Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween! We started out the weekend with Nate's work Halloween party and ended it with a ghoulish dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Pearce and family. The kids loved trick- or-treating (shocking I know who doesn't like going door to door collecting candy). Carson was very excited to be a Jedi for Halloween and has been talking about his costume since his birthday. Lincoln made the cutest little pirate and had his "Arrrrr" down for Halloween night. Lily mostly just came along for the ride, and although her chicken costume was a tight fit she was one adorable little chick. Happy Halloween all!

little pumpkin turns 6 months

Lily is 6 months, it is crazy how the time flies. At her 6 months visit she weighed in at 19 lbs 13 ounces and was 27 1/4 inches long. Both of those numbers put her in the 95 percentile. Lily is rolling around now and starting to get into things. I was hoping that she might remain immobile until after Christmas, but I think that she will be crawling before Thanksgiving. Also, Lily is a bit of a mamas girl. She has been going through a phase where she only wants me to feed her, which is getting a bit tiresome. I am hoping that in a couple of weeks we can get her trained to accept food from anyone. Also, I think we may have our first child who has a blankie. She loves to have a certain blanket when she sleeps and rubs it on her face. Lily's sense of humor is also really developing lately. She thinks her brothers are pretty funny and laughs at their goofiness (hopefully she will always think her brothers are as funny as she does now).

pumpkin patch

We made it to the pumpkin patch last week to get the perfect pumpkins. I tell you what, the perfect pumpkin's are getting more and more expensive each year. But the kids love to go to the pumpkin patch that we have been going to for the last 4 years, so we will probably stick with it even though they have raised their prices. The kids had a great time finding their pumpkins, and the weather was great, so we had a really fun time. The only catch was that Lily was not a fan of the hay ride and she cried for most of it. The picture at the bottom cracks me up because I really wanted to get a picture of everyone on the hayride, but Lily was screaming and Carson and Lincoln were concerned that the tractor was going to leave me; thus the best picture I could get of everyone together looks like we were having the worst possible time. I guess you'll just have to take my word for it the kids had a great time picking out their pumpkins.

football

Carson played football this year for the first time and loved it! During one of the first weeks of practice Carson got a couple flags and his coach called him "the flag champion." From then on, all he wanted to do was play on defense and try to get flags. In order to motivate him to work hard, we told Carson that every time he got a flag we would give him a quarter. By the end of the season he had earned several dollars. During practice they would play a game called "sharks and minnows." Well, Carson got his coach to change the name of the game to "sharks and killer whales." Carson's football team was the Seahawks and I think that may have made him a Seahawks fan for life. The other day Nate was rooting for a team playing against the Sea hawks and he tried to get Carson to support his team, but he would not betray his beloved Sea hawks. I think we may have created a life-long football fan.

piggy-back ride

Lily is a good sister, she puts up with a lot of unwanted attention. I was doing chores today and came down stairs to find Lincoln and Lily like this. I asked Lincoln what he was doing and expected him to tell me he was giving Lily a hug, but instead he said Lily was giving him a piggy-back ride. Yep, I would say that is a sign that you are a good sister when you give your older brother a piggy-back ride at 6 months.

Another messy eater

Lily girl likes her food. Although Lily usually ends up wearing about as much food as she is eating, she definitely likes her solid foods. I would say her favorite flavor thus far is probably yams. The girl takes after her mom. I love me some yams (traditional thanksgiving yams, not the baby food kind). Anyway, I have a love-hate relationship with the solid food stage; on the one hand more people get to participate in the feeding of the baby, but on the other hand her eating solid foods produces a large mess and a considerable increase in the amount of laundry I have to do. Oh well, the girl has to eat. So I guess while I don't love the mess I do love the messy little smile and I will try to enjoy this stage while it lasts.