We’ve been woefully behind here in recent weeks adding new posts to BabyDelton.com, but we figured we celebrate Thanksgiving by finally getting some Halloween photos posted! Better late than never, I say.

We took Del down to his Oma and Opa’s place in Lakewood, since they live in a quiet neighborhood that’s got a fair number of folks that answer the door on Halloween. Del seemed a bit perplexed by the whole trick or treating experience, especially early on as he tried to walk into everyone’s houses (maybe he thought we were on a Street of Dreams tour instead of collecting candy?).

He did manage to get completely spooked by one house that featured a bunch of animatronic ghosts and spooky sounds. Strangely though, a couple houses later we came across a crazy-looking guy dressed as Jason (from the Friday the 13th films) and a Sarah Palin at one house, neither of which seemed to scare him in the least. Go figure.

Overall, he seemed to survive the experience unscathed and even seemed to settle into the lobster suit after a while (he had a MUCH better reaction wearing it the second time, on Halloween, than when we tried it on him a couple days earlier).

Del’s trying to make the most out of the remaining dry, warm days of fall, including getting in some quality playtime on his new swingset, a birthday present that’s just been set up at his Oma and Opa’s house down in Lakewood. We’ve got some more pics below…

As he’s getting a bit older, Del’s really starting to show an interest in books (beyond simply chewing on them, which he was a fan of since the beginning). He sat down with his Oma this weekend to look through a few books. Not sure why he’s using a hairbrush to turn the pages, but he’s getting the hang of it…

Just a couple more pics from Del in the kiddie pool at his grandparents house this past weekend…

We’re finally getting some true summer weather here in the Seattle area this weekend (88º-90º), and it’s not even the Fourth of July yet! That kind of heat gets to be pretty unbearable in our third floor condo (particularly with all its large, south facing windows – which are awesome in the winter but murder in the summer). So early this morning we piled The Boy, The Hounds and our stuff into the X5 and headed down to Lakewood for the weekend.

The hot weather also meant that Del would finally get a chance to try out the new kiddie pool that his Oma and Opa recently got him, and it did not disappoint! He spent about a half hour in it this afternoon, splashing around with Dianne and his Oma, while dad took pictures. As much as he even likes his baths, he had a blast here. We’re looking forward to getting at least one more good pool session in tomorrow before we have to head back to Seattle.

I had a hunch this would make a good “instant photo collage” – pics of Del from his grandparents’ refrigerator door. He’s still competing with a few Thurman the Dog pics and other assorted family members, but he’s slowly squeezing everyone else out!

Not the most interesting video, just Del sitting and playing, but he’s got a nice crash landing where he falls out of the frame at the end!