Happy Halloween

Here is a picture to get you through the weekend. There will be lots more to come next week. Happy Halloween all!

1, 2, 3

1. January 21, 2006

2. March 23, 2007

3. And coming in June 2009

Because Everyone Gets a Turn

I just love to see these boys play together.


Eli did get more of a turn later on, but Walker didn't have any pants on at the time (potty training and all), so I thought better of it and didn't pull the video camera back out.

Toddler Phrase of the Morning

Walker decided he was ready to go somewhere early this morning.

We are planning on going to the park, but it needs to warm up a bit.

He brought me my shoes and told me we need to "get ready to go."

I told him it was still too cool outside and we needed to wait for it to warm up.

Walker's Response : "The sun is shiny and it is warm outside. It's ridiculous. It is warm outside."

"It's ridiculous," is his new phrase. I'm not saying who, but someone in this house does use the word ridiculous and it isn't me, and it isn't the one who is limited to two-syllable words.

Nothing escapes Walker. What cracks me up the most is that he uses the phrase in the right situations. A little reminder to be very careful what we say around our little tape recorder.

Choo Choo, Off to the Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday we made our trip to the pumpkin patch, by way of a train ride. The local train museum sets up a pumpkin patch about half way down their track so you get to ride a real train to the pumpkin patch. Of course, this is a huge hit for our boys.

Grammy and Grin took us and Uncle Matt, Aunt Ally, Hannah and Leah were able to come too! Last year Matt and Allyson tried to come, but something about the girls only being a few weeks old made it not work out. It was great to have all the cousins out there together this year.



On the Train




The tractor ride at the pumpkin patch


Picking Pumpkins








After the train ride we all went to Cracker Barrel for lunch, and that even went well! We were so pleased with all the kids attitudes after a busy morning and afternoon.

Word of the Day

Eli woke up from his nap so happy today. I asked him if he was happy, and he just repeated "appy" over and over again all afternoon. He even went and got My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, so he could read about being happy. It was so precious I grabbed the camera and got some video to share it everyone else.


It is so heart warming to hear him actually saying words. Now granted, Walker was still asleep so he had the opportunity to use words more than usual. :)

Dining Al Fresco

Fall has arrived. We are still pretty warm here during the days, but a bit cooler in the evenings.

What better way is there to enjoy the mild temperatures than taking your meals on the patio? I figure there are not so many evenings left that will be warm enough for the boys to enjoy, so I served them dinner outside.

Of course the meal was ended with fabulous rainbow popsicles.




The boys love to be outside and it is a special treat not to have to come in for dinner. It also is pretty nice for mommy...Outside clean up is great, where's the hose?