This is another shot of Max on our Sunday evening hike in Sunol. The sun was just about to set over the hills to the west, and Max was busy running up and down the trail finding cool rocks to bring to Daddy.
Sunday evening I took Max and the dogs hiking high in the hills of Sunol Regional Wilderness. Here's Piper and Max exploring one side of the Vista Grande trail.
Today we took "the kids" out for a walk along the local creek trail. Max really enjoys riding in the stroller while the dogs walk alongside. Diamond loves to chase the ball, and Piper is happy just trying to keep up.
Always being the little imitator, after our Thanksgiving dinner Max climbed up in a chair and took a wine glass from the table. I didn't capture it on film, but he also poured the empty bottle before taking an imaginary drink.
While visiting some friends, Max found their dog's little bed and thought it was the coolest thing. He had a great time playing put-in/take-out with himself and the basket. The dog, however, wasn't as excited about it and decided to just sit by and watch.
Max had a great time playing with our friend's acoustic guitar. I think here he was trying to do a Vulcan Mind Meld with the instrument.
Here are Max and Mom at an overlook in the Yosemite Valley. We took a trip there back in September with some friends of ours. There are about a hundred tourists at this overlook, but I managed to get this photo of just these two. This was Max's second camping trip and he had a really good time. Besides seeing lots of magnificent views, the magnitude of which I'm sure he hasn't grasped yet, he also got to go on a number of hikes and got to play a couple of streams. A good time was had by all!
Max loves to dance to the music from his musical learning table. He loves dancing to most music, for that matter. When he's playing in his room he will start the music over and over again, dancing a little jig each time the music plays.
Max loves playing with Daddy's bass guitar. He's particularly good with the "slap" style of playing. (OK, it's his only style of playing.) He even puts the shoulder strap over his head it's time to play. Of course, since he's learned to wear the guitar strap, he's taken to putting most straps over his shoulders too. So now we find him wearing ribbons, purse straps, and many other types of straps as he runs around the house. Anyway, he really enjoys the guitar and the noise he can make with it. One time he was playing and I turned off the amplifier because I thought he was done. He went back and pulled some strings, and gave the amplifier a puzzled look when no sound came out of it. Clever baby!
Max has learned to use the spoon to feed himself! It's not always perfect and pretty, but more often than not the food makes it too his mouth.
This morning Max pulled out the computer's joystick and had fun playing with all the buttons. Does this kid look happy or what?
Max is just too cute sometimes! He was really opposed to wearing this hat, but I encouraged him and told him how cool it looked. I guess once he knew I liked it, then he could like it too. He's learned to take the hat off and put it back on, for the most part. The hat goes on top of the head, but alignment and direction are still pretty random.
This little boy loves to climb chairs, play with remote controls, and avoid going to bed at all costs. Even though the TV isn't on, he's happy just to pretend if it means staying up a minute longer.
For the grown-up's Halloween, Mom & Dad went out as Danny & Sandy from the movie Grease. Dorothy had a silk Pink Ladies jacket, and Josh had a T-Birds shirt and a pompadore wig. This photo is from us getting ready for a Halloween Ball up in San Fransisco.
This Halloween Max went as Harry Potter. Dad made him a great robe and Mom helped out with his hair and the makeup for the glasses and the scar. Max was a big hit at the Halloween parties he went to on Saturday, and he did his first trick-or-treating on Sunday.
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