Waiting for the Great Pumpkin ...

There is a lot to do to get ready! First you clean your pumpkin.

Next you take out the inside - our favorite part!

Next, you wait for Daddy to cut out the design you made on the front.

You get to punch out the eyes, nose and mouth - and you have your very own jack -o-lantern!


Boo!

Oktober Fest 2008

The leaves were beautiful, the company wonderful and the trip over the mountain was well worth it! Mark and I have not missed Oktober Fest since we moved here and did not want this year to be the first. Some of the other pictures were from our time at another pumpkin patch - we just can't get enough!! I love this time of year!

So, what's new?

My children are getting rather independent and grown up! It has been confirmed that Max has a girl friend [not a "girlfriend" - he's only 3!] at school now. Her name is Alison and she is almost 4 - yes 4! AND she invited him to her birthday party and I am sure it is "boy/girl" - I think she wants to be the "girlfriend".

And McKaden thinks that I don't bake enough so she has taken it upon herself. Last week she made cookies and the week before brownies. Today - Jello [I am not sure but it might be the first time I have seen Jello as an adult?]

Pre-School Outings

Oh, the annual pre-school trip to the pumpkin patch - what fun! This was Max's first time to the patch and I am not sure what he thought of it. I know that he did comment on all the dirt he saw and on how many pumpkins there were.

And here was his choice- Max's first pumpkin!!



McKaden was a little bit more choosy about which pumpkin she wanted and looked for the biggest one.


And she loved the hay ride ... what a great day!

As different as can be

Let me be the first to admit that boys and girls - and the raising of - is very different. Our house is full of a lot more noise, roughhousing and action since Max moved in! There is also more laughter with this little guy. We have had to deal with kids with different personalities, a different first 3 years of life and different interests. This to me is a perfect example of these two kids - It cracks me up!






I have even noticed at pre-school that the boys finish through their work and get right to play time. Boys will be Boys!

We are still around ...

we moved. Yes, out house sitting days at the lake house are over and we are back at our home now. We are actually enjoying our cozy place and the kids seem to be adjusting well. And for crying out loud we are only a couple of blocks from the lake now.