Punkins!

We had our annual pumpkin carving last weekend with Brian's parents and sister. We went to the pumpkin patch near our house and got lucky with no rain. The farm had a tractor hayride that took you out to a grass field where they had pre-picked pumpkins all laid out for you to pick from. It was nice not having to get muddy finding a pumpkin. They also had caramel corn, hot cider, a hay maze and pumpkin bowling! The rest of the weekend was wet and windy, so we stayed in and had a lot of fun with the grandparents and Aunt Becki.























Ashley helped me carve three little ghosts and "BOO"


Brian got out the big guns this year and used his dremmel tool to carve his pumpkin.

First tooth

Isaiah has been cutting his first tooth for about a month now, I swear. Those things take forever to come in. Ashley didn't even take notice when hers first came in, Grammy noticed it when we were camping. But Isaiah's teething has been bothering him and waking him up at night. Some worse than others, but I think it's about to break through, I'm crossing my fingers it's any day now!

On the move

Yep, that's right he's crawling and getting into EVERYTHING so fast! You look away for a second and he's off. We've been working with him on not touching a few things though and replacing them with things he can play with and I think he's catching on. Not that he would choose not to play with things he shouldn't, he just kind of listens when we tell him "no". He's going to keep us on our toes!



So we keep him confined in a box!

Bath Time Little Dude

Bowling with D and Hani

D and Hani came to stay with us last Friday, so we took them bowling Saturday morning before they had to leave. Does it look like we had fun!?



Isaiah's trying to escape!

Picture Day

The kids had picture day at school last week. I can't wait to see how they turned out. Their teachers said they both smiled, so hopefully we'll get some to take home. I've been meaning to get professional pictures done. I wanted to take a picture at home with the both of them, but we were already late, so I just got one of each. Ashley was not happy about her outfit and threw a little bit of a tantrum. As soon as we got downstairs though, I asked her if I could take a picture because she looked so cute. So she sat down on the stairs and gave me a big smile. Stinker was just trying to give me a little challenge that morning.

Children's Museum

We decided to take the kids to the Children's Museum on a rainy day a few weeks ago. We ended up getting a membership because the kids had so much fun. It's perfect for the both of them to explore and see all the exhibits they have. I think Ashley's favorite was the face painting. She made Papa look really silly.







Ashley and Papa playing with real clay.


Isaiah loved this thing. It was a mattress filled with water that the kids could "wobble" on. It's great for building strength, I wish we had one at home. It got a little crazy when the big kids started using it as a trampoline, but he had fun while it lasted.

Big Al's

I had a hair appointment a few weekends ago, so Brian decided to take the kids bowling at Big Al's, which just opened up down the street from us. It was a special treat and they had a ton of fun, I wish I was there.



"take the picture, Papa, this thing is getting heavy!"

More!

Isaiah has been signing "more" lately. Just last night we were sitting at the table and I see out of the corner of my eye him signing "more" because he was done with his snack. It's still amazes me how much he picks up on and so cute to see him communicating with us.

Where's your head?