very sticky boy with blueish lips. Getting him to go to sleep on a sugar high was a challenge, but worth seeing him have so much fun!!!