As some of you may have seen (see the previous post below), my beautiful and loving wife decided to enlist the help of her fellow "mommy bloggers" in persuading me that a kitchen play set would be an acceptable Christmas gift for our boys.
Many comments later you have helped me persuade her that boys SHOULD be boys, even if "some accomplished, (questionably) manly men are successful chefs," "gender roles are (supposedly) out," "you'd (supposedly) buy one for your boys (if you had one)," or "I sound like Tom (who went up a few notches in my book based on that comment)."
Looks like our boys will have a chance to be MEN after all! Chalk one up for the guys!
Next mission: Convincing her Fantasy Football is a wonderful hobby!
*Special props to my co-worker Lindsay (a girl) who was the first to post the idea of a workbench play area for the boys, and provided the link to Toys R Us for this wonderful photo.
The Beautiful Bride.
This is what I want to get Marcus & Seth for Christmas from Santa. They loved playing in the kitchen at the Children's museum in Seattle, they enjoy playing with the little kitchen at Amy's house and it would be a great addition to our playroom and I believe that it would encourage their imagination. I especially thought this one would be great because it is not pink or purple and it comes with a BBQ - a very manly kithcen gadget. Jon, DISAGREES! He is trying to tell me that play kitchens are not for boys. SO, I ask all of you - what do you think?
Marcus' preschool had a Halloween Party. All the kids wore their costumes to school and we made spooky snacks for the party. Grandma Lake helped us make bloodshot eyeball cookies. 
Going on a hayride.
This was a trip to Hee Haws with Marcus' preschool group. We went through a corn maze in the shape of a spider and it's web. We didn't exactly make it through the whole maze, we had to take a shortcut! We got to see a lot of dirty animals whom Seth wanted to touch and then try to lick his fingers. (I was completely disgusted having just gone through the whole Giardia thing) The boys got to pick a littel pumpkin to bring home. On a side note we had gone to the same pumpkin patch last year wearing sweaters and jackets. This year we were sweating in short sleeves and short pants(as Marcus calls them).
